Community Calendar https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/event_list.asp Sat, 2 May 2026 01:14:31 GMT Thu, 8 Apr 2027 04:00:00 GMT Copyright © 2027 National Association of Social Workers - Michigan Chapter Innovative Care: The Next Era of Clinical Practice (Virtual) - 6 CEs https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1992863 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1992863

Innovative Care: The Next Era of Clinical Practice

Virtual | 6.0 CEs (3.0 Ethics) |May 8

Innovative Care: The Next Era of Clinical Practice is not just a conference—it’s a catalyst for the future of clinical social work. This immersive, full-day virtual experience brings together practitioners from across multiple states to explore bold, forward-thinking approaches that are reshaping how we show up for our clients and communities.

Designed for clinical social workers who are ready to move beyond the status quo, this event dives into emerging trends in mental health, current and future ethical concerns and dilemmas, telehealth innovation, and culturally responsive practice. Through expert-led sessions and real-world applications, you’ll gain practical tools and fresh perspectives you can immediately integrate into your work.

Whether you’re looking to sharpen your clinical edge, expand your impact, or reconnect with the energy that brought you to this profession, this conference offers a space to learn, collaborate, and be inspired. Step into the next era of clinical practice—where innovation meets purpose.

Schedule 

*subject to change*

12:00pm - 12:10pm: Welcome
12:10pm - 1:30pm: Sustaining the Work: Restorative Strategies for Clinicians and Leaders with Erin Barbus, LMSW, ACSW (1.5 CEs)
1:30pm - 1:45pm: Break and Award Presentation
1:45pm - 3:05 pm: Minding the Imbalance: Before, During, and After Session with Gracey Rawlins, LMSW (1.5  CEs)

3:05pm - 3:10pm: Break
3:10pm - 4:35pm: Boundaries and Dual Relationships in Modern Practice: Evolving Ethical Challenges & Considerations with Ellen Crane, JD, LMSW, ACSW (1.5 Ethics CEs)
4:35pm - 4:40pm: Break
4:40pm - 6:00pm: Panel Discussion: Trends of Clinical Ethical Concerns (1.5 Ethics CEs)

Location

Live virtual training via Zoom

Presenters

To be announced

Cost

  • Members: $125
  • NonMembers: $175
  • Retired: $75
  • Student/Transition Members: $35
  • Student Non Members: $55

After registering, you will be emailed a registration confirmation. An event reminder email will be sent prior to the event with the Zoom link. The reminder email will be sent to the email address associated with your registration.

CE Information

6.0 total CE hours, including 3.0 Ethics CE hours

The NASW-Michigan Chapter is an approved provider of Continuing Education (CE) courses in the State of Michigan. All NASW-MI CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations or refunds within 48 hours of the event date will be subjected to a $40 cancellation fee.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsor Application Deadline: May 1

Thank you for your interest in sponsoring! We are hopeful that we can provide a great opportunity for you to share information about your agency and services with the social workers who attend our virtual conference. This conference will be made available to both our Michigan and Alaska Chapters and sponors will be featured in all promational emails and on a variety of social media posts leading up to the event.

Please use our "Innovative Care" event sponsorshop form to indicate your interest, share details about your organization, and help us plan. Completing the form does not obligate you — our team will follow up with next steps and confirmation.

We appreciate your partnership in supporting social workers, students, and our wider community!

]]> Fri, 8 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT The Practice Pulse -- Connecting Clients to Support: An Overview of MRS (Virtual) - 1 CE https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2018277 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2018277

Connecting Clients to Support: An Overview of Michigan Rehabilitation Services

Tuesday, May 12 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | 1.0 CE

Virtual Zoom - Synchronous

Join staff from Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS) for a practical overview of the programs and supports they offer to help individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment. This session will highlight key services, eligibility pathways, and best practices for social workers looking to connect clients with vocational and independent living resources. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how to collaborate effectively with MRS and help clients access meaningful opportunities across Michigan.

Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters

  • Justin Skibin, MA, CBSP, GCDF, CMCS, CCSP, ADAC (Michigan Rehabilitation Services)

Cost

  • Members: Free
  • NonMembers: $15

CE Information

1 Credit Hour

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations and refund requests are accepted up to 48 hours before the event.

 

 

]]> Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT Certificate in Core Supervision (12 CEs) https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2039585 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2039585

Certificate in Core Supervision

Virtual | 12.0 CEs | May 15 - May 31

With over 6,500 students currently enrolled in Michigan Schools of Social Work, the demand for social work supervision has increased tremendously over the last decade. In order to meet this demand, we developed a comprehensive, ethically-based training that will prepare you to step into the role of supervisor.

This certificate offers 12.0 total CE hours, including 5.0 Ethics CE hours.

Core Supervision Development Goals

In addition to earning your Certificate in Core Supervision you will increase your supervision skills and develop your ability to:

  • Understand the theoretical models of supervision
  • Understand the theories of power, influence & authority
  • Use ethical decision-making models
  • Identify the learning needs for supervisees
  • Establish learning objectives for supervisees
  • Utilize evidence-based techniques that include: [1] Improving communication skills, [2] Building your relationship skills, and [3] Developing your interactional skills

Qualifications

  • You must be a fully licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
  • You must have a minimum of 3 years of practice experience
  • You do not have any administrative or ethical sanctions on your license
  • You must be available to provide at least 4 hours of supervision each month

