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Total Credits: 5 including 5 Cultural Competence, 5 Continuing Education Credit for Social Workers, 5 Continuing Education Credit for Clinical Psychologists, 5 Continuing Education Credit for Professional Counselors, 5 Continuing Education Credit for Marriage and Family Therapists
The University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice invites you to join us for the Black Women's Work Symposium. It is a unique gathering designed to provide Black women at the University of Chicago and beyond with a dedicated space for reflection on their labor within various dimensions of life, including community, institutions, families, and healing. Our mission is to create an inclusive platform for sharing the narratives and stories of Black women and the impact of labor on their well-being, families, communities, and healing journeys.
This symposium offers an invaluable opportunity to discuss and explore the pivotal role that labor plays in the lives of Black women, examining how it can be a site for both oppression and liberation, as well as a space for organizing and empowerment.
This event welcomes participants from all backgrounds and attendance is open to all.
This workshop satisfies 5 hours toward the State of Illinois cultural competency requirement for social workers.
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 5 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 5 hours of Continuing Education credit for clinical psychologists.
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 5 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 5 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.
Lisa Lynelle Moore, PhD, LICSW, has extensive teaching and administrative experience. Moore comes to Crown Family School from St. Olaf College, Department of Social Work and Family Studies where she was an Associate Professor and Director of Family Studies. She has also been faculty at the Boston University School of Social Work and an adjunct at the Smith College School for Social Work. Her administrative positions have included serving as Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs at Reed College, Assistant Director for the Women's Community Center at Stanford University, and as the Director of the Mary McLeod Bethune Multicultural Center at Clark University.
Moore earned her PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the California Institute of Integral Studies; her MSW at Smith College School for Social Work; and her AB in Political Science at Davidson College.
Evelyn is a preceptor in data science focusing on data science education as a joint instructor for both the University of Chicago and City Colleges of Chicago. She obtained her PhD in Microbiology from the University of Chicago in 2022 and her BS in Biology from Rider University in 2016. She enjoys reading, writing, and talking with friends and family.
C. Nell Crittendon is a Lecturer and Doctoral Student at the University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, where she teaches "Black Women Work: The labor of Black women in communities, families, and institutions. Her research areas of interest include: African Americans, Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice, Autoethnography, Education, Intersectionality, LGBTQIA+, Poverty, Qualitative Research Methods, Race, Ethnicity, and Culture, Social Welfare Policy, Sociology, and Trauma Informed Research.
In her role as Executive Director, Egeston oversees operations and staff for the South Side Y facility and builds the Y’s capacity as a vital community asset across the South Side of Chicago. In addition to 15 years of experience in higher education and public service, Egeston was a longtime member of the South Side YMCA’s Advisory Board, most recently serving as Chair.
Prior to joining the South Side Y as Executive Director, Egeston most recently served as Dean of Students & Director, Student Services for the University of Chicago Graham School, where she has worked since 2015. Her personal and professional missions include increasing educational attainment for under-resourced and urban populations and making intergenerational connections and working collaboratively to strengthen community.
Esther Franco-Payne joined the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities (PSPC) as its inaugural Executive Director in December of 2022. She is the immediate past executive director of Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA).As a social worker by training, she is a long-time advocate who has engaged the public in the development of effective adult criminal justice and youth justice policies.
Franco-Payne has a master’s degree from the University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. She is a Fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago, an alum of the Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Program and has participated in several cohort training programs focused on nonprofit management.
Christine Goggins serves at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she helps patients and their families recover from intentional violence by providing crisis intervention and intensive clinical case management. Christine has been an advocate for Chicago residents impacted by violence in various capacities for the past 15 years. She experienced the devastating impact of gun violence first-hand when her best friend, Blair Holt, was shot and killed on a Chicago Transit Authority bus in 2007. Through her work she has engaged with the root causes of gun violence, and maintains a vested interest in addressing housing insecurity as a critical solution to the issue of gun violence in the community.
Goggins earned her master's degree from the University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. She was an Obama Scholar from 2022-2023.
Lesley Kennedy has dedicated her 20+ year career to helping strengthen Chicago’s non-profit sector. Lesley most recently served as Chief Equity Officer for Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana and was previously Director of Strategy and Organization Development at Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA), supporting the organization’s internal culture and strategic direction. Prior to joining CGLA, Lesley developed and maintains a thriving executive coaching and consulting practice.
Lesley has a master’s degree from the University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and a bachelor’s degree in English and Women’s Studies from Stephens College. She is a guest lecturer on inclusive leadership at University of Chicago’s Crown School of Social Work, Policy and Practice and Loyola University’s Quinlan School of Business.
