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eVOLve: Be The Change
March 22, 2024
Our annual eVOLve conference is a FREE opportunity to get CEU’s, network with your peers, and connect with community organizations.
Keynote Speaker:
Autumn Asher BlackDeer, PhD, MSW
Dr. Autumn Asher BlackDeer is a queer anti-colonial scholar-activist from the Southern Cheyenne Nation and serves as an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. Her scholarship illuminates the impact of structural violence on American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Dr. BlackDeer centers Indigenous voices throughout her research by using quantitative approaches and big data as tools for responsible storytelling. Dr. BlackDeer is a racial equity scholar with an emphasis on Indigenous tribal sovereignty and is deeply committed to furthering anti-colonial abolitionist work.
2024 Session Topics
Keynote Session
- Countering Coloniality and Complicity: The Movement to Decolonize Social Work – Dr. Autumn BlackDeer
Morning Sessions – 10:15-11:45 AM
- “Oh No, is That a Subpoena?” A Social Work Perspective on Testimony – Rebecca Grounsell, MSSW, LISW-CP
- School Social Work: Changing History by Re-Writing Our Story – Stephanie Guster, MSW, LCSW and Lori Carmack, MSW, LMSW
- Advanced Trauma-Informed Care within the Context of Organizations – Ragan Schriver, PsyD, LAPSW
- Trauma-Informed Advocacy: Including the Client Voice – Amy R. Shipp, LCSW
Afternoon Sessions
1:15-2:15 PM
- Ethical Considerations in Supporting Non-Monogamous Communities – Chelsea Nixon, LMSW
- The Science of Compassion – Michael Waltke, LAPSW, Mary Katsikas, MAFP
- Culturally-Adapted Programs to Enhance the Well-Being of Latino Immigrants – Eliza Galvez, LMSW
- Intersection of Public Transit, Extreme Heat, and Social Vulnerability – Sangwon Lee, MSW and Jennifer M. First, PhD, MSW
2:30-3:30 PM
- Navigating Boundaries and Ethical Dilemmas in Helping Professions – Sara Amos, LCSW
- Neurodivergent Affirming Care: A Paradigm Shift in Clinical Practice – Brooke Garren, LCSW
- “Back to Normal?” Effects of Pandemic Ableism on Colleagues & Clients – Karen E. Latus, LMSW
- Creating Change: The Art and Science of Advocacy – Rob Lucio, PhD, LCSW
eVOLve 2024 Gallery
