This is a free workshop for NASW-NYC Members ONLY.

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The Bystander Intervention training is built on the idea that we all play a role in creating safe public spaces for each other when we see our neighbors and community members facing bias, discrimination, or harassment. The training provides participants with the tools and strategies to safely respond when they witness bias incidents and discrimination. Participants learn verbal and behavioral de-escalation strategies to non-violently intervene to disrupt hate-violence or hate speech. The training explores the meaning of safety, of being an effective ally, and how identity plays a role in the ways we choose to intervene.

With this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Be more aware of their surroundings
• Identify strategies during the moment of intervention: direct, delegate, distract, document (adapted for Hollaback) and check-in
• Identify de-escalation tools

2 SW CE Contact Hours

Christelle N. Onwu, MSW has been recognized by City & State's NYC 40 Under 40 Rising Stars, class of  2021, The Assembly of the State of New York, and New York City Council.

Mrs. Onwu is the Director of the Social Work Unit, Lead Advisor for African Diaspora Communities, and Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the New York City Commission on Human Rights. She is a 2017 graduate of the Coro Immigrant Civic Leadership Program (ICLP) and is currently a Council of Urban Professional (CUP) fellow. Christelle serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where she teaches courses on Justice in the Africana World, Environmental and Institutional Racism in the Africana Department. She is a fierce advocate for under-served populations with a focus on African communities in New York City. 

At the New York City Commission on Human Rights, Christelle advocates and mobilizes the African community throughout the five boroughs and has given an unprecedented voice to one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in New York City, while also championing the causes of other communities. Prior to the Commission, Christelle served as a Social Worker Supervisor at Sauti Yetu Center for African Women and Families. There, she provided bilingual (French and English) counseling and case management to survivors of gender-based violence. She also served as a Policy Analyst at Safe Passage Project, New York Law School, where she worked with an interdisciplinary team of lawyers and social advocates to analyze quantitative and qualitative research data on immigration policies within New York City and State. 

Onwu earned her bachelor’s degree at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a Masters of Science in Social Work Policy at Columbia University School of School Work, where her article titled “Understanding Female Genital Cutting in the United Kingdom within Immigrant Communities” was published in the Social Work Review. She is a proud New Yorker and hails from Cameroon. She is fluent in French, pidgin, and Eton.

Vanessa Ramos, Esq. is the Managing Director of Education and Compliance of NYC Commission on Human Rights. Prior to joining the Commission, she was the Sr. Director for Policy at the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, focusing on bilingual education, quality childcare and immigrant rights. In 2013, she was awarded the Dr. Antonia Pantoja Bilingual Education Advocacy Award by the New York State Association for Bilingual Education (NYSABE). She was an international observer in elections in Ecuador and El Salvador. She studied at the University of Puerto Rico, obtaining a BA in Political Science and a juris doctor.

Please note that new members take up to 3 business days to transfer information to NASW-NYC's system. Please plan accordingly to allow enough time for registration.

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NASW-NYC is happy to try and fulfill any reasonable special accommodations requests following NYS laws, submitted in writing to workshops.naswnyc@socialworkers.org at least  fifteen business days prior to the workshop date. Requests received after the deadline may not be able to be processed or fulfilled in time for the event.

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. 

Please ensure that your registration information is accurate as this may impact your continuing education certificates.  NASW-NYC is not responsible for the accuracy of your registration information. To receive your certificate of completion, you must be present for the entire webinar and complete an evaluation.

NASW-NYC Refund Policy

All refund requests must be submitted by e-mail to accounting.naswnyc@socialworkers.org. Refund e-mails must include the subject line "Refund Request" as well as the attendee's name, workshop date and title in the body of the e-mail. Valid requests must be received no later than three business days prior to course date. NASW-NYC reserves the right to refuse any refunds requested later than three days prior to the course date.

• 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.

NOTICE OF FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Please be advised that photography, and audio and video recording of participants at NASW-NYC events may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio recording, and video recording (referred to as the “Recordings”) and its/their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction for promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose reasonably related to the mission of the National Association of Social Workers.

You release NASW-NYC, its officers, employees and agents from any liability connected with such use of the Recordings and waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connection with such use of the Recordings. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording taken by NASW-NYC or the person or entity designated to do so by NASW-NYC.

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For any questions or issues, please contact workshops.naswnyc@socialworkers.org

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, and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports as an approved provider of CASAC credits #0288.