Who We Are
SWHELPER is a woman owned, award-winning, mission-driven, and progressive news website dedicated to providing information, resources, and entertainment for the social good.
Learn MoreWhat We Do
Our goal is to use an interdisciplinary approach to providing news, information, and resources for all helping professions using a system of care approach to sharing knowledge.
Learn MoreWhy Virtual
Virtual transcends your geographical location and expands learning to a global classroom. Also, it allows us to provide the same great content at a more affordable rate.
Learn MoreJoin us on October 26th and 27th
Meet Some of Our Speakers
Keynote: Feminista Jones
Author and Community Activist
Keynote: Daniella Carter
Founder of Daniella's Guestbook
Reecie Colbert
Founder of BlackWomansViews Media
Kenneth Walden
Political Activist/Influencer
Fall Summit Agenda
October 26th (EST)
October 27th (EST)
Welcome Address – SWHELPER, Council on Social Work Education, and Sacred Heart University School of Social Work
Saundra Starks, LCSW, PhD.
Elizabeth Johnson-Tyson, MSW, LMSW
Deona Hooper, MSW
9:00 am
The Importance of Being Civically Engaged and How it Effects Our Daily Lives
Session Description This session will be a personal testimony of how policy and legislation affect the everyday lives of the people you serve. Many helping professionals are told not to... Read More
Kenneth Walden
10:10 am
Gun Violence: the Black Community vs. Everyone Else
Session Description This session will be centered around my family’s experience with gun violence as outlined in my current book, Cincinnati Doe: A Mother’s 30-Day Journey in ICU. Specifically, my... Read More
Donna Haynes
Cameron Dasher
Intersectional Anti-Racist Practice with the Disability Community
Session Description Our session will discuss the use of intersectional, anti-oppressive, and critically culturally competent approaches to anti-racist social work practice with the disability community in the United States context.... Read More
Elspeth Slayter, MSW, PhD
Lamont Simmons, MSW, EdD
12:30 pm
Understanding Systematic Racism in Social Work
Session Description This session will specifically focus on systematic racism within the social work profession. It is no secret that racism has altered reality for some of us. Having access... Read More
Coral Bealer, MSW Candidate
1:45 pm
Leveraging My Platform: Using Inspiration & Influence To Improve Health Outcomes
Session Description In this session, we will talk about what the Black Man, M.D. Blog is, why it was created, and how it has influenced its readers thus far. We... Read More
Christel Wekon-Kemeni, MD
3:00 pm
Disinformation is Voter Suppression
Session Description Voter suppression is one of the greatest threats to democracy in the United States. In 2021 alone, 18 states have enacted over 30 laws that restrict voting access.... Read More
Reecie Colbert
4:15 pm
Your Story is Your Power
Session Description In this session, Ms. Carter will share her journey through a violent, torturous childhood and turbulent teenage years, never buckling under the weight of the burdens she was... Read More
Keynote: Daniella Carter
8:30 am
Welcome Address Fall Summit – NASW
Mildred Joyner, MSW, LCSW
Testimonios: Experiences from Higher Education
Session Description To transform our educational institutions, we must start by centering on the lived experiences of the students. They are the ones most impacted by the curriculum, teaching practices,... Read More
Ivania Delgado, PsyD, MSW, MS
Lesley Jackson, MSW
10:10 am
Escaping from Oppressive Spaces: Exploring the Healing of the Freedom Closet
Session Description This session will explore the concept of oppressive workspaces as experienced by BIPOC. Although social workers embrace the values and ethics of the profession, oppression in our work... Read More
Arlene Garcia, MSW, PhD
11:20 am
eLearning to Advance Racial and Ethnic Diversity Friendly University Initiative
Session Description As the U.S. population has grown more racially and ethnically diverse, students across all levels of higher education have been diverse as well according to several studies on... Read More
Suk-hee Kim, MSW, COI, Ph.D.
Transition back to campus: Challenges and Strategies to keep Higher Education a Priority during the fight against COVID
Session Description Learning Objectives Describe the impact COVID had on student engagement Describe the impact COVID had on student enrollment Describe the High Impact practices used to keep students engaged... Read More
Vivian Shannon-Ramsey
Phyllis E. Gillians, Ed.D
Makeba Green, MSW, PhD.
Navigating Racially-Based Perspectives through the Lens of Individualism and Collectivism
Session Description Not all personal worldviews are the same as a dominant American worldview, but there is a systematic assumption that they are (I.e. healthcare systems, education systems, social systems,... Read More
Elizabeth Johnson-Tyson, MSW, LMSW
Jill Manit, MSW, PhD.
3:00 pm
Vote Like Black Women: What does this mean and Why its Important
Session Description Black women in the South are the leaders and the economic drivers in their communities. With their pocketbooks, they have and continue to do more with less. Everyone... Read More
Cassandra Welchlin
4:15 pm
Revolutionary Work: Answering the Call During Unprecedented Times
Session Description With so many perilous events happening simultaneously across the globe, people are facing unprecedented socioeconomic struggles. In the U.S., we have lost over 600,000 people to Covid-19 and the numbers... Read More
Keynote: Feminista Jones