Survivance to Thrivance: Pilipinx Peoples and Epistemologies’ Intervention for Social Work Praxis

Saturday, October 26, 2024

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT

Location: KC Convention Center, Room 3501H

Earn 1 CE Hour

Moderator(s)

Joanna C. La Torre, LCSW, MSW (siya/they/she)

Predoctoral Research Associate
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, United States

Panelist(s)

Lalaine Sevillano, MSW Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon, United States
Kari L. Tabag, PhD, LCSW-R (she/her/siya)

Adjunct Professor
Adelphi University
Massapequa, NY, United States
Madonna P. Cadiz, LCSW (she/her/hers)

Doctoral Candidate
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Los Angeles, CA, United States
CS

Cindy C. Sangalang, PhD, MSW (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
UCLA, United States

This panel showcases Pilipinx American (PA) social workers whose complementary scholarship analyzes settler colonization, (im/-)migration, mental health, enduring colonial impacts, culturally-embedded treatments, and food sovereignty. Additionally, findings from their recent autoethnography will be presented, highlighting how PAs disrupt, resist, and transform mental health through cultural survivance and decolonial practices.

Learning Objectives:

To understand the importance of PA social work scholars moving towards decolonial practice as colonized descendants and settlers.
To discuss the benefits of culturally-embedded practices on social work pedagogy.
To understand several dimensions of PA wellness and healing through cultural survivance and resisting white colonial hegemony.