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Onsite Schedule (November 9-12, 2023)

Thursday, November 9, 2023 – Schedule reflects the Eastern Time Zone

9:00 am-4:30pm (Eastern Time)

 

Preconvention Institute: Option 1 (6.0 CEs)

Social Work with First Responders at Times of Trauma – Jim Ellor, Ph.D., LCSW, DCSW

8:30 am-12:15pm (ET)

 

Preconvention Institute: Option 2 (3.5 CEs)

Addressing Community Trauma – Father Paul Abernathy

1:15 pm-5:00pm (ET)

 

Preconvention Institute: Option 3 (3.5 CEs)

Transformed by Renewing of Mind: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-based and Spiritually Informed Strategies to Promote Mental Well-being- The CHURCH Project

6:00pm-6:45pm (ET)  Meet the NACSW Board of Directors and the editors of Social Work and Christianity for content overview of future issues- (meeting room TBA)
 
7:00pm-8:30pm ET  Opening Plenary Session (1.0 CE)

– Special Welcome

Saleem Ghubril, Executive Director, The Pittsburgh Promise, “You are Loved, Empowered and Deployed”

-Entertainment: Urban Impact Dance Team

8:30pm-10:00pm ET  Opening Reception and Poster Presentations

Friday, November 10, 2023- Schedule reflects Eastern Time Zone

 8:00 am-8:30 am ET  Worship/Devotions – Keith Reynolds, MBA “Renewed to Renew”

Devotional Music: Jamie Brown-Boyd, Graduate Student at Concordia University Wisconsin

 8:45 am-9:45 am ET  Workshops — Session A (1.0 CE)
 9:45 am-10:15 am ET  Coffee Break
 10:15 am-11:15 am   ET  Workshops — Session B (1.0 CE)
 11:30 am-12:45pm   ET  Alan Keith-Lucas Lecture (1.0 CE)
Keynote Speaker: Sandy Bauer, PhD & Leslie Gregory, LSW, MSW “Building on the Practice Wisdom of Alan Keith-Lucas” 
12:50 pm-1:50 pm   ET
 Lunch on your own
(See Restaurant Guide)(Optional: boxed lunches available to order at registration) 
 2:00 pm-3:30 pm ET  Workshops — Session C (1.5 CE) 
 3:45 pm-4:45 pm ET  Workshops — Session D (1.0 CE)
 5:00 pm-6:00 pm ET
 Workshops — Session E (1.0 CE)
 7:30 pm- 9:30 pm   ET Educator’s Forum – Salon A + B

  • 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Megan Fujita , Ph.D., MSW; Kat Gibson-Ledl, BSW, LMSW
  • 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm:General Educator’s Forum

2022 EPAS Information Session”

Join staff from the Council on Social Work Education as they present information on the 2022 Educational Policies and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) and provide an opportunity for participants to ask questions and discuss trends related to social work education.

 

Student Social- Foster Room 

Game Night! 

  • 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm- Join us for group games, board games, prizes and coffee!

Saturday, November 11, 2023

 8:00 am-8:30 am ET  Worship/Devotions – Gretchen Smith, LISW “Philippians- A Treasure Trove of Encouragement”

Devotional Music: Jamie Brown-Boyd, Graduate Student at Concordia University Wisconsin

 8:45 am-9:45 am ET  Workshops — Session F (1.0 CE)
 9:45am-10:15 am   ET  Coffee Break
 10:15 am-11:15 am   ET  Workshops — Session G (1.0 CE)
 11:30 am-12:45 pm   ET  NACSW Community Conversation 

“NACSW Reimagined: Past, Present, and Future”

 Diana R. Garland Award Presentation 

Dr. Ralph Eckardt

Entertainment: The Heritage Gospel Chorale of Pittsburgh 

 12:50 pm-1:50 pm   ET Lunch on your own

(Optional: boxed lunches available to order at registration) 

 2:00 pm-3:30 pm ET  Moderated Panel Session (1.5 CEs)

-Moderated by Lisa Hosack, PhD, LCSW

-“Social Work and First Responders

-Panelists: David Garlock;  Hope Pallacio, DSW; Wilkinsburg Police Chief Ophelia Coleman;  Representative from Neighborhood Resilience Project  

 3:45 pm-4:45 pm ET  Workshops — Session H (1.0 CE)
 5:00 pm-6:00 pm ET  Workshops — Session I (1.0 CE)
 6:45 pm-9:15 pm ET  Evening Banquet (1.0 CE)
– Keynote Speaker: Shane Claiborne, Speaker, Activist and Best-Selling Author “Following Jesus in Our Neighborhoods and in Our World”Entertainment: Rev. Nikki Porter

Sunday, November 12, 2022

8:30 am – Noon ET  Morning Worship
Meet in the hotel lobby to travel to a local Church. 

Mt Ararat Baptist Church 271 Paulson Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206- Sunday Service 10:30 AM

St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church  2038 Bedford Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219- Sunday Services: Orthros – 9:30 AM & Divine Liturgy 10:30 AM

This schedule reflects workshops and sessions for the Eastern Time Zone.

NACSW will also be offering a virtual component for this year’s convention for those who won’t be able to join us in Pittsburgh in November. Follow this link for more information about the NACSW Virtual Conference 2023.

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