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Join us for the LSWO National Latinx Social Work Conference 2024 – October 3-5, 2024, at the University of Illinois-Chicago
Go to www.lswo2024.com for registration, exhibitor, and program information.
Human Rights in Latinx Social Work Practice:
Integrating into Micro/Mezzo/Macro Social Work
An opportunity for Faculty, Social Work Professionals, Students, and Allies to Network, Share, and Learn.
Student Poster Sessions will be accepted until August 30, 2024. (Students can email us at Chicago2024@lswo.org.
Keynote Presenters:
Special Recognition of Dr. Lorraine M. Gutiérrez and Keynote
Edith A Lewis Collegiate Professor Emerita of Social Work, Arthur F Thurnau Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of Social Work, School of Social Work and Professor of Psychology Emerita, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Professor Lorraine Gutiérrez has a joint appointment with the School of Social Work (SSW) and Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan and is a faculty associate in American Culture. Her teaching and scholarship have focused on multicultural praxis in communities, organizations, and higher education. She has worked in community-based practice and research in multiethnic communities in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, and Seattle. Her work has identified strategies for multicultural community-based research and practice, multicultural education for social work practice, and effective methods for learning about social justice. Her contributions to undergraduate education have been recognized by the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship. She has served as an editor for the Journal of Community Practice and the Journal of Social Work Education.
Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is the Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health. He is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and licensed primary care and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with a clinical focus on the prevention and treatment of HIV and STIs among youth. Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos has been instrumental in guiding the LSWO and we appreciate his high concern for professional development of Latinx social workers.
Yvonne Castañeda, LCSW, Boston College School of Social Work
Yvonne Castañeda is the director of Community-based Initiatives and a part-time faculty member at the BC School of Social Work. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Florida International University, and a Master of Social Work from Boston College, where she was a proud member of the Latinx Leadership Initiative. Author of: Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety: My Journey Through Depression, Bulimia, and Addiction (Santa Monica Press (February 22, 2022)
Features:
- New Higher Education Workshops: Facing the demands of MSW, PhD, and DSW and specialization certificates. (3 Social Work faculty will lead these workshops)
- Many Schools of Social Work will be in person to share their online/hybrid programs. We encourage for students to attend these Social Work programs.
- Latinx School Social Work Panel: Responding to Migrant Families (Plenary Session)
- Protect Your License (PYL): Many social workers are not aware of their Licensure Sunset year, and changes to their license.
- LSWO International Symposium: Outcomes of our Oaxaca Initiative will be shared, and discussion about future Symposiums in Mexico
- Many Latinx Social Work faculty, PhD students, and Professional social workers will be presenting at this conference.
Special Group rate for Schools of Social Work and Colleges who send 5 or more of their students to the conference. Please email Adrian L Delgado, LCSW at Adrian@lswo.org
Current Exhibitors:
- Loyola University of Chicago School of Social Work
- Smith College School of Social Work
- Dominican University School of Social Work
- University of Illinois - Jane Addams College of Social Work
- University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign SSW
- Riveredge Hospital
- Ohio State University College of Social Work
- Indiana University School of Social Work
- Southwest Key Programs
- The Arc of Illinois
- Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice (University of Chicago)
- Healthcare Alternative Systems
- Walla Walla University (Wilma Hepker School of Social Work and Sociology)
- Latinx Therapy (Behavioral Group practice)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - School of Social Work
- HealthWest (Michigan)
- Rutgers University - School of Social Work
- Erikson Institute
- University of Houston School of Social Work
- Centro Castillo for Personal and Family Wellbeing (Behavioral group practice)
- Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois
- Centro Castillo for Personal and Family Wellbeing
- Northeast DuPage Family and Youth Services
- Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
- Ada S McKinley Community Services Inc.
- County of Santa Clara
Go to: www.lswow2024.com
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Michael Berghoef
Professor, Chair & Director
Ferris State University
231-591-2737
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