Practices for Racial Equity, Justice and Community in Education
February 16 - 19, 2017
at the Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY
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Cancellation Policy: Full registration refund is given for cancellations up to or on January 31, 2017, thereafter refunds will be decided by the Finance Committee of the Planning Committee.
Meals: All meals have vegetarian options. The conference fee includes all meals and snacks. See more information for food sensitive people below.
Scholarships: A limited number of scholarships are available to those who need financial assistance to attend. We expect those who receive financial aid to contribute at least partially to the Annual Meeting costs. In your application, please include your background, what you are doing now, and why you would like to attend the NDSG Annual Meeting. Please be specific about the amount you need.
Submit requests for aid in writing, before December 15, 2016, to Mary Harris at [email protected].
Preference will be given to requests received before that date. If awarded, you will receive a special code for registration.
Financial Aid Contributions: Please consider helping others, who without financial aid, could not attend the Annual Meeting. Your contributions are vital to sustaining this event. No contribution is too small. Please add your support for financial aid to your registration cost during online registration.
Meals: All meals have vegetarian options. The conference fee includes all meals and snacks. See more information for food sensitive people below.
Scholarships: A limited number of scholarships are available to those who need financial assistance to attend. We expect those who receive financial aid to contribute at least partially to the Annual Meeting costs. In your application, please include your background, what you are doing now, and why you would like to attend the NDSG Annual Meeting. Please be specific about the amount you need.
Submit requests for aid in writing, before December 15, 2016, to Mary Harris at [email protected].
Preference will be given to requests received before that date. If awarded, you will receive a special code for registration.
Financial Aid Contributions: Please consider helping others, who without financial aid, could not attend the Annual Meeting. Your contributions are vital to sustaining this event. No contribution is too small. Please add your support for financial aid to your registration cost during online registration.
Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY
The Garrison Institute is located in Garrison, NY. Garrison is 52 miles north of Grand Central Station, on the Hudson River. Transportation: PLEASE NOTE: Shuttle buses from the airport will NOT be provided this year. By air: Garrison is best reached by flights into La Guardia airport followed by a train ride on the Metro North RR to Garrison, NY where you will be picked up. The Metro North stop nearest LaGuardia Airport is at 125th Street, Manhattan. Travelers also may get on the Metro North at Grand Central Station. Flying into the Stewart International Airport, New Windsor, NY (west of Newburgh and approx. 60 miles north of Manhattan) followed by a half hour cab ride or car rental is an alternative. American and United Airlines are possible choices. If you would like to drive from an airport or train station to the Garrison Institute, be sure to join the Ride Share list when you register so that the Planning Committee can coordinate your transportation needs. Shuttles - The Garrison Institute provides a free shuttle service from the Garrison train station to our campus during check-in hours (3 PM to 6 PM) for those who take the MetroNorth Hudson Line from Grand Central Station in Manhattan. The afternoon schedule for the MetroNorth Hudson Line from Grand Central Station is currently: Depart GCS Arrive Garrison 1:43 PM 2:55 PM 2:43 PM 3:55 PM 3:18 PM 4:27 PM 3:48 PM 4:57 PM 4:14 PM 5:24 PM 4:47 PM 5:57 PM |
Anyone arriving by train after 6 PM will need to be picked up by someone from your group. If you are expecting late arrivals to come by train you might want to designate someone with a car to meet later trains at the station. Or they can call a taxi. Please share this information with your group.
Luggage – The Garrison Institute does not have a passenger elevator. Consider using lightweight luggage as you will need to climb stairs to reach your guest rooms.
What to Bring:·
Contact information for the Garrison Institute:
Route 9D at Glenclyffe, Garrison, NY 10524
845.424.4800
info @garrisoninstitute.org
Luggage – The Garrison Institute does not have a passenger elevator. Consider using lightweight luggage as you will need to climb stairs to reach your guest rooms.