What is Included

  • 12.0 total CE hours (5.0 live/synchronous CEs, 7.0 on-demand/asynchronous CEs), including 5.0 Ethics CE hours. CEs also count towards general MCBAP credits.
  • 5 separate learning modules to be completed independently prior to the live session
  • 1 live (virtual) Q & A session
  • Supervision Certification by NASW-Michigan
  • Complimentary listing for one year on the NASW-Michigan Chapter's "Michigan Social Work Supervision Directory"
  • Course materials, including a supervision contract template and weekly logs

Presenters

  • Cindy Ahmad, LMSW-Clinical & Macro
  • Mark Giesler, PhD, LMSW-Clinical & Macro
  • Julie Weckel, ACSW, LMSW-Clinical

Cost

  • $285.00 - NASW Members (if you are a NASW member in another state, please call 517-487-1548 x101 to register at the discounted price)
  • $355.00 - Future Members

Cancellation Policy

Due to high interest and limited cohort size, cancellations and refund requests are accepted up to 2 weeks before the start of the cohort. We are unable to accommodate cancellations or refunds within two weeks of the cohort's start date.

]]> Fri, 15 May 2026 05:00:00 GMT Decolonizing SW Book Club - Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand (Virtual) - 1 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017866 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017866 


Decolonizing Social Work Book Club --  Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand by Jeff Chu




Wednesday, May 20 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | 1.0 Implicit Bias CE




Virtual Zoom - Synchronous




Join us as we discuss Jeff Chu’s Good Soil. Jeff Chu had a seemingly successful life. As a writer at a fast-paced magazine company, he penned glossy profiles of business leaders while living with his husband in a New York City brownstone. Yet he struggled, as many of us do, with feelings of loneliness and disillusionment, all while trying to reconcile his identity as a first-generation Chinese-American. Seeking a remedy, he left his job and enrolled at Princeton Seminary’s “Farminary,” a 21-acre farm where students work the soil while asking the big questions of life.



Why don’t our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America’s classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to
 maintain the nation’s inequalities. It’s a task at which they excel. If all children could just get an education, the logic goes, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour de force makes it clear that the opposite
 is true: The U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives. In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed
 to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution
 that would fortify the country’s racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of
 standardized testing, academic tracking, disciplinary policies, and uneven access to resources. By demonstrating that it’s in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country
 today, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day.



Good Soil is available through your favorite bookseller.

 
Jeff Chu. Writer, reporter, editor. Editor-at-large at Travel + Leisure. Teacher in residence at Crosspointe Church in North Carolina. Parish associate for storytelling and witness at the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley in California. PhD student in theology at the University of Stellenbisch. Minister of Word and sacrament in the Reformed Church in America. Cook. Gardener. Author.
 


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More about the Decolonizing Social Work Book Club:

Decolonization in social work is the undoing of hegemony, the latter being the process whereby white supremacist values impregnated foundational social work theories, research, and practices.
 In recognizing that white supremacy is a mechanism of social control, that our current social structure is grounded in liberal-patriarchal capitalism, and that social work confirms to prevailing social norms, we, as social workers, must acknowledge
 our complicity in perpetuating a white supremacist ideology (Crudup, Fike, & McLoone, 2021; Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014). One strategy for disrupting white supremacy in social work is to develop a counter-narrative (Crudup, et al., 2021;
 Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014), a history that details the experiences of perspectives of those who have been oppressed, excluded, and silenced. The Decolonizing Social Work Book Club will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month starting in September
 2024 and concluding in December 2025.

The voices highlighted in this book club offer counter-narrative perspectives across a range of issues and topics immediately relevant to social work.

Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters


  • Chris Fike, LMSW-Macro

Cost


  • Free for All

CE Information


1 Implicit Bias Credit Hour

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 
]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT Region 4 Presents Tips for Students/New Social Workers..What Seasoned Social Workers Learned from th https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2053824 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2053824  

 

Region 4 Presents: Tips for Students/New Social Workers..What Seasoned Social Workers Learned from the Field

 

All Michigan social workers are invited to a virtual CE event on Thursday, May 21 from 12:00 - 1:30 pm.

 NASW MI Region 4 is hosting a virtual panel event of seasoned social worker discussing what they have learned in the field, tips of self-care and other pieces of wisdom for new social workers and graduating students. To register visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/L9k0hPvASpaAg4RZGuY2Hg

 
]]> Thu, 21 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT Region 10 Monthly CEUs & Networking Gathering (Ypsilanti) https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2042820 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2042820

Region 10 Monthly CEUs & Networking Gathering

Gender Affirming Care (1 Ethics CE)

Thursday, May 21 | 6:00 - 7:30pm ET

Ypsilanti - Sidetrack Bar & Grill

Join Region 10 Social Workers for a monthly dinnertime gathering at Sidetrack Bar & Grill in Ypsilanti, MI at 6 p.m.!

 

Our presenter for May comes from Corner Health to talk about Gender Affirming Care!


Each month will feature a different CEU presenter and topic, offering valuable opportunities for professional growth alongside dedicated time to network, connect and collaborate with colleagues from across the field.

This series is hosted by Sara Camilleri, LMSW, and Adam Cecil, LMSW (Region 10 Representative) on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Participants are responsible for the cost of their own food and beverages.

We look forward to sharing an evening of learning, conversation, and community with you!

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Location

Sidetrack Bar & Grill

56 E Cross St.

Ypsilanti, MI 48198

Presenters

  • Sara Camilleri, LMSW, and Adam Cecil, LMSW

Cost

  • No cost to attend. Participants are responsible for the cost of their own food and beverages.

