NCORE 2025 will be held in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, May 27 - May 31. As a reminder, if your proposal is selected all presenters are required to be registered at one of the NCORE 2025 published registration rates.

Important Dates:

• Proposal Submission Deadline: December 13, 2024
• Decision Notification: February 7, 2025
• Session Scheduling Notification: February 21, 2025
• Session Confirmation Deadline: March 7, 2025
• Alternates Notification: March 12, 2025
• Alternates Session Confirmation Deadline: March 26, 2025

Submit A Proposal

Key Requirements:

• Presenters must be registered to attend NCORE 2025. You may register after your proposal is selected for presentation.
• Presenters are required to comply with NCORE presentation and accessibility guidelines.
• Presenters must bring their own computer and connection adapter (if needed). Session rooms will be equipped with a data projector (HDMI connection) and screen, sound support, internet connectivity, microphones and easel pads with markers. 

Suggested Areas of Emphasis:

• Futurist Work at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Sovereign Identity; Envisioning Possible Futures and Responsive Strategies
• Strategies to Address Systemic and Structural Racism
• The Roles, Contexts, and Challenges of Executive Officers
• Contemporary Politics; Political Movements; Politicization of Social Justice Work in Higher Education and Society at-Large: Impacts on Institutions, Minoritized Communities, and Individuals
• Queer Trans People of Color/LGBTQIAA+ Justice; Queer Trans People of Color/LGBTQIAA+ Rights; The Intersection of Homophobia with Race, Ethnicity, and Sovereign Identity
• Disability Justice; Disability Rights; The Intersection of Ableism with Race, Ethnicity, and Sovereign Identity
• Theoretical Frameworks; Scholarly Research; Education, Training, and Programs Focused on Dismantling Structural Racism and White Supremacy, and the impact of Non-conciliatory Policies
• Supporting Undocumented, DACAmented Students, and Mixed Status Families
• The Politics of Immigration on Conceptions of Race, Ethnicity, Sovereignty, Transnationalism, Power, or marginalized identity in the United States
• Environmental Justice; Climate Action; The Intersection of the Natural World with Race, Ethnicity and Sovereign Identity; Earth First Efforts and Approaches
• Protest Movements on Campus: Challenges, Organizing, and Institutional Responses
• Art and Activism: Identity and Community Exploration through Arts

Personal Practices:

• Self-Care
• Self-Work
• Rupturing, Processing, and Transforming Internalized Oppression/Superiority
• Mental Health Practices; Healing Racial Trauma; Healing from Loss
• Somatic Practice; Aligning Heart and Mind; Embodiment Work

Race, Ethnicity, Sovereignty, Power and Marginalized Identity:

• Pedagogies
• Theory to Praxis
• Institutional Efforts at Transformation
• Gender Identity and Expression
• Activism and Organizing
• Mental Health, Wellness, and Wellbeing
• Identity Development
• Incarcerated People, Mass Incarceration, Reentry Programs
• Practitioner Development
• Intergroup Dialogue, Perspective Taking, and Empathy
• Student Leadership, Organizing, and Coalition Building
• Student Interests and Needs
• Campus Role or Discipline (Faculty, Admissions Professionals, Human Resources, etc.)
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM); Health Professions
• Reinventing Social Justice and Intercultural Communication through Language
• Socioeconomic Class
• Religion, Faith, Spirituality, and Spiritual Practice
• Athletics

Submit A Proposal

Call for Proposal Reviewers

• NCORE staff will assign a reviewer up to 15 proposals to review and score
• The reviewer will be provided with proposal data, a scoring rubric, and review guidance.
• Each NCORE proposal is reviewed and scored by at least two people.

 Apply to Review Proposals

Questions? Contact ncore@ou.edu