CSJ Webinar: Social Justice Counseling and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement on September 1st at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2 p.m. ET

*If you plan to attend the webinar mentioned below, please respond to Laura Pignato via email at [email protected] by Wednesday (8/30/17) to be added to the attendee list. The zoom meeting allows for 50 attendees. Thank you.*

Dear Colleagues,

Counselors for Social Justice is excited to announce the third webinar in an ongoing series focused on providing important social justice information and support to our membership and the communities we serve. Members can earn 1 CEU by attending the webinar.

As such, we are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting that will facilitate this webinar. You do not need a zoom account to access the zoom meeting or need to download any software, just click on the access link at the time of the meeting.

Below you will find the webinar description along with the zoom meeting link to join on 9/1 at 11 a.m. if you are PT or 2 p.m. if you are ET

Title: Social Justice Counseling and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
Presenters: Joseph M. Williams, University of Virginia; Ahmad R. Washington, University of Louisville; Janice Byrd, Kent State University

Description:

Counselors should help contest hyper and hostile policing, which adversely affects the mental health and well-being of people from marginalized populations, (especially Blacks) (Turner, 2016). This interactive webinar presentation considers how combining the ACA advocacy competencies with the #BlackLivesMatter Movement can assist counselors in combatting hyper and hostile policing in Black communities.

• Participants will learn about the Black Lives Matter movement
• Participants will examine the historical context of police brutality and racial profiling and its effect on mental health.
• Participants will learn how to respond to injustice and contribute to movements such as the #BlackLivesMatter Movement using the ACA Advocacy Competencies

Link:
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/581988195 (use this link if participating from your laptop)
Or iPhone one-tap :

• US: +14086380968,,581988195#  or +16468769923,,581988195#

Or Telephone:

• Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location)：
• US: +1 408 638 0968  or +1 646 876 9923
• Meeting ID: 581 988 195

International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=3xM1RVwa0l9AgbR_cGh_NlgkS_Ogc3y-
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Laura Pignato, M.S.College of William & Mary
​Professional Development Chair, Counselors for Social Justice

ACA Multicultural and Social Justice Competencies Webinar on July 24th at 11 a.m. EST
*If you plan to attend the webinar mentioned below, please let us know via email at [email protected] by Saturday (7/22/17) so we can get an idea of how many plan to participate. The zoom meeting allows for 50 attendees. Thank you.*

Dear Colleagues,
Counselors for Social Justice is excited to announce the second webinar in an ongoing series focused on providing important social justice information and support to our membership and the communities we serve. Members can earn 1 CEU by attending the webinar.
As such, we are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting that will facilitate this webinar. You do not need a zoom account to access the zoom meeting or need to download any software, just click on the access link at the time of the meeting.
Below you will find the webinar description along with the zoom meeting link to join on 7/24 at 11 a.m. (ET)
Description: In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the new 2016 ACA Multicultural and Social Justice Competencies.  We will explore the crucial additions to this document that help guide us in our roles as social justice counselors.  Additionally, we will provide a case study involving an Argentinian Jew to demonstrate how to apply these competencies in counseling practice.

Presenter Bio: Anna Flores Locke, MA, LPC is the president-elect for the Counselors for Social Justice division of the American Counseling Association, and has served as the first elected graduate student representative on the governing council of ACA.  She is also a doctoral candidate in counselor education at Montclair State University.
Anna owns a private practice and offers clinical mental health counseling services to children and adults. She has more than 10 years of experience practicing as a community mental health counselor and supervisor in Chicago and New Jersey.

Greetings CSJ Community!

On June 29th, CSJ held its first webinar in an ongoing series focused on providing social justice information and support to our membership and the communities we serve.

Dr. Selma de Leon-Yznaga presented on the topic of policy changes and legislation related to immigration. Below is her PowerPoint presentation in PDF, and CSJ will soon  post the video.
Thank you to those who were able to attend and for your feedback about the webinar.
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Supporting Immigrant Families in a Time of Fear and Uncertainty CSJ Webinar Series 2017 (1) (1)