CE Information

1 Ethics Credit

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 

 

]]> Thu, 21 May 2026 23:00:00 GMT Beyond Affirming Care (Virtual) - 13.5 CEs https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2038940 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2038940

 

Beyond Affirming Care: 

How to Provide Care for Trans and Gender Nonconforming People to Help them Survive and Thrive

Virtual | 13.5 CEs | June 5-6, 2026


 

This timely NASW-Michigan certificate program will educate mental health professionals on the social determinants of health for those in the transgender and gender non-conforming communities, and on how to provide ethical, culturally competent, and medically accurate clinical mental health services for these populations.

This certificate offers 13.5 total CE hours, including 5.0 Ethics CE hours and 2.0 Pain & Symptom Management CE hours.

 

 

About the Training

There are estimated to be a minimum of 3 million transgender people in the United States. Due to social and economic marginalization, transgender individuals face many worse health outcomes than those in the general public. This includes much higher rates of HIV infection, smoking, drug and alcohol use, and a nearly ten times greater likelihood of attempting suicide. Transgender individuals are impacted at a higher rate by housing and employment discrimination, economic insecurity, and discrimination in both physical and mental healthcare settings.

 

Even with these known statistics, there is virtually no education provided in U.S. colleges to prepare any mental health professionals to serve these populations. A lack of competency on the part of the provider often leads to either the transgender individual being forced into the role of teacher, simply choosing not to seek services whatsoever, or receiving potentially harmful and/or inaccurate information from their providers. In response to this grave concern, NASW-Michigan has taken the lead by developing this certificate program.

 

Click here to review the training outline for the "Beyond Affirming Care" training.

 

 

Development Goals

Through a two-day training, mental health professionals will explore the following modules:

  • Introduction to Working with Transgender Clients
  • Cultural Competence
  • Integrating Clinical Interventions with Transgender Children
  • Family Support Services for Families
  • Clinical Considerations
  • Therapist Roles, Tasks, and Referrals
  • Medical Transition and Considerations
  • Legal Considerations

This training aims to not only raise the standards for clinical services offered for these populations throughout the country, but to potentially save lives by increasing the number of competent mental health professionals across the United States. This training is aimed at licensed (limited and full) master’s level social workers. However, psychologists, counselors, and other mental health and medical professionals are welcome to (and often do) attend.

 

 

Qualifications

  • You must be a fully licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW/LCSW) or other licensed behavioral health professional
  • You do not have any administrative or ethical sanctions on your license

 

What is Included

  • 13.5 total CE hours (12.0 live/synchronous CEs, 1.5 on-demand/asynchronous CEs), including 5.0 Ethics CE hours and 2.0 Pain & Symptom Management CE hours. CEs also count towards general MCBAP credits.
  • 1 separate learning module to be completed independently prior to the live session date
  • 2-Day intensive training
  • Certification by NASW-Michigan
  • Lifetime eligibility to create and maintain a listing on the NASW-Michigan Chapter's "Gender Affirming Care Directory" free of charge
  • Course materials

 

Presenters

  • Amorie Robinson, PhD
  • Stephen Rassi, PhD, LMSW
  • Deidre Laney-King, LMSW
  • John Randolph, MD
  • Susan Radzilowski, LMSW
  • Rachel Crandall, LMSW
  • Rachel Prenzler, LMSW
  • Anthany Beasley, LMSW
  • Jay Kaplan, JD

 

Cost

  • $325.00 - NASW Members (if you are a NASW member in another state, please call 517-487-1548 x101 to register at the discounted price)
  • $415.00 - Future Members
]]> Fri, 5 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT The Practice Pulse -- Career Development Strategies for Social Workers https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2052874 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2052874

Career Development Strategies for Social Workers

Tuesday, June 9 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | 1.0 CE

Virtual Zoom - Synchronous

Explore key career development strategies tailored for social workers, including goal-setting, skill-building, and identifying new opportunities. Designed to support both emerging and experienced professionals.

Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters

  • Candra Wallace, MSW

Cost

  • Members: Free
  • NonMembers: $15

CE Information

1 Credit Hour

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations and refund requests are accepted up to 48 hours before the event.

 

 


]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT 2026 NASW National Conference https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2032751 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2032751  

2026 NASW National Conference

 

June 10-13, 2026. Washington DC & Virtual

Every year, our conference unites several thousand social workers and mental health professionals from around the globe.

Registration open soon - for all updates click here. 

]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT Region 10 Monthly CEUs & Networking Gathering (Ypsilanti) https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2042821 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2042821

Region 10 Monthly CEUs & Networking Gathering

Thursday, June 11 | 6:00 - 7:30pm ET

Ypsilanti - Sidetrack Bar & Grill

Join Region 10 Social Workers for a monthly dinnertime gathering at Sidetrack Bar & Grill in Ypsilanti, MI at 6 p.m.!

Each month will feature a different CEU presenter and topic, offering valuable opportunities for professional growth alongside dedicated time to network, connect and collaborate with colleagues from across the field.

This series is hosted by Sara Camilleri, LMSW, and Adam Cecil, LMSW (Region 10 Representative) on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Participants are responsible for the cost of their own food and beverages.

We look forward to sharing an evening of learning, conversation, and community with you!

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Location

Sidetrack Bar & Grill

56 E Cross St.

Ypsilanti, MI 48198

Presenters

  • Sara Camilleri, LMSW, and Adam Cecil, LMSW

Cost

  • No cost to attend. Participants are responsible for the cost of their own food and beverages.

