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Social work is built upon a foundation of social justice and advocacy, yet many social workers and other helping professions do not see themselves as advocates. The social work profession has been called to explore our role in both helping and harming the communities we are charged to serve.

Participants will have the opportunity to understand the intersection among social justice, oppression, and social work practice. Through exploring our role and compliancy in racial and social injustice, we will delve into the clinical and legal implications. We will also learn how to use the social work code of ethics as a guide to effectively engage action, drive social change, and confront isms and apathy within the profession and ourselves.  

Explore the history and role of oppression, racism, and apathy in social work. Learn how this landscape impacts social work practice (micro, mezzo, and macro) as well as creates social justice divides for those whom we serve.

With this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Explore internalized beliefs, culture biases, and understand how these areas shape advocacy agendas, assessment, practice and policy
• Gain techniques to effectively engage their peers, students and colleagues in building coalition and work towards social justice and inclusion in social work education, policy, and practice
• Understand how to use the social work code of ethics as a guide to effectively engage action, drive social change, and confront isms and apathy within the profession and ourselves
• Name some clinical and legal implications through exploring the role and compliancy in racial and social injustice

NASW-NYC Member: $38 | Other Chapter Member: $48 | Non-Member: $57

2 SW CE Contact Hours

Dr. Claire J. Green-Forde, LCSW is a non-profit executive leader and unapologetic social justice advocate. She currently serves as the Executive Director for the National Association of Social Workers, New York City Chapter. 

Dr. Claire is a New York and New Jersey based, Licensed Clinical Social Worker whose work and interests focus on the intersectionality of behavioral health, criminal justice, social disparities, trauma, and human development. She firmly believes in the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of wellness and is a strong advocate for holistic and culturally relevant practices that consider both a trauma informed and neurobiological lens. She has training and experience in areas including adolescent and adult mental health, policy development, positive youth development, bullying, criminal and juvenile justice, and trauma. 

Dr. Claire is a member or volunteer of many professional and service organizations including The National Association of Social Workers, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., the Network for Social Work Management and Healing for the Souls Empowerment Network.

James J. DeSantis, JD, LCSW is a New Jersey Licensed Clinical Social Worker. James is a senior medical social worker for the City of Newark, a mental health clinician at a Newark community health clinic, and operates a private psychotherapy practice in Montclair. He earned his Master's Degree in Social Work from Rutgers University where he was a recipient of the William Neal Brown Memorial Fellowship, in memory of a social worker who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during WWII. James earned a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Rutgers University where he was a Dean's List student, served as a Psychology teaching assistant and was a member of the Honor Society in Psychology.

Prior to becoming a therapist, James successfully practiced law in private practice for over 10 years in New Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia. He received his Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University. James is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, American Psychological Association, and a non-practicing member of the Federal and State Bars of New York and New Jersey as well as the District of Columbia.

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NASW-NYC Certificates Policy

As per New York State Continuing Education guidelines, attendees must arrive on time and attend the ENTIRE workshop to receive their Continuing Education Contact Hours. Any attendees who arrive late or leaves early to a workshop will not receive their certificate, is not allowed admittance into the workshop and is also not eligible for a refund in any way. 

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• All refunds are subject to a 30% administrative processing fee.
• Refund requests typically require 1-2 weeks processing time.
• Refunds ONLY; credit cannot be issued toward a future program date or substituted for another workshop.

If the workshop is cancelled, you will be informed ahead of time and fully refunded.

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NASW New York City Chapter is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0027, the State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists #MFT-0060, and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports as an approved provider of CASAC credits #0288.