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Total Credits: 1 including 1 Cultural Competence, 1 Continuing Education Credit for Social Workers, 1 Continuing Education Credit for Professional Counselors, 1 Continuing Education Credit for Marriage and Family Therapists
May 17, 2024
7:00pm-9:00pm
In-Person Only:
Crown Family School, Lobby
969 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 606037
The Crown Family School is hosting the 2024 Social Justice Address featuring Adrian Perkins, politician, attorney, and former Mayor of Shreveport, LA. He will discuss the challenges and opportunities of making local change while sharing his experiences as mayor during the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons from his journey about the complex and rewarding work of addressing society's most pressing issues.
Directly following the Social Justice Address, the Crown Family School's Alumni Association will honor our annual award recipients, including alumni and community agencies working innovatively to advance a more human society. We hope you will join us in acknowledging and celebrating this year's recipients' professional accomplishments and societal impact.
A light reception will follow the program.
This event is free* and welcomes participants from all backgrounds. Attendance is open to all.
*There is a fee for those attendees seeking Continuing Education Credit (The Social Justice Address provides 1 CEU, satisfying 1 hour toward the cultural competence requirement for social workers)
This workshop satisfies 1 hours toward the State of Illinois cultural competency requirement for social workers.
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 1 hours of Continuing Education credit for social workers.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 1 hours of Continuing Education credit for professional counselors.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 1 hours of Continuing Education credit for marriage and family therapists.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
Mayor Adrian Perkins is Senior Vice President at Prospect Park, a merchant bank and financial and governmental advisory firm. He is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana. In the wake of 9/11, he accepted a nomination and eventually graduated from West Point as Class President. In 2008, he entered the United States Army, eventually serving three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, achieving the rank of Captain and Company Commander and receiving the Bronze Star for his service. After transitioning from the military,
Adrian was accepted into Harvard Law School, where he was elected Student Body President and a Pat Tillman Scholar. On December 31, 2018, Adrian was elected the 56th Mayor of the City of Shreveport. Unfortunately, his mayoral term was disrupted by the global pandemic. As the youngest mayor of any major American city in 2021, he led with distinction and was highlighted by the Washington Post as being the first to identify COVID's disproportional impact on minority communities. Also of
note, Mayor Perkins hired Shreveport’s first CTO, who was a founding member of Mayors for Guaranteed Income and transformed a 1.2 million dollars deficit into a 55-million-dollar surplus in three years.
In addition to serving as Mayor, Mayor Perkins also served on several boards, including the Federal Communications Commission’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, United States Conference of Mayors Board of Trustees, and Northwest Louisiana’s Metropolitan Planning Organization.
After leaving the Mayor’s Office in 2022, Mayor Perkins became a University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics Pritzker Fellow, Stanford Veterans Fellowship Program, and continues to serve on the boards of Service 2 School, Mayoral Roundtable, and the Southern Rail Commission.