Nearly 10 years ago Domonique utilized her experiences in providing clinical services for nonprofit settings to found DFM Wellness Alliance, an organization dedicated to holistically building individual and community capacity. The DFM Wellness Alliance mission involves using therapy to help clients find balance within stressful, ever-changing lives and develop skills for professional and personal growth.
Before founding DFM Wellness Alliance, Domonique worked as a Coordinated School Health Specialist for Chicago Public Schools and served as both Director of Community Programs and as an Affiliate Therapist for the Family Institute at Northwestern University. Currently, Domonique Services as the Director of Behavioral Health for the Metropolitan Peace Initiatives of Metropolitan Family Services. Domonique has a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Chicago. She is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and EMDR trained.
Gina E. Miranda Samuels is a Professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. She has been named faculty director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, effective September 1, 2022. Her scholarly interests include transracial adoption, mixed race and multiethnic identity formation, critical and interpretive research methods, and the development of relational, kinship, and cultural ties among young adults whose childhoods are shaped by displacements caused by foster care, adoption, and home loss.
Professor Miranda Samuels received her M.S.S.W and Ph.D. in Social Work and Social Welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she received a Council on Social Work Education Minority research fellowship funded through the National Institute of Mental Health. She has practiced in the areas of child welfare, juvenile probation, Afrocentric community- and school-based social work, and family-based group therapy with youth and young adults.
Latesha serves in community mental health and is adjunct professor at Governors State University in the Department of Social Work. She is a strong advocate for social justice and works to influence policies that create equitable and transformative change in our society. She has served on the NASW-Illinois Chapter Board of Directors since 2019, currently serving as Calumet District Chair, chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC), and as member of the national NASW Delegate Assembly. In 2020, she served as co-chair of the NASW-Illinois Chapter Task Force on Racial Justice where the chapter’s final recommendations on police reform were reflected in the Criminal Justice Omnibus bill. In addition, she also serves on the community level as commissioner on the Human Relations Committee for the village of Park Forest. Latesha believes that it is our social responsibility to create and effect change through advocacy, policy, and the advancement of social work.
Briana is a graduate of Princeton University (BA) and of the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice (AM). She is an advocate for radical transformation in the criminal legal system and all systems that play a role in racial injustice against Black, Brown and low income communities. Briana has worked in research, policy, government, nonprofit, and educational spaces and will advance into any space where she sees the opportunity to do transformative justice work for the most marginalized members of her community.
Brianna Suslovic is a doctoral student at the University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. Her research interests include: abolition, prison and jail healthcare, mental health courts, transformative justice, feminist social work, policy analysis, historical methods, and social work-police collaborations.
Resha is a proud Southerner and Black woman currently pursuing her PhD in Social Welfare and Social Policy at the University of Chicago. She is interested in job quality, Black, Latinx, and immigrant workers, community organizing, and the use of preemption in the South to roll back worker rights. She is incredibly proud to merge her experiences as an organizer, low-wage worker, and Black woman in her research.
My primary position is a University Lecturer Senior Status at Governors State University Department of Social Work where I teach graduate and undergraduate courses. I am the faculty advisor for the Social Work Student Organization (SWSO), the Global Brigade and the Black Student Union (BSU). My expertise is developing service learning and civic engagement curricula to prepare students for leadership using the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. For the past five years I have taught and led International Service-Learning Public Health Brigade to Nicaragua, Panama and Ghana.
Jaelyn Wingard is a 2nd-year A.M. MSW student at the University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.
Participants who cancel their registrations at least one week (five business days) before the start of the program can receive a credit or refund minus a $25.00 processing fee. No credits or refunds will be given for cancelations received less than one week before the start of the program.
In the rare event that a program is canceled, we will contact you as soon as possible. We will offer you a full refund, a class credit equal to the amount of your payment, or the opportunity to transfer into another program, provided there is space available.
Morning Session
9:00am - 9:30am Check-in, Continental Breakfast 9:30am - 9:45am Introductions and Symposium Kickoff 9:45am -10:45am Panel I: The Transformative Labor of Black Women in Leadership 10:45am -11:00am Break 11:00am -12:30pm Breakout Sessions on Focused Topics
Afternoon Session
12:30pm -1:15pm Lunch 1:15pm -2:30pm Panel II: Black Women and the Field of Social Work 2:30pm -2:45pm Break 2:45pm -3:35pm Healing Circle & Intergenerational Dialogue 3:45pm -4:00pm Closing Remarks
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