Hosted by: Laura Quiros, PhD, LMSW
Description: Join us as we discuss the crafts of positive disruption and storytelling as acts of social justice. Now more than ever, social workers can be leaders in positively disrupting white and normative spaces through their use of self. We all have stories and for many of us, it is these stories that propelled us to enter the field of social work. How can these stories also be acts of social justice used to disrupt the status quo?
Hosted by: Mary McCarthy, PhD, LMSW, Ray Cardona, LCSW & Elizabeth Felton, Esq., LICSW
Description: Do you know that NASW has a legal defense fund for social workers? The LDF provides financial assistance and legal advocacy for cases and issues concerning NASW members and the profession emphasizing legal and ethical principles important to social work. LDF also supports educational projects and programs that enhance social workers’ understanding and knowledge of legal and ethical issues affecting the profession. Join us for a conversation that will provide an overview of the Legal Defense Fund and discuss some of the specific ways social workers are supported by the fund. Resources will be highlighted, including the array of resources available for tele-mental health services.
In this Chapter Chat we will discuss the importance of social work and the collaboration of public libraries. The Family Place is the first program in the Nation to incorporate social work in public libraries. We will discuss the impact of this important collaboration and the importance of this partnership.
Hosted by: The Katal Center
Description: New York reincarcerates more people on parole for technical violations — like being late for curfew or testing positive for alcohol — than any nearly every other state in the country. This means that over 5,000 people are currently incarcerated in New State jails and prisons for technical violations of parole, including hundreds on Rikers Island. Even more, new data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that in 2018, New York incarcerated nearly 6,000 people across the state for technical parole violations alone. #LessIsMoreNY is designed to fix this problem. Join us to hear from Katal members and staff about parole in New York state, the provisions of the #LessIsMoreNY bill, and ways the NASW-NYS can move to action to support the passage of #LessIsMoreNY.
Hosted by: Laura Quiros, PhD, LMSW
Description: Incorporating Diversity and Inclusion in Trauma-Informed Social Work incorporates discussions of leadership, racism and oppression into a new understanding of how trauma and traumatic experience play out in leadership and organizational cultures. Chapters unpack ideas about the intersections of self, trauma and leadership, bridging the personal and professional, and illustrating the relationship between employees and leaders. Discussion questions and Reflections at the end of each chapter offer the opportunity for the reader to understand their own vulnerabilities as it relates to the subject matter. This book reconceptualizes cultural competency, trauma and leadership in the context of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and views theories and practices through a lens of diversity, equity and inclusivity.
Hosted by: Ryan Kane, MSW Student, NASW-NYS Intern
Description: What is Environmental Racism and how does it present itself in US society? How do we, as social workers define the environment, and how does that impact our clients, and ourselves? Join UAlbany MSW Student Ryan Kane on November 19th at 12pm to discuss how social workers define environmental justice and approach the challenges of environmental racism.