Upcoming Events

More webinars on the horizon focusing on Anti-Racism, Coping during COVID-19, Leadership, Supervision, and Strengthen-based Case Management, Trauma-Informed Practices and Victim-Centered Approach, Significance of Connections, etc.  Fall 2020-2021

Past Events

Inclusive Leadership: The Heart of Creating a Climate of Cultural Awareness, Sensitivity and Anti-Oppression, Family Connections, October 2020

Talk with BSW Students about Advocacy in Social Work at Seton Hall University Social Work Program, South Orange, NJ, September 2020

Guest Lecturer, presentation title: Let’s Talk about Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism from the Social Justice Work Perspective, to BSW Students at Nazareth College, September 2020

Let’s Talk about Racism, Trauma and Its Impact on Mental Health and Well-being, Middlesex County, August & October 2020

Let’s Talk about Race, Racism, and Racial Justice:  The BIPOC Struggle for Identity, Belonging, and Equal Access and Power in Our Society, August & September, Middlesex & Camden CMOs

University of Kentucky, DSW Program, Panelist on DSW Panel Discussion for incoming DSW students, August 2020

Lindsay Meyer Teen Institute, Summer Virtual Conference, August 24, 2020

•  Let’s Talk about Race, Racism and Anti-racism:  Guiding and Supporting Adolescents as they Navigate Today’s Social Climate

Where Do You Stand?  Creating A Community Conversation to Talk about Racism and Anti-Racism, Co-Facilitated,  Rutgers, NJVAA, August 2020

NJ Victims Assistance Academy, & NJ Child Support Institute, Rutgers Institute for Families, School of Social Work, Virtually—April – August 2020

• 2-hour Webinar: Staying Victim-Centered Practicing a Trauma-informed Approach During COVID-19
• 2-hour Webinar: Significance of Connections During Social Distancing
• 2-hour Webinar: The Power of Universality: Supporting Others When We Feel Vulnerable
• 2-hour Webinar: Dealing with Difficult Emotions
• 2-hour Webinar: Creating Nurturing Spaces through Technology

NJ Prevention Network Focus on Addiction 2020 Virtual Conference, June 18, 2020

• An Incomplete Story:  The Unveiling of Health Disparities During COVID-19

Advocates for Children of New Jersey and Rutgers School of Social Work Institute for Families, June 15, 2020

•  Co-presented Attunement and Resiliency in the Midst of Uncertainty, 1-hour Webinar

The Heart of the Organization: Quality and Skillful Supervision, Family Connections, June 2020

Looking at Mental Health through the Lens of Stigma and Race: Implications for Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment and Service Delivery,  Family Connections, May 11, 2020

NASW-NJ 2020 Virtual Annual Conference, April 28, 2020

• Moderate 2-hour Webinar: Jennifer Pax’s Presentation:  The Synergy of a Culturally Competent Social Service Organization
• Moderate 2-hour Webinar: Marline Francois-Madden’s Presentation:  Addressing Adultification Bias of Black Girls and Impact of Trauma

NASW-NJ March – July 2020

• Presentation-Live, Moderator and Discussant Webinar: Anti-racism in Social Work: Building Authentic Relationships and Institutional Change
• Presentation-Live and Recorded Webinar: Race through the Lens of Trauma
• Presentation-Live and Recorded Webinar: The Practice of Mattering During the Time of Social Distancing

Looking at Mental Health through the Lens of Stigma and Race: Implications for Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment and Service Delivery, Latino Mental Health Association of NJ Annual Conference, February 1, 2020

Hip-Hop and Social Work, Monmouth University School of Social Work, December 2019

Let’s Talk about Adolescent Opposition, Rutgers University School of Social Work, December 2019

Clinical Supervision, NASW-NJ, December 2019 and January 2020

Paving The Way: Social Work Licensing Prep, Family Connections, October 2019

Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Inclusion:  Institutionalizing Diversity and Dismantling Structural Discrimination, Preferred Behavioral Health, Lakewood, NJ, October 2019

Understanding the Heart of Victim-Centered Approach:  Trauma-Informed Practice, 2-day workshop, NJ Victims Assistance Academy, August 2019

Essentials of Clinical Supervision, MHSC, New York, August 2019

Understanding Child Development through a Cultural Lens, Rutgers University, August 2019

Clinical Supervision, NASW-NJ , July 2019

Normality versus Pathology: An Exploration of Child Developmental Health, Rutgers School of Social Work, July 2019

Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Inclusion:  Institutionalizing Diversity and Dismantling Structural Discrimination, Rutgers University, June 2019

Looking at Mental Health through the Lens of Stigma and Race: Implications for Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment and Service Delivery, Culture Connections Conference, May 2019

Let’s Talk about Opposition in Adolescence, Rutgers School of Social Work, December 2018

Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Inclusion:  Institutionalizing Diversity and Dismantling Structural Discrimination,  Multicultural Services Advisory Committee, NJ Division of Mental Health and Addictions, November and December 2018

Hip-Hop and Social Work, Monmouth University School of Social Work, October 2018

Clinical Supervision, NASW-NJ , July and August 2018

Let’s Talk about Adolescent Opposition at NASW National Conference in Washington, DC, June 2018

Keynote: Institutionalizing Diversity: From Rhetoric to Reality and Implementation,  Culture Connections, Montclair State University, May 2018

Inclusive Leaders: Making the Invisible Visible:  Confronting and Dismantling Barriers to Institutionalizing Diversity within your Organization, Culture Connections, Montclair State University, May 2018

Let’s Talk about Adolescent Opposition Live Webinar, NASW-NJ, February 22, 2018

Institutionalizing Diversity and Social Justice Workshop at NASW-NJ Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, May 1, 2017

Let’s Talk about Adolescent Opposition at NASW-NJ Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, May 1, 2017

Engaging, Connecting and Bringing about Change with Adolescents through Music at NJASSW Spring Institute in Iselin, NJ, March 27, 2017

March 16, 2017 Talk with BSW Students about Hard-to-Reach Clients at Seton Hall University Social Work Program, South Orange, NJ