Commission for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice Connect Session: We’ve Gotta Start Somewhere: Listening, Learning, and Applying Indigenous Knowledge in Social Work

Saturday, October 26, 2024

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CT

Location: KC Convention Center, Room 2502A

Main Presenter(s)

Lissa M. Schwander, LMSW, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Central Michigan University
Mt Pleasant, MI, United States

Co-Presenter(s)

Pamela L. Begay, PhD, LCSW (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Practice & Director-Buder Center for American Indian Studies
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, United States
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Karina Gil, PHD

College Associate Professor
N/A, United States
Ebony Perez, MSW, PhD

Assistant Professor & Department Chair
Saint Leo University
St. Leo, FL, United States
Melissa Singh, Ed.D., LCSW, MS-HSA

Associate Teaching Professor in Practicum
University of Southern California
Winter Garden, FL, United States

This interactive discussion invites all to explore the integration (or lack thereof) of anti-racism, environmental justice, and Indigenous knowledge systems within the realm of social work education. Engaging multi-perspectives that surround these critical topics that intersect in the nuanced interpretations of anti-racism, environmental justice, and Indigenous knowledge systems and sovereignty.