Thursday, June 1st
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Location: Clark-Fox Forum at Hillman Hall 4:00-5:00 PM |
Opening Reception (Following The Teaching Institute) |
5:00-6:00 PM |
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6:00 PM END |
Dinner on your own. Please check out our guide food and events guide HERE |
Friday, June 2nd
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Event |
Location: 5501 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM |
Commitment to Community We are kicking off the MACRO Matters conference by demonstrating our support of local community service providers and policy practitioners. Join us for breakfast at the Delmar DevINe, the first collaborative space dedicated to maximizing the human and financial capital of St. Louis’ social initiatives and institutions. You’ll receive a tour of the new facility from founder Maxine Clark, who also happens to be the founder and former CEO of Build-a-Bear. After the tour, you'll hear from a panel of local providers and advocates on the challenges of pushing forward progressive policies in a conservative state that promote social justice and equity. We organized this site visit in response to feedback from previous conference attendees who requested opportunities to connect with the local community. Location: 5501 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112 |
8:00 AM- 9:00 AM 9:00 AM- 10:00 AM |
Breakfast [Provided by Clark-Fox Policy Institute] Welcoming Remarks and Tour of the Delmar DivINe |
10:00 AM- 12:00 AM |
Panel of Local Service Providers at the Delmar DevIne Topic: Rising Together to Address Health, Education, and Racial Disparities Learn more about our esteemed panelists HERE! |
12:00 PM- 2:00 PM |
Lunch on your own. Please check out our food and events guide HERE |
Location: Hillman Hall 2:00 PM- 3:00 PM |
Presentations 1: Hillman 120 David Conley, University of North Carolina-Wilmington Increasing equity through legislative research: The development and utilization of the Congressional Behavioral Health Dataset Suzanne Pritzker, University of Houston "Battlegrounds for access": Applying a regional lens to advance political justice and protect voting rights |
Presentations 2: Hillman 130 Dawn Apgar, Seton Hall University Promoting Interdisciplinary Education on Older Adults: Identifying Mezzo and Macro Barriers in Undergraduate Education Mary Dungy-Akenji, Loyola University Chicago Community Organizing in Chicago: Gendered Labor and Work Life Balance |
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Presentations 3: Hillman 200 Lara Law, Arizona State University Building a Statewide Inter-University Collaborative to End Homelessness: Initial Findings, Opportunities, and Tensions Amy Murphy-Nugen, Western Carolina University Housing Loss & The Right to Grieve: Solution-informed Policy and Programs To Dismantle Inequities |
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Presentations 4: Hillman 300 Megan Ronnenberg, Doctoral Candidate, University of Iowa Library Social Work: Expanding the Role of Libraries in Community Wellbeing Kimberly Moore, Yeshiva University Faith Leaders as Public Health Interventionists |
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3:00 PM- 4:00 PM |
Round Tables 1: Hillman 120 Ausirys Alviz, Kelly Shaffer, Christina Kassack, and Dania Martinez, Monmouth University Human rights leadership for social justice Hillman 300 Mary Nienow, St. Catherine University Dawn Apgar, Seton Hall University Darlyne Bailey, Bryn Mawr College Altaf Husain, Howard University Disparities in social work licensing exams: Where do we go from here? |
Presentations 5: Hillman 130 Megan Smith, Rhode Island College Macro in the middle: Strategies for more fully integrating macro social work into generalist practice courses Robert Bennett, Indiana University The use of sociological imagination to teach policy |
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Interactive Workshop 1: Hillman 200 Allysha Bryant, Justyna Rzewinski, and Shannon Lane, Yeshiva University Engaging voters in community agencies: Toward political justice |
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4:00 PM- 5:00 PM |
Interactive Workshop 2: Hillman 120 Marcela Sarmiento Mellinger, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The threat of teaching "real" history and how to use it to teach policy advocacy Hillman 300 Steve Burghardt, Hunter College-CUNY Rob Bennett, University of Indiana Carla Silva, CUNY Melanie Sonsteng-Person, University of Florida Social worker equity, now!: 'Macro United ' lessons from a sustained, multi-leveled, national campaign |
Presentations 6: Hillman 130 Jill Murray and Dedrick Nettles, Southern University at New Orleans Why are we still wrestling with slavery? A political engagement exercise for MSW students Dennise Moreno, University of Illinois Chicago Rebecca Saenz and Suzanne Pritzker, University of Houston Nicole Nicotera, University of Denver Amplifying Latinx youth voices to explore systemic influences on civic engagement |
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Presentations 7: Hillman 200 Shetal Vohra-Gupta, Liana Petruzzi, Bradley Maclanie, and Diane Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin Going beyond cultural competence and multiculturalism: Addressing structural racism in social work programs and curricula Michael Massey, Catholic University of America A Policy Archeology of the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 |
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5:00 PM END |
Dinner on your own. Please check out our food and events guide HERE |
Saturday, June 3rd
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Event |
Location: Clark-Fox Forum at Hillman Hall 8:00 AM- 9:00 AM |
Breakfast |
9:00 AM- 10:00 AM |
Round Tables 3: Hillman 120 Dawn Apgar, Seton Hall University Stephenie Howard, Norfolk State University Altaf Husain, Howard University Mary Nienow, St. Catherine University Social work regulation: Research and implications |
Round Tables 4: Hillman 130 Terry Mizrahi and Mimi Abramovitz, Hunter College-CUNY Sabrina Tyuse, St. Louis University; Deborah Mullin, Hunter College-CUNY A social work national collaboration to elevate the vision and voice of social workers, their clients and constituents by organizing for voting rights and justice |
