Wednesday, December 20, 2017
BU CAS Building, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room B12 (Basement level)
5:30 - 7:00pm

Speakers:
Saida Abdi, LICSW (BUSSW '10)
Associate Director of Community Relations, Boston Children’s Hospital Refugee Trauma and Resilience Center

Kathleen Flinton, LICSW
Associate Clinical Director, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights at Boston Medical Center

Eric Kamba, MSW, MPH (BUSSW '04; BUSPH '05)
Executive Director, Congolese Development Center

Mojdeh Rohani, LICSW (BUSSW '99)
Executive Director, Community Legal Services and Counseling Center

Moderator:
Luz López, PhD, MSW, MPH
Clinical Professor, BUSSW

This event will highlight the speakers' work with immigrants and refugees, with a particular focus on how they integrate social work and public health approaches and use trans-disciplinary approaches.

*2 free CEs available

This event is jointly sponsored by the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health and the BU-ALPS (Advancing Leadership in Public Health Social Work) HRSA grant.

Questions? ciswh@bu.edu

For more information on the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health, please visit our website: www.bu.edu/ciswh

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number G05HP31425, Leadership in Public Health Social Work Education Grant Program, in the amount of $300,000 awarded to Trustees of Boston University. No percentage of this project was financed with nongovernmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

Integrating Public Health and Social Work Approaches in Working with Immigrants and Refugees