Community Calendar https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/event_list.asp Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:16:18 GMT Thu, 8 Apr 2027 04:00:00 GMT Copyright © 2027 National Association of Social Workers - Michigan Chapter 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 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 18 | 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 3rd 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, 18 Jun 2026 23:00:00 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
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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 Region 10 Monthly CEUs & Networking Gathering (Ypsilanti) https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2067335 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2067335

Region 10 Monthly CEUs & Networking Gathering

Thursday, July 16 | 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 3rd 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 Credit

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

 

 

]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:00:00 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 Sexual Ethics (Virtual) - 3 Ethics CEs https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2066789 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2066789

 

 

Sexual Ethics - To Register CLICK HERE

 

Thursday, August 13, 2026

12:00 - 3:00 PM

 

Participants will enhance their ability to help clients manage sexual boundaries and challenge their own preconceived notions about sex and morality.

 

Presenter: Joe Kort, PhD, LMSW

 

Members $45 | Non Members $65 | Students/Retired  $10

 

This webinar is approved for 3 social work Ethics CEs through the NASW-Michigan CE Collaborative, and counts as towards the live, synchronous requirement.

 

After registering, you will be emailed a registration confirmation. 

 

Overview:

Sexual ethics involve issues such as consent, sexual orientation, gender identification, sexual relations and procreation. This workshop will explore sexual ethics with technology, managing conflicts of interests as it relates to erotic transference from the clients, and ethics as it relates to working with sexual infidelity, clients who are managing sexual partners where STI/STD are present and ethical positions on sex work. Together we will explore how sexual pleasure is often narrowly defined in terms of heteronormative penetration, and whether it is possible to use pornography or pay for sexual acts if we strive to be ethically sexual citizens. 

 

Therapists will question their own sexual ethics as it relates to consent and non-consent. An essential part of teaching sexual ethics is getting people to reflect honestly both on what they believe and on how they have been led to those beliefs.

Sexual ethics are more than our personal choices and preferences; they are the ways we integrate care and respect for others, mutuality, and reciprocity into sexual practices. Thinking about the messages that influence sexual practices requires that we critically interrogate socio-cultural discourses about gender and sexuality and the contexts in which they circulate. This will be the framework for the course. We will explore gender, race, sexuality, and class construct sexual expectations.  We will look at how clients negotiate their sexual autonomy independently and in relationships. We will discuss how sexism, racism and the normalization of heterosex in sexualized popular culture and pornography shape sexual practices. Therapists will increase theirunderstanding of sexual ethics and technology, their ability to identify conflicts of interest, awareness of managing conflicts of interest, their awareness of crossing boundaries for themselves and in relationships versus violating them, and explore sexual boundaries with clients along the lines of erotic transference from the client to therapist. 

·       Participants will familiarize themselves with their own Sexual Code of Ethics

·       Participants will be able to recognize the purpose of the various parts of their own sexual ethical code.

·       Participants will be able to identify multiple sexual principles.

·       Participants will be able to recognize the need for supervision as it relates to sexual ethics.

·       Participants will examine the underlying sexual ethical reasons.

·       Participants will be able to name 2 underlying, common principles of general sexual ethics.

 

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:00:00 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 Region 10 Monthly CEUs & Networking Gathering (Ypsilanti) - 1 Pain CE https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2067327 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2067327

Region 10 Monthly CEUs & Networking Gathering - 1 Pain CE

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Pain Management with Lucy Mercier, PhD, LMSW

Thursday, August 20 | 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 3rd 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 Pain Credit

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

 

 

]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:00:00 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. 

Location

Live virtual training via Zoom

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 Integrating the Mind-Body into Social Work Practice Certificate Program (Virtual) - 15 CEs https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2063533 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2063533

 

Integrating the Mind-Body into Social Work Practice Certificate Program

Discover and recover the mind-body connection through guided interactive self-care practice, by exploring the neurobiology behind mind-body techniques, and by identifying how to maintain ethical social work standards when incorporating mind-body interventions into the social work profession.

Virtual | 15 CEs, 3 Ethics CEs, 2 Pain CEs | Live Virtual Program September 25, 2026 11:00 am - 6:15 pm ET


To register for the training Click Here. Must Register by September 18, 2026 - participants will recieve materials to review prior to LIVE training on September 25. 