CE Information

1 Ethics Credit

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 

 

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT Decolonizing SW Book Club - Loving Corrections (Virtual) - 1 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017870 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017870 


Decolonizing Social Work Book Club --  Loving Corrections by adrienne maree brown




Wednesday, June 17 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | 1.0 Implicit Bias CE




Virtual Zoom - Synchronous




Join us as we discuss adrienne maree brown’s Loving Corrections. Bestselling author adrienne maree brown transcends binary thinking about “accountability” and shares dignified, holistic ways for individuals and communities to address harmful and destructive patterns. This selection of prescient, compassionate essays explores patterns we engage in that are rooted in limited thinking. Through a lens of “loving correction” rather than mere critique, brown helps us reimagine how to hold ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities accountable by setting clear boundaries, engaging in reflection, and nurturing honest relationships. 



Why don’t our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America’s classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to
 maintain the nation’s inequalities. It’s a task at which they excel. If all children could just get an education, the logic goes, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour de force makes it clear that the opposite
 is true: The U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives. In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed
 to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution
 that would fortify the country’s racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of
 standardized testing, academic tracking, disciplinary policies, and uneven access to resources. By demonstrating that it’s in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country
 today, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day.



Loving Corrections is available through your favorite bookseller.

 
adrienne maree brown. adrienne maree brown (she/they) is growing a garden of healing ideas. Informed by decades of movement facilitation, somatics, science fiction scholarship, and doula work, Adrienne has nurtured Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, Radical Imagination, and Loving Correction as ideas and practices for transformation.  


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More about the Decolonizing Social Work Book Club:

Decolonization in social work is the undoing of hegemony, the latter being the process whereby white supremacist values impregnated foundational social work theories, research, and practices.
 In recognizing that white supremacy is a mechanism of social control, that our current social structure is grounded in liberal-patriarchal capitalism, and that social work confirms to prevailing social norms, we, as social workers, must acknowledge
 our complicity in perpetuating a white supremacist ideology (Crudup, Fike, & McLoone, 2021; Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014). One strategy for disrupting white supremacy in social work is to develop a counter-narrative (Crudup, et al., 2021;
 Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014), a history that details the experiences of perspectives of those who have been oppressed, excluded, and silenced. The Decolonizing Social Work Book Club will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month starting in September
 2024 and concluding in December 2025.

The voices highlighted in this book club offer counter-narrative perspectives across a range of issues and topics immediately relevant to social work.

Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters


  • Chris Fike, LMSW-Macro

Cost


  • Free for All

CE Information


1 Implicit Bias Credit Hour

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 
]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT The Practice Pulse -- Evolving Ethical Issues and Navigating Values (Virtual) - 1 CE https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2022360 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2022360

Evolving Ethical Issues and Navigating Values

Tuesday, July 14 | 2:00 - :00pm ET | 1.0  Ethics CE

Virtual Zoom - Synchronous

This session explores evolving ethical issues facing social workers as practice environments, policies, and societal norms continue to change. Grounded in the NASW Code of Ethics, participants will examine how professional values guide ethical decision-making in complex and emerging situations, and strengthen their ability to navigate value conflicts in an ever-evolving world.

Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters

  • Sara Camilleri, LMSW-Clinical

Cost

  • Members: Free
  • NonMembers: $15

CE Information

1 Ethics Credit

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations and refund requests are accepted up to 48 hours before the event.

 

 

]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:00:00 GMT Decolonizing SW Book Club - Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals (Virtual) - 1 CE https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017887 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017887 


Decolonizing Social Work Book Club --  Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs




Wednesday, July 15 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | 1.0 Implicit Bias CE




Virtual Zoom - Synchronous






Join us as we discuss Undrowned by Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Undrowned is a book-length meditation for social movements and our whole species based on the subversive and transformative guidance of marine mammals. Our aquatic cousins are queer, fierce, protective of each other, complex, shaped by conflict, and struggling to survive the extractive and militarized conditions our species has imposed on the ocean. Gumbs employs a brilliant mix of poetic sensibility and naturalist observation to show what they might teach us, producing not a specific agenda but an unfolding space for wondering and questioning.  



Why don’t our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America’s classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to
 maintain the nation’s inequalities. It’s a task at which they excel. If all children could just get an education, the logic goes, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour de force makes it clear that the opposite
 is true: The U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives. In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed
 to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution
 that would fortify the country’s racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of
 standardized testing, academic tracking, disciplinary policies, and uneven access to resources. By demonstrating that it’s in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country
 today, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day.



Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals is available through your favorite booksellers. 

Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a Queer Black Troublemaker and Black Feminist Love Evangelist and an aspirational cousin to all sentient beings. Her work in this lifetime is to facilitate infinite, unstoppable ancestral love in practice.



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More about the Decolonizing Social Work Book Club:

Decolonization in social work is the undoing of hegemony, the latter being the process whereby white supremacist values impregnated foundational social work theories, research, and practices.
 In recognizing that white supremacy is a mechanism of social control, that our current social structure is grounded in liberal-patriarchal capitalism, and that social work confirms to prevailing social norms, we, as social workers, must acknowledge
 our complicity in perpetuating a white supremacist ideology (Crudup, Fike, & McLoone, 2021; Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014). One strategy for disrupting white supremacy in social work is to develop a counter-narrative (Crudup, et al., 2021;
 Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014), a history that details the experiences of perspectives of those who have been oppressed, excluded, and silenced. The Decolonizing Social Work Book Club will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month starting in September
 2024 and concluding in December 2025.

The voices highlighted in this book club offer counter-narrative perspectives across a range of issues and topics immediately relevant to social work.

Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters



  • Chris Fike, LMSW-Macro
    • 


Cost

  • Free for All
    • 


CE Information


1 Implicit Bias Credit Hour

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 
]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT Certificate in Core Supervision (12 CEs) https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2036719 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2036719

Certificate in Core Supervision

Virtual | 12.0 CEs | July 17 - August 1, 2026

With over 6,500 students currently enrolled in Michigan Schools of Social Work, the demand for social work supervision has increased tremendously over the last decade. In order to meet this demand, we developed a comprehensive, ethically-based training that will prepare you to step into the role of supervisor.

This certificate offers 12.0 total CE hours, including 5.0 Ethics CE hours.

Core Supervision Development Goals

In addition to earning your Certificate in Core Supervision you will increase your supervision skills and develop your ability to:

  • Understand the theoretical models of supervision
  • Understand the theories of power, influence & authority
  • Use ethical decision-making models
  • Identify the learning needs for supervisees
  • Establish learning objectives for supervisees
  • Utilize evidence-based techniques that include: [1] Improving communication skills, [2] Building your relationship skills, and [3] Developing your interactional skills

Qualifications

  • You must be a fully licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
  • You must have a minimum of 3 years of practice experience
  • You do not have any administrative or ethical sanctions on your license
  • You must be available to provide at least 4 hours of supervision each month

What is Included

  • 12.0 total CE hours (5.0 live/synchronous CEs, 7.0 on-demand/asynchronous CEs), including 5.0 Ethics CE hours. CEs also count towards general MCBAP credits.
  • 5 separate learning modules to be completed independently prior to the live session
  • 1 live (virtual) Q & A session
  • Supervision Certification by NASW-Michigan
  • Complimentary listing for one year on the NASW-Michigan Chapter's "Michigan Social Work Supervision Directory"
  • Course materials, including a supervision contract template and weekly logs

Presenters

  • Cindy Ahmad, LMSW-Clinical & Macro
  • Mark Giesler, PhD, LMSW-Clinical & Macro
  • Julie Weckel, ACSW, LMSW-Clinical

Cost

  • $285.00 - NASW Members (if you are a NASW member in another state, please call 517-487-1548 x101 to register at the discounted price)
  • $355.00 - Future Members

Cancellation Policy

Due to high interest and limited cohort size, cancellations and refund requests are accepted up to 2 weeks before the start of the cohort. We are unable to accommodate cancellations or refunds within two weeks of the cohort's start date.

]]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMT Decolonizing SW Book Club - Undrowned: Imagination: A Manifesto (Virtual) - 1 CE https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017890 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017890 


Decolonizing Social Work Book Club --  Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin

Wednesday, August 19 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | 1.0 Implicit Bias CE

Virtual Zoom - Synchronous






Join us as we discuss Ruha Benjamin’s Imagination: A Manifesto. In this revelatory work, Ruha Benjamin calls on us to take imagination seriously as a site of struggle and a place of possibility for reshaping the future. A world without prisons? Ridiculous. Schools that foster the genius of every child? Impossible. Work that doesn’t strangle the life our of people? Naïve. A society where everyone has food, shelter, love? In your dreams.  Exactly. Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University professor, insists that imagination isn’t a luxury. It is a vital resource and powerful tool for collective liberation.



Why don’t our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America’s classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to
 maintain the nation’s inequalities. It’s a task at which they excel. If all children could just get an education, the logic goes, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour de force makes it clear that the opposite
 is true: The U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives. In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed
 to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution
 that would fortify the country’s racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of
 standardized testing, academic tracking, disciplinary policies, and uneven access to resources. By demonstrating that it’s in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country
 today, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day.



Imagination: A Manifesto is available through your favorite booksellers.

 
Ruha Benjamin. Ruha Benjamin is a sociologist and professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. She works on the relationship between innovation and equity, particularly the intersection of race, justice, and technology.

 


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More about the Decolonizing Social Work Book Club:

Decolonization in social work is the undoing of hegemony, the latter being the process whereby white supremacist values impregnated foundational social work theories, research, and practices.
 In recognizing that white supremacy is a mechanism of social control, that our current social structure is grounded in liberal-patriarchal capitalism, and that social work confirms to prevailing social norms, we, as social workers, must acknowledge
 our complicity in perpetuating a white supremacist ideology (Crudup, Fike, & McLoone, 2021; Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014). One strategy for disrupting white supremacy in social work is to develop a counter-narrative (Crudup, et al., 2021;
 Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014), a history that details the experiences of perspectives of those who have been oppressed, excluded, and silenced. The Decolonizing Social Work Book Club will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month starting in September
 2024 and concluding in December 2025.

The voices highlighted in this book club offer counter-narrative perspectives across a range of issues and topics immediately relevant to social work.

Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters



    

  • Chris Fike, LMSW-Macro
    • 


Cost

    

  • Free for All
    • 


CE Information


1 Implicit Bias Credit Hour

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 
]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT Decolonizing SW Book Club - Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community (Virtual) - 1 CE https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017893 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017893 


Decolonizing Social Work Book Club --  How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong

Wednesday, September 16 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | 1.0 Implicit Bias CE

Virtual Zoom - Synchronous




Join us as we discuss Mia Birdsong’s How We Show Up. After almost every presentation activist and writer Mia Birdsong gives to executives, think tanks, and policy makers, one of those leaders quietly confesses how much they long for the profound community she describes. They have family, friends, and colleagues, yet they still feel like they’re standing alone. They’re “winning” at the American Dream, but they’re lonely, disconnected, and unsatisfied



Why don’t our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America’s classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to
 maintain the nation’s inequalities. It’s a task at which they excel. If all children could just get an education, the logic goes, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour de force makes it clear that the opposite
 is true: The U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives. In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed
 to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution
 that would fortify the country’s racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of
 standardized testing, academic tracking, disciplinary policies, and uneven access to resources. By demonstrating that it’s in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country
 today, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day.



