Conference Description:
Gender is a fundamental organizing principle of families and is a complex mix of biology, identify and behavioral expression. Similarly, sexual identity includes a wide range of identification of sexual attraction and expression, and is also fundamental to understanding families. The 2016 conference program builds on the Groves Conference’s past and recognizes that social change has been swift in some areas, such as marriage equality with the 2015 Supreme Court ruling. However, full equality for all individuals and families throughout the U.S. is not present and counter movements to social change are many, such as turning back the clock on fertility decisions, voting rights, even the definition of citizenship. As professionals who do research, who participate in policy, and, who conduct prevention and intervention, our work is refreshed by new perspectives, new information and new commitments.
Gender is a fundamental organizing principle of families and is a complex mix of biology, identify and behavioral expression. Similarly, sexual identity includes a wide range of identification of sexual attraction and expression, and is also fundamental to understanding families. The 2016 conference program builds on the Groves Conference’s past and recognizes that social change has been swift in some areas, such as marriage equality with the 2015 Supreme Court ruling. However, full equality for all individuals and families throughout the U.S. is not present and counter movements to social change are many, such as turning back the clock on fertility decisions, voting rights, even the definition of citizenship. As professionals who do research, who participate in policy, and, who conduct prevention and intervention, our work is refreshed by new perspectives, new information and new commitments.
The former Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane.
One of the conference experiential trip experiences
Spring 2015 Groves Conference Was a Success!!!
Families at the Intersection of Mental Health and Disabilities
Buffalo, NY
The 81st annual meeting of the Groves Conference on Marriage and Family was on June 4-7, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo in Buffalo, NY! This year we explored Families at the Intersection of Mental Health and Disabilities. We heard from professionals in the field, advocates, and academic experts and we considered our theme from a human rights and social justice perspective which highlighted the context of underserved or unserved populations and the disproportionate impacts on racial and ethnic minorities, the cumulatively disadvantaged, and the stigmatization associated with mental illness and disabilities in the United States.
Families at the Intersection of Mental Health and Disabilities
Buffalo, NY
The 81st annual meeting of the Groves Conference on Marriage and Family was on June 4-7, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo in Buffalo, NY! This year we explored Families at the Intersection of Mental Health and Disabilities. We heard from professionals in the field, advocates, and academic experts and we considered our theme from a human rights and social justice perspective which highlighted the context of underserved or unserved populations and the disproportionate impacts on racial and ethnic minorities, the cumulatively disadvantaged, and the stigmatization associated with mental illness and disabilities in the United States.