What to Bring:·
- Comfortable clothing
- Comfortable shoes
- Bathrobe and slippers (there is a men’s and a women’s bathroom on each floor)
- Extra towels if desired (we provide 1 bath towel)
- Alarm clock
- Refillable water bottle
Contact information for the Garrison Institute:
Route 9D at Glenclyffe, Garrison, NY 10524
845.424.4800
info @garrisoninstitute.org
Information for Food Sensitive People
The Garrison Institute serves vegetarian meals through our in house caterer, Fresh Company. As much as possible, we select local and organic foods that provide a well-rounded and nutritious meal. Lunch and dinner have a main entree, two side dishes and salad greens. Each dish on the buffet table has a card which lists all ingredients in that dish. Many meals have dairy, wheat and/or gluten.
Because we are a retreat center we are set up to provide meals to groups, not to individuals. Menus are based on what is in season and in the market. Because of this, we are not able to accommodate individual needs. But, because there are many people with food restrictions we try to offer a simple substitute during lunch and dinner meals. This substitute varies but general includes rice, gluten-free bread/rice cakes, an unseasoned steamed vegetable, tofu, peanut butter, garbonzo beans, and hard boiled eggs. These extra items will be in the small kitchen just behind the dining hall.
We invite guests to bring what they think they will need to supplement their diet. We offer a refrigerator and shelf space for storage. We also have a microwave and toaster for guests to heat food. We do not have a stove or blender for guests.
Even on a limited diet most people find they can eat much of what is offered on the buffet, supplemented with what individuals bring. At lunch and dinner meals, a retreatant can go through the buffet taking whatever works for them, then go into the nearby kitchen to supplement the meal with plain rice, a vegetable, eggs, or other foods that one has purchased. Please identify yourself to a staff person the first night at dinner and he/she will show you where the extra food is available. At the end of meals (after everyone has been served) a retreatant can go back through the line and take more of whatever agrees with them to add to the next meal.
If a retreatant has a severe allergy, please let Garrison staff know before the retreat so the kitchen can make plans. Also, make sure to bring your EpiPen or an equivalent medicine. All food ingredients will be listed at meals. The kitchen asks us to let anyone with allergies know they cannot guarantee that certain foods have not been contaminated before arriving on site.
The Garrison Institute serves vegetarian meals through our in house caterer, Fresh Company. As much as possible, we select local and organic foods that provide a well-rounded and nutritious meal. Lunch and dinner have a main entree, two side dishes and salad greens. Each dish on the buffet table has a card which lists all ingredients in that dish. Many meals have dairy, wheat and/or gluten.
Because we are a retreat center we are set up to provide meals to groups, not to individuals. Menus are based on what is in season and in the market. Because of this, we are not able to accommodate individual needs. But, because there are many people with food restrictions we try to offer a simple substitute during lunch and dinner meals. This substitute varies but general includes rice, gluten-free bread/rice cakes, an unseasoned steamed vegetable, tofu, peanut butter, garbonzo beans, and hard boiled eggs. These extra items will be in the small kitchen just behind the dining hall.
We invite guests to bring what they think they will need to supplement their diet. We offer a refrigerator and shelf space for storage. We also have a microwave and toaster for guests to heat food. We do not have a stove or blender for guests.
Even on a limited diet most people find they can eat much of what is offered on the buffet, supplemented with what individuals bring. At lunch and dinner meals, a retreatant can go through the buffet taking whatever works for them, then go into the nearby kitchen to supplement the meal with plain rice, a vegetable, eggs, or other foods that one has purchased. Please identify yourself to a staff person the first night at dinner and he/she will show you where the extra food is available. At the end of meals (after everyone has been served) a retreatant can go back through the line and take more of whatever agrees with them to add to the next meal.
If a retreatant has a severe allergy, please let Garrison staff know before the retreat so the kitchen can make plans. Also, make sure to bring your EpiPen or an equivalent medicine. All food ingredients will be listed at meals. The kitchen asks us to let anyone with allergies know they cannot guarantee that certain foods have not been contaminated before arriving on site.