 

About the Training


As individuals, social workers and mental health providers, we experience various layers of direct and indirect stress exposure. It is well known that stress can have a lasting impact on our entire system. When we only tend to the mind, our self-care and professional practice can feel out of balance; this imbalance can worsen and lead to experiencing burnout and be at-risk for compassion fatigue. This training serves as a foundation that supports mind-body work as accessible skills for self-care practice and techniques to improve your professional service

outcomes. This training will highlight modern techniques while honoring the ancient roots that they stem from. This training is intended to reflect a retreat-like atmosphere through experiential self-care practice and calming integrative techniques. This innovative training hopes to create movement and support change in the social work profession through the awareness and activation of the mind-body connection.
 
Program Goals

Through this innovative and interactive training, mental health professionals will explore the following modules:

Introduction

· Welcoming Mind-Body Practice

Exploration and Education:

· Neurobiology/Medical Science supporting use of Mind-Body Interventions

· History of Mind-Body Interventions

Professional Application:

· Ethical Standards of Social Work applied to Mind-Body Studies

· Implementing Mind-Body into your Practice

· Guiding Groups with Mind-Body Activities

Self-Care Practice:

· Yoga and Grounding Interventions

· Breathwork, Tapping and Meditation

· Tai-Chi and Qigong

· Sound Therapy and Trauma Informed Drumming

· Neuro Arts and Interactive Journaling

Though many of these techniques and practices take further training to ethically bring them to those you serve, this certificate program can offer a place to start your process, to ethically align your delivery of care, and to address your own self-care needs by learning to treat the whole mind-body.

 

 

What is Included

  • 15 total CE hours, including 3.0 Ethics CE hours and 2.0 Pain & Symptom Management CE hours. (8.5 pre-recorded on-demand/asynchronous to be completed independently prior to the live session date) (6.5 Live synchronous Hours)

    · 2-Day (on-demand and live-virtual) intensive training

    · Certificate provided by NASW-Michigan

    · Course materials including an Interactive Self-Care Journal

  • Attendees may have the opportunity to be added to a statewide directory

 

Presenters

  • Special Introduction by Dr. Jo Mensinga, Senior Adjunct Lecturer, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia

    · Ruth Moss-Katsnelson, LMSW, RYT 500

    · Grace Rawlins, LMSW, C-DBT, YT 200

    · Janet Joiner, PhD, LMSW

    · Caitlin Brown, LMSW, E-RYT, C-IAYT

    · Hannah Kanter, LICSW, MSW

    · Kim Miron, LMSW, SSW

    · Claudia Christina Soddano, LCSW

 

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

 

To register for this training, CLICK HERE. 

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:00:00 GMT From Therapy Room to Social Feed: Ethical & Effective Psychoeducation for SWers (3 Ethics CEs) https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2062748 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2062748 To Register Click Here 

From Therapy Room to Social Feed: Ethical and Effective Psychoeducation for Social Workers

Zoom | 3 Ethics CEs | September 28, 2026

In this three-hour training, we’ll explore how psychotherapists can thoughtfully step into the world of social media, using it for psychoeducational content rather than therapy. We’ll break down the ethical boundaries that separate clinical work from public education, ensuring that you remain within your professional scope. We’ll also discuss how to handle inevitable criticisms—from the public or fellow therapists—and how to maintain professional resilience amidst it.

We’ll cover the benefits and limitations of using social platforms, from enhancing public awareness of mental health topics to understanding the limits of what should be shared. By the end, you’ll have practical strategies to create meaningful content while safeguarding both your clients and your professional integrity. Not only can social platforms inform the public, but they also act as marketing tools, helping to attract clients who resonate with your approach. We’ll address the reality that some potential clients may not wish to engage with a therapist who maintains a social presence, and we’ll discuss how this natural selection process can lead to a better therapeutic fit.

Presenter: Joe Kort, PhD, LMSW

3 Ethics CEs

Cost

  • $45 - NASW Members
  • $65 - Nonmembers/Future Members
  • $10 - Student members/Retired members

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations and refund requests are accepted up to 2 weeks before the event. We are unable to accommodate cancellations or refunds within two weeks of the event's start date.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:00:00 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. 

 
]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT 2027 NASW-MI Conference (In-Person) - SAVE THE DATE https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2052888 https://www.nasw-michigan.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2052888

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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