Mobilizing the Vote: Students Speak Out on Voter Registration and Engagement
Description From civil rights to environmental justice, students have been leading the movement to improve the health and well-being of their communities for decades. Voting... Read More
Community Organizing in the midst of a Pandemic and Ongoing Police Abuse
Description We will visit the gains of the civil rights era and the continued fight for justice and equality in our schools, prisons, streets, housing,... Read More
The Impact of Leadership Diversity On Policy and Legislative Efforts in the United States
Description This session will provide informative content regarding the need for greater leadership diversity at the local, state, and federal policy levels. The session will... Read More
RIGHT Care Team — Responding to Mental Health 911 Calls in Innovative Partnership
Description In 2018, the City of Dallas, Parkland Hospital, and Meadows Mental Health & Policy Institute launched a pilot program called the RIGHT Care Team.... Read More
System Reforms Have Failed – Time For Abolition
Description Black and Native children are over-surveilled, over-policed, and over-removed by the child welfare system. Decades of attempts at reform have failed to address this.... Read More
Social Work is the Solution
Description Bringing to light the role social workers can play in creating a movement. Rolling up our sleeves and getting to work. Learning Objectives Understanding... Read More
Demystifying “Defund the Police”
Description In this critical moment when protestors are confronting the actions and tactics of law enforcement, many find themselves facing challenging questions. What does defund... Read More