How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community is available through your favorite booksellers.

 
Mia Birdsong. Mia Birdsong is a family activist who advocates for the strengthening of communities and the self-determination of low-income people. Birdsong is co-director of Family Story, alongside Nicole Rogers, and was the vice president of Family Independence Initiative.
 




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More about the Decolonizing Social Work Book Club:

Decolonization in social work is the undoing of hegemony, the latter being the process whereby white supremacist values impregnated foundational social work theories, research, and practices.
 In recognizing that white supremacy is a mechanism of social control, that our current social structure is grounded in liberal-patriarchal capitalism, and that social work confirms to prevailing social norms, we, as social workers, must acknowledge
 our complicity in perpetuating a white supremacist ideology (Crudup, Fike, & McLoone, 2021; Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014). One strategy for disrupting white supremacy in social work is to develop a counter-narrative (Crudup, et al., 2021; Pewewardy
 & Almeida, 2014), a history that details the experiences of perspectives of those who have been oppressed, excluded, and silenced. The Decolonizing Social Work Book Club will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month starting in September 2024 and
 concluding in December 2025.

The voices highlighted in this book club offer counter-narrative perspectives across a range of issues and topics immediately relevant to social work.

Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters



  • Chris Fike, LMSW-Macro

Cost

  • Free for All
    • 


CE Information



1 Implicit Bias Credit Hour

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 
]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT Holding Space for Us: A Virtual Conference on the State of Social Work (6 CEs) https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2057730 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2057730

A Space for Us: A Virtual Conference on the State of Social Work

Friday, September 17 | 11:30 am - 6:00 pm ET | 6.0 CEs

Virtual

Social work is often described as a "calling," yet the systems we inhabit can frequently lead to exhaustion, ethical conflict, and burnout. A Space for Us: A Virtual Conference on the State of Social Work is a dedicated forum designed to flip the script, moving the focus from the people we serve to the people doing the work.


This conference acknowledges that high-quality care is impossible without healthy, supported clinicians. We will dive deep into the structural and psychological realities of modern practice through three primary lenses:
Workforce Challenges: A panel discussion on the current state of working conditions, labor trends, and the organizational hurdles facing the profession today.

  • The Arc of Moral Injury: A focused look at the deep psychological distress that occurs when systemic constraints collide with professional ethics, offering a roadmap for mitigation for both staff and leadership.
  • Combatting Secondary Trauma: A dedicated CE session exploring the mechanics of vicarious trauma and providing evidence-based tools to protect your mental health while remaining in the field.

This isn't just another training - it is a collective exhale and a strategic look at how we can sustain the workforce and demand better for our colleagues and ourselves. 

 

Schedule 

*Check back for specific details!

 

Location

Live virtual training via Zoom

Presenters

  • To be announced

Cost

  • Members: $125
  • NonMembers: $175
  • Retired: $75
  • Student/Transition Members: $35
  • Student Non Members: $55

After registering, you will be emailed a registration confirmation.  An event reminder email will be sent prior to the event with the Zoom link.  The reminder email will be sent to the email address associated with your registration.

CE Information

6 CE Credits

NASW-Michigan is an approved provider with the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative, Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations or refunds within 48 hours of the event date will be subjected to a $40 cancellation fee.

 

Sponsorship Opportunities

Check back soon for sponsorship opportunities!

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT Decolonizing SW Book Club - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Virtual) - 1 CE https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017899 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017899 


Decolonizing Social Work Book Club --  One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

Wednesday, October 21 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | 1.0 Implicit Bias CE

Virtual Zoom - Synchronous




Join us as we discuss Omar El Akkad’s One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. On October 25th, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” This tweet was viewed over 10 million times.



Why don’t our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America’s classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to
 maintain the nation’s inequalities. It’s a task at which they excel. If all children could just get an education, the logic goes, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour de force makes it clear that the opposite
 is true: The U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives. In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed
 to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution
 that would fortify the country’s racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of
 standardized testing, academic tracking, disciplinary policies, and uneven access to resources. By demonstrating that it’s in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country
 today, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day.



One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is available through your favorite booksellers.

 
Omar El Akkad. Omar El Akkad is an author and journalist. He was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, moved to Canada as a teenager and now lives in the United States. He is a two-time winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award and the Oregon Book Award,




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More about the Decolonizing Social Work Book Club:

Decolonization in social work is the undoing of hegemony, the latter being the process whereby white supremacist values impregnated foundational social work theories, research, and practices.
 In recognizing that white supremacy is a mechanism of social control, that our current social structure is grounded in liberal-patriarchal capitalism, and that social work confirms to prevailing social norms, we, as social workers, must acknowledge
 our complicity in perpetuating a white supremacist ideology (Crudup, Fike, & McLoone, 2021; Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014). One strategy for disrupting white supremacy in social work is to develop a counter-narrative (Crudup, et al., 2021;
 Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014), a history that details the experiences of perspectives of those who have been oppressed, excluded, and silenced. The Decolonizing Social Work Book Club will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month starting in September
 2024 and concluding in December 2025.

The voices highlighted in this book club offer counter-narrative perspectives across a range of issues and topics immediately relevant to social work.

Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters



  • Chris Fike, LMSW-Macro
    • 



Cost

  • Free for All
    • 



CE Information



1 Implicit Bias Credit Hour

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 
]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Certificate in Core Supervision (12 CEs) https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2057486 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2057486

Certificate in Core Supervision

Virtual | 12.0 CEs | October 23- November 7

With over 6,500 students currently enrolled in Michigan Schools of Social Work, the demand for social work supervision has increased tremendously over the last decade. In order to meet this demand, we developed a comprehensive, ethically-based training that will prepare you to step into the role of supervisor.

This certificate offers 12.0 total CE hours, including 5.0 Ethics CE hours.

Core Supervision Development Goals

In addition to earning your Certificate in Core Supervision you will increase your supervision skills and develop your ability to:

  • Understand the theoretical models of supervision
  • Understand the theories of power, influence & authority
  • Use ethical decision-making models
  • Identify the learning needs for supervisees
  • Establish learning objectives for supervisees
  • Utilize evidence-based techniques that include: [1] Improving communication skills, [2] Building your relationship skills, and [3] Developing your interactional skills

Qualifications

  • You must be a fully licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
  • You must have a minimum of 3 years of practice experience
  • You do not have any administrative or ethical sanctions on your license
  • You must be available to provide at least 4 hours of supervision each month

What is Included

  • 12.0 total CE hours (5.0 live/synchronous CEs, 7.0 on-demand/asynchronous CEs), including 5.0 Ethics CE hours. CEs also count towards general MCBAP credits.
  • 5 separate learning modules to be completed independently prior to the live session
  • 1 live (virtual) Q & A session
  • Supervision Certification by NASW-Michigan
  • Complimentary listing for one year on the NASW-Michigan Chapter's "Michigan Social Work Supervision Directory"
  • Course materials, including a supervision contract template and weekly logs

Presenters

  • Cindy Ahmad, LMSW-Clinical & Macro
  • Mark Giesler, PhD, LMSW-Clinical & Macro
  • Julie Weckel, ACSW, LMSW-Clinical

Cost

  • $285.00 - NASW Members (if you are a NASW member in another state, please call 517-487-1548 x101 to register at the discounted price)
  • $355.00 - Future Members

Cancellation Policy

Due to high interest and limited cohort size, cancellations and refund requests are accepted up to 2 weeks before the start of the cohort. We are unable to accommodate cancellations or refunds within two weeks of the cohort's start date.

]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT Decolonizing SW Book Club - Strategies from the Transformative Justice Movement (Virtual) - 1 CE https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017902 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017902 


Decolonizing Social Work Book Club -- Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Wednesday, November 18 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | 1.0 Implicit Bias CE

Virtual Zoom - Synchronous




Join us as we discuss Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement. Afraid to call 911 but not sure what to do instead? Transformative justice and other community-based approaches to violence have existed for centuries, yet are often under the radar and marginalized, this book focuses on concrete alternative to policing and prisons. From practical tool-kits and personal essays, this text delves deeply into the “how to” of transformative justice. Along the way, this volume documents the history of this radical movement, creating space for long time organizers to reflect on victories, struggles, mistakes, and transformations.



Why don’t our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America’s classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to
 maintain the nation’s inequalities. It’s a task at which they excel. If all children could just get an education, the logic goes, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour de force makes it clear that the opposite
 is true: The U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives. In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed
 to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution
 that would fortify the country’s racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of
 standardized testing, academic tracking, disciplinary policies, and uneven access to resources. By demonstrating that it’s in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country
 today, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day.



Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement is available through your favorite booksellers.

 


Ejeris Dixon & Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Smarasinha. Ejeris Dixon is an organizer, consultant, and political strategist with twenty years of experience organizing within racial justice, LGBTQ, transformative justice, anti-violence, and economic justice movements. Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is a Canadian-American poert, writer, educator, and social activist. Their writing and performance art focuses on documenting the stories of queer and trans people of color, abuse survivors, mixed-race people, and diasporic South Asians and Sri Lankans.




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More about the Decolonizing Social Work Book Club:

Decolonization in social work is the undoing of hegemony, the latter being the process whereby white supremacist values impregnated foundational social work theories, research, and practices.
 In recognizing that white supremacy is a mechanism of social control, that our current social structure is grounded in liberal-patriarchal capitalism, and that social work confirms to prevailing social norms, we, as social workers, must acknowledge
 our complicity in perpetuating a white supremacist ideology (Crudup, Fike, & McLoone, 2021; Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014). One strategy for disrupting white supremacy in social work is to develop a counter-narrative (Crudup, et al., 2021; Pewewardy
 & Almeida, 2014), a history that details the experiences of perspectives of those who have been oppressed, excluded, and silenced. The Decolonizing Social Work Book Club will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month starting in September 2024 and
 concluding in December 2025.

The voices highlighted in this book club offer counter-narrative perspectives across a range of issues and topics immediately relevant to social work.


Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters



  • Chris Fike, LMSW-Macro
    • 



Cost

  • Free for All

CE Information



1 Implicit Bias Credit Hour

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 
]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT Beyond Affirming Care (Virtual) - 13.5 CEs https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2038943 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2038943

 

Beyond Affirming Care: 

How to Provide Care for Trans and Gender Nonconforming People to Help them Survive and Thrive

Virtual | 13.5 CEs | December 4-5, 2026


 

This timely NASW-Michigan certificate program will educate mental health professionals on the social determinants of health for those in the transgender and gender non-conforming communities, and on how to provide ethical, culturally competent, and medically accurate clinical mental health services for these populations.

This certificate offers 13.5 total CE hours, including 5.0 Ethics CE hours and 2.0 Pain & Symptom Management CE hours.

