This conference will be held VIRTUALLY. Zoom information will be provided in advance for those who register.

Note: You do not need to have attended Part 1 to attend this event.

Abstract

Many BIPOC individuals (clients/patients and staff) have experienced not only violence and discrimination, but also live with symptoms of trauma, and have an increased likelihood of developing health related problems because of this exposure. The physical violence or threat of violence leads to trauma, which leads to poor health outcomes. The impact of primary and secondary trauma has been correlated with medical conditions, such as diabetes, chronic pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, heart disease, liver disease, sexually transmitted infections, PTSD, and lower life expectancy. 

The COVID pandemic contributed to a sense of disconnectedness for many individuals; and the issues needing to be dealt with continue to be challenging, and complex (e.g.Covid-19 racial health disparities, increasing overt racist and white supremacist activity at local & national and international levels; and economic national economic recession).  

This workshop will have as a focus an analysis of racism from a structural, (social) psychological and applied perspectives. Utilizing critical race theory and intersectionality, participants will come to understand the role that practitioners and allies must have in promoting equity and fairness in a multicultural environment; as well as the role that practitioners   must play in addressing racism and other forms of oppression. This approach frames the analysis of intersectional oppressions which will be examined in relationship to sociopolitical and economic factors, and historical themes evident in today’ society

Objectives:

1. Discuss one’s attitudes and beliefs regarding stereotyping, bias, and power-imbalances on the client system; and enhance the practitioners sense of self-awareness .

2. List the impact of inequities, diversity, difference, and systems of oppression upon life experiences and the provision of services, with an eye toward:

a) using the skills associated with cultural humility and knowledge of social inequities at all systems levels; and

b) identifying and using anti-racist clinical interventions.

3. Discuss ways that systems of oppression impact the service delivery system and the provision of services to clients/patients.

This presentation will utilize three Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) identified Core Competencies.

Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice

Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic and Environmental Justice

Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations and Communities

Bio:

Gary Bailey is Assistant Dean for Community Engagement & Social Justice, College of Social Sciences, Public Policy and Practice (CSSPP). He is a Professor of Practice at Simmons University School of Social Work, and at the Simmons School of Nursing and Health Sciences.

Professor Bailey is currently the board president NASW-Assurance Services Inc. (ASI), headquartered in Frederick, MD. He is a past President of the International Federation of Social Workers, Berne, Switzerland; he was the first person of color to have held this post. He is a past President of National NASW, having served as President from 2003-2005. He was the Chairperson of the National Social Work Public Education Campaign. He was also the President of the MA Chapter of NASW from 1993-1995; and was a member of the NASW Foundation.

Professor Bailey is Vice-Chair of the MA Educational Financing Authority (MEFA) Board of Directors. In December 2016, he was appointed to the MA Commission on LGBTQ Youth. He is a former board president of the AIDS Action Committee, Inc.

He is the president of the board of the Fenway High School; is a member of the Friends of Harriet Tubman Park, and the Friends of Titus Sparrow Park. He is chair of the church council at Boston’s historic Union United Methodist Church.

Professor Bailey has received numerous prestigious awards throughout his career: including the Boston University School of Social Work Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Social Work; the Wayne S Wright Advocacy Award from the Multicultural AIDS Coalition; the Congressman Gerry Studs’ Visibility Award from the Fenway Community Health Center in Boston and the Bayard Rustin Award for Courage from the AIDS Action Committee.

He was named Social Worker of the Year by both the National and Massachusetts NASW in 1998 and in 2005 he was made a Social Work Pioneer by NASW, at the time he was the youngest individual to receive this honor.

In May 2013, he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters, from the University of Connecticut.

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