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Interactive Workshop 3: Hillman 200 Michelle Bialeck and Shannon Lane, Yeshiva University Responsible advocacy within highly vulnerable communities: Social workers as partners, community members as experts. |
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10:00 AM- 11:00 AM |
Interactive Workshop 4: Hillman 120 Michel Coconis, Union Institute and University Terry Cluse-Tolar, Ohio University Athens Glenn Abraham, Ohio University Southern The opposite of social erasure: Humanizing persons in need as macro practice Round Tables 5: Hillman 300 Charles Lewis, Jr., Congressional Research Institute on Social Work and Policy Angelique Day, University of Washington (Seattle) Marla Blunt-Carter, Rutgers University Luisa Lopez, Latino Social Work Coalition and Scholarship Fund Whither political social work? |
Presentations 9: Hillman 130 Mary Hylton, Salisbury University Jill Manit, Sacred Heart University Empowered to engage: Social work students ' understanding of voting rights, elections, and election integrity Melanie Zuckerman, Yeshiva University A social work perspective on co-response: MSW students ' perceptions of co-response, police, and ethics |
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Presentations 10: Hillman 200 Mary Dungy-Akenji and Amy Krings, Loyola University Chicago Responsibilization and retraditionalization: How neoliberal logics shape the experiences of women community organizers in Chicago Sophia Sarantakos and Shannon Sliva, University of Denver From marginalized to mobilized: What social workers can learn from movement lawyering |
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11:00 AM- 12:00 PM |
Interactive Workshop 5: Hillman 120 Christina Cazanave-McCarthy, Saint Leo University The time is now! Infusing civic engagement beyond the norms of policy practice curriculum Round Tables 6: Hillman 300 Cheryl Hyde, Temple University Adam Cecil, Social Service Workers United Labor wrongs to labor rights: Collective mobilization in support of the human service workforce |
Presentations 11: Hillman 130 Lyndsey Parham, Western Carolina University United for environmental justice: Climate change, emergency disasters & protective policy strategies Yiwei Zhang, University of Nebraska at Omaha Chi Liu, Northeast Normal University Community resource navigation during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insights from a student-led practice in China |
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Presentations 12: Hillman 200 Riley Hostetter, University of Denver How will proposed policy reduce inequity?: Scrutinizing mandatory child abuse reporting policies for queer and trans youth Eric Lock and DuWayne Battle, Rutgers University Designing and implementing an anti-racist curriculum: Implications for macro social work courses |
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Location: Clark-Fox Forum at Hillman Hall 12:00 PM- 2:00 PM |
Lunch Second Annual Rothman Award for Structural Change Practice in Social Work Please join us for lunch as the Special Commission to Advance Macro Social Work presents the Second Annual Jack Rothman Award for Structural Change. This honor is bestowed upon a social worker whose efforts have achieved structural change of a systemic nature in their practice or setting. Learn more about the Awardees HERE Learn more about SHP-D HERE |
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM |
Posters 1: Hillman Hall Kimberly Moffett, Indiana University Promoting and assessing human rights-based social work teaching practice Diane Martell and Jenn Meade, Rhode Island College Assessment of advanced policy competencies through the use of simulations Kimberly Moore and Allysha Bryant, Yeshiva University Translating institutional power into community-based interventions Shonita Flamion, Spalding University Practice-focused evaluation Elena Izaksonas, Metro State University Teaching macro practice: A research innovation |
3:00 PM- 4:00 PM |
Interactive Workshop 6: Hillman 120 Monica Leisey, Salem State University Darlyne Bailey, Brynn Mawr College Natasha W. Bragg, Indiana University Randy J. Baxter, Spring Arbor University Sangeun Lee, Bryn Mawr College Advancing critical anti-racism dialogues for action: Re-examining our curricula, program content, and policies |
Interactive Workshop 7: Hillman 130 Tanya Rhodes Smith, University of Connecticut Adelaide Sandler, Marist College Shannon Lane, Yeshiva University Mary Hylton, Salisbury University Unrepresentative democracy: The power of building local civic literacy in social work education and practice. |
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Paper Presentations 13: Hillman 300 Marshelia Harris, Indiana University Northwest The Child Abuse and Neglect Forum: Protecting the human rights of children Riley Hostetter, University of Denver Representation, recommendation, & reform(?): A critical review of literature on queer & trans foster youth |
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4:00 PM END |
Dinner on your own. Please check out our guide food and events guide HERE |
Sunday, June 4th
Time |
Event |
Location: Clark-Fox Forum at Hillman Hall 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
9:00-10:00 AM |
Macro Organization Meetings We have set aside time for Macro Organizations to hold meetings with their members and for non-members to learn more about the amazing organizations. |
10:00 AM- 11:30 PM |
Macro Organizations’ Leadership Panel Join moderator Amy Murphy-Nugen as she leads a discussion about what it means to advance policy in a divisive society. Whether it is community organizing, policy practice, organizational leadership, teaching or research, increased incivility and the proliferation of misinformation is making our work harder. Hear from the leaders of the nation’s leading macro social work organizations on how to navigate this increasingly troubled waters. Ideas for better collaboration across our organizations will also be discussed. |
11:30 PM- 2:00 PM |
Farewell BBQ! |