 

 

About the Training

There are estimated to be a minimum of 3 million transgender people in the United States. Due to social and economic marginalization, transgender individuals face many worse health outcomes than those in the general public. This includes much higher rates of HIV infection, smoking, drug and alcohol use, and a nearly ten times greater likelihood of attempting suicide. Transgender individuals are impacted at a higher rate by housing and employment discrimination, economic insecurity, and discrimination in both physical and mental healthcare settings.

 

Even with these known statistics, there is virtually no education provided in U.S. colleges to prepare any mental health professionals to serve these populations. A lack of competency on the part of the provider often leads to either the transgender individual being forced into the role of teacher, simply choosing not to seek services whatsoever, or receiving potentially harmful and/or inaccurate information from their providers. In response to this grave concern, NASW-Michigan has taken the lead by developing this certificate program.

 

Click here to review the training outline for the "Beyond Affirming Care" training.

 

 

Development Goals

Through a two-day training, mental health professionals will explore the following modules:

  • Introduction to Working with Transgender Clients
  • Cultural Competence
  • Integrating Clinical Interventions with Transgender Children
  • Family Support Services for Families
  • Clinical Considerations
  • Therapist Roles, Tasks, and Referrals
  • Medical Transition and Considerations
  • Legal Considerations

This training aims to not only raise the standards for clinical services offered for these populations throughout the country, but to potentially save lives by increasing the number of competent mental health professionals across the United States. This training is aimed at licensed (limited and full) master’s level social workers. However, psychologists, counselors, and other mental health and medical professionals are welcome to (and often do) attend.

 

 

Qualifications

  • You must be a fully licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW/LCSW) or other licensed behavioral health professional
  • You do not have any administrative or ethical sanctions on your license

 

What is Included

  • 13.5 total CE hours (12.0 live/synchronous CEs, 1.5 on-demand/asynchronous CEs), including 5.0 Ethics CE hours and 2.0 Pain & Symptom Management CE hours. CEs also count towards general MCBAP credits.
  • 1 separate learning module to be completed independently prior to the live session date
  • 2-Day intensive training
  • Certification by NASW-Michigan
  • Lifetime eligibility to create and maintain a listing on the NASW-Michigan Chapter's "Gender Affirming Care Directory" free of charge
  • Course materials

 

Presenters

  • Amorie Robinson, PhD
  • Stephen Rassi, PhD, LMSW
  • Deidre Laney-King, LMSW
  • John Randolph, MD
  • Susan Radzilowski, LMSW
  • Rachel Crandall, LMSW
  • Rachel Prenzler, LMSW
  • Anthany Beasley, LMSW
  • Jay Kaplan, JD

 

Cost

  • $325.00 - NASW Members (if you are a NASW member in another state, please call 517-487-1548 x101 to register at the discounted price)
  • $415.00 - Future Members
]]> Fri, 4 Dec 2026 14:00:00 GMT Decolonizing SW Book Club - Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs (Virtual) - 1 CE https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017905 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2017905 


Decolonizing Social Work Book Club -- Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira

Wednesday, December 16 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | 1.0 Implicit Bias CE

Virtual Zoom - Synchronous




Join us as we discuss Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism. This book is not easy: it contains no quick-fix plan for a better, brighter tomorrow, and gives no ready-made answers. Instead, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira presents us with a challenge: to grow up, step up, and show up for ourselves, our communities, and the living Earth, and to interrupt the modern behavior patterns that are killing the planet we’re part of.

Vanessa Machado de Oliveira. Vanessa Machado de Oliveira is the former Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria and former Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change at the University of British Columbia. She is a Brazilian / Canadian educator, artist, and researcher who has spent over three decades tracing the architecture and aftershocks of modernity: its promises, violences, and delusions of separation. Her work invites a reckoning with the ontological assumptions driving systemic harm and extinction-level thinking. 

 
This book is not easy: it contains no quick-fix plan for a better, brighter tomorrow, and gives no ready-made answers. Instead, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira presents us with a challenge: to grow up, step up, and show up for ourselves, our communities, and the living Earth, and to interrupt the modern behavior patterns that are killing the planet we’re part of.




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More about the Decolonizing Social Work Book Club:

Decolonization in social work is the undoing of hegemony, the latter being the process whereby white supremacist values impregnated foundational social work theories, research, and practices.
 In recognizing that white supremacy is a mechanism of social control, that our current social structure is grounded in liberal-patriarchal capitalism, and that social work confirms to prevailing social norms, we, as social workers, must acknowledge
 our complicity in perpetuating a white supremacist ideology (Crudup, Fike, & McLoone, 2021; Pewewardy & Almeida, 2014). One strategy for disrupting white supremacy in social work is to develop a counter-narrative (Crudup, et al., 2021; Pewewardy
 & Almeida, 2014), a history that details the experiences of perspectives of those who have been oppressed, excluded, and silenced. The Decolonizing Social Work Book Club will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month starting in September 2024 and
 concluding in December 2025.

The voices highlighted in this book club offer counter-narrative perspectives across a range of issues and topics immediately relevant to social work.


Location

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Presenters



  • Chris Fike, LMSW-Macro
    • 



Cost

  • Free for All

CE Information



1 Implicit Bias Credit Hour

NASW-MI Provider Number MICEC-0017. All NASW-Michigan CE courses also qualify for MCBAP credits. 

 
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Consider this your Save The Date - plan ahead to attend our 2027 In-person Conference April 8-9, 2027 in the beautiful city of Grand Rapids, Michigan! 

Sheraton Grand Rapids Airport Hotel

5700 28th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

 

Stay tuned for more information and to register!

 

Now accepting RFPs for interest in presenters for our 2027 Conference! Click here - we are excited to partner with you! 

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