Oppression and Privilege: Two sides of the same coin

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Evelyn G. Williams, MSW

NASW-NYS Members: $45

NASW Other Chapter Member: $67.50

Non-Members: $90

This workshop is approved for 9.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists

Workshop Description

This webinar series provides a foundation for understanding the interconnectedness of various social work and social-psychology theories, mental models, and systems that influence discrimination, oppression, privilege and social injustice. We will examine the role, function, and effects of oppression in society as it relates to social, economic, and environmental justice. Assumptions underlying theory and research methodologies from which basic constructs of human behavior are drawn will be examined to understand how power and compliance manage and sustain oppression at the individual and institutional levels. Therefore, it is necessary to critically analyze social injustice within and across diverse populations in order to challenge and subsequently change oppressive situations that client systems, communities, and individuals may face.  

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify theoretical approaches used to understand issues of oppression, privilege and social injustice.
• Understand and assess the intersecting oppressions linked to race, gender, social class and other marginalized statuses that shape exposure to life adversities and attendant problems, as well as access to human services.
• Understand how power and influence prevent or promote social justice within and across culturally diverse populations.
• Gain the ability to understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination and apply intervention strategies of advocacy and social change that advance social and economic justice.
• Assist social work professionals in identifying their own values and ethical systems, and recognizing convergence and divergence with the values and ethics of social work.
• Develop advocacy skills that engage all consumer populations in taking a stand for principles of justice, equity, and fair play, regardless of the social context or practice setting.
• Understand the social work profession’s responsibility and commitment to social reform, advocacy, and social justice in light of the existence of oppression.

This workshop is approved for 9.0 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), and licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider ID #MFT-0037)

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Presenter:

Evelyn G. Williams, MSW has over 30 years of progressive experience in health care administration, consulting, legislative advocacy, and teaching at the baccalaureate and graduate levels. Her primary professional direction was in community health care assisting in opening three community health centers (CHC) and providing technical assistance to CHC’s in the federal Region II locations. She also held several administrative positions in the NYS Department of Health. In 1999, after completing eleven years as the President/CEO of Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Center, Evelyn chose to pursue her consulting career, working with community-based organizations in the areas of program development, strategic management, and leadership. Her consultant endeavors include providing consultant services to state and federal agencies, community-based organizations, and social/cultural groups. She assisted organizations in opening health care programs, developing short and long-term strategic plans, writing grants, conducting organizational performance evaluations, designing fundraising projects, facilitating governing board retreats, and planning and implementing statewide and national conferences and professional meetings. Concurrent with the progressive experience in health care, Ms. Williams has had varied teaching positions since 1979. Completing her tenure in FORUM and the Center of International Programs within Empire State College, she is currently a lecturer within the School of Social Welfare, University at Albany. Ms. Williams’ leadership skills are represented through serving on several statewide and regional professional organizations’ governing boards, as well as her role as legislative chair and chairperson of the community health care statewide association. Ms. Williams, in addition to the above, is a certified yoga & Shake Your Soul/Dancekinetics instructor and a proud grandmother.