SSSP Family, Aging, & Youth 
Division Meeting Minutes
8/7/2026
I. Attendance
a. Ami Frost
b. Christopher Wellin
c. Rin Ferraro
d. Hans-Peter de Ruiter
II. Minutes
a. Planning for 2027 conference
i. FAY is a small division, so we are allotted 1 solo session and 3 co-sponsored sessions at the annual meeting
ii. 2027 Conference theme is Building Communities for Radical Change
1. Session ideas
a. Critical Dialogue on educating healthcare providers on a systems perspective
i. Co-sponsor with Institutional Ethnography, labor studies, global
b. Intergenerational relationships (solo session?)
c. Neoliberal assault on social safety net and how families absorb the work
i. Co-sponsor with gender; poverty, class, & inequality
2. Session names can be strategic
a. Changing systems of…
b. Innovations in…
c. New trends in…
b. Organization recruitment
i. Emphasize opportunities for students to develop preprofessional skills
ii. Sponsoring student memberships
iii. Possibility of assigning academic credit for conference attendance/participation
iv. Promote small online trainings such as “Activism 101” to discuss community organizing
c. Division Newsletter
i. Shifting from a newsletter design to a simple email
ii. Possibly create a LinkedIn profile to push announcements, ID active members, collect information