Welcome Address – Social Work Month
Mildren Joyner, President of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) North American Region will be talking... Read More
African American Women in Academia: Intersectionality of Race and Gender
Session Description African American Women face a variety of issues in the academy, community and society. The strength of this group often lies in sisterhood... Read More
Keynote: When BIPOC Communities are harmed by the systems design to serve and protect them
Session Description This session will speak to the inequities that Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) experience in their local communities at the hands of... Read More
Operationalizing Democracy through Blackness: Revisiting the Revolutionary Actions of The National Association of Black Social Workers, Inc.
Session Description The 1968 Position Statement of the National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) as declared at the National Conference on Social Welfare (NCSW)... Read More
Racism, Recovery, and Resilience: The Journey of a Social Work PhD Student
Session Description This session will focus on the personal narrative of a former social work doctoral student as she navigated academia in a historically white... Read More
Internalized Oppression: Conquering the Master Within
Session Description Internalized oppression occurs when people of color internalize stereotypes, prejudices, and negatives beliefs. This phenomenon is the result of macro and institutions that... Read More
Decolonizing Social Work: The Reparative Nature of Ubuntu Philosophy
Session Description Decolonization of social work requires the profession and practitioners to make a real and concerted effort to incorporate the very same communities the... Read More
Racial Equity: Fear of the Black Man
Session Description The death of so many Black Men in the last couple of years has created what seems to be a large target on... Read More