RUTGERS SOCIAL WORK ANNUAL CHALLENGING RACISM CONFERENCE
The 7th Annual
Challenging Racism Conference
A Call to Action
 
Live Webinar
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
9:00am – 12:30pm EST
 
3.5 CE Hours
Approved for NJ & NY
Social Workers & LPCs
(Social & Cultural Competence)
Fee: $70
Join us for a lively & thought-provoking look at how we all can address issues of race, privilege, and oppression.
 
This 3.5-hour webinar will include two keynote presentations followed by a lively panel discussion.
 
Attendees will gain new ideas and skills to address issues of racism in their work with clients, organizations, communities, and within themselves.
(Formerly titled the Challenging Racial Disparities conference)
 

Main Keynote
Linda Villarosa
 
Linda Villarosa is a journalist, an educator and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine. She covers the intersection of health and medicine and social justice. She is a journalist in residence and professor at the School of Journalism at CUNY and teaches journalism, medicine and Black Studies at the City College of New York.

 

 
 
 
 
 

Author of
Under the Skin:
The Hidden Toll of
Racism on American Lives
and on the Health of Our Nation
 
Named One of the New York Times
10 Best Books of the Year.
 
 

Opening Keynote
Race in the Therapy Room
 
Nathalie Edmond, Psy.D.
 
Dr. Edmond will review strategies for talking about race in the therapy room and building one’s racial literacy.