Recovering Histories: Social work/welfare history through Black, Indigenous, and Latinx Perspectives

This panel focuses on the historical development of social work, policy, and practice led by Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). The teaching of social welfare history too often ignores these critical developments and their far-reaching influence on today’s social welfare policies and practices. The panel centers collective strengths, survival, and resistance strategies within Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities situated within a history of exclusion, racism, and oppression. By honoring the many narratives that have been, and continue to shape the social welfare field, the aim is to begin to tell a more complete history of the profession.

About the Panel

Edith Lewis - Prof. Lewis will highlight the long tradition of parallel social welfare movements developed by and benefitting BIPOC; emphasizing the work of Black women and communities. The presentation sets the stage for recognizing the stories often omitted in social work education.

Tessa Evans-Campbell - Prof. Evans-Campbell will speak to the ways in which social welfare policies (from boarding schools to child welfare system involvement) have impacted Indigenous communities, as well as the many ways Indigenous people have resisted and responded to these historical and present forms of violence and settler-colonialism.

Leticia Villarreal-Sosa - Prof. Villarreal-Sosa will bring forth oral histories of Mexican and Puerto Rican women activists who have collectively generated radical forms of community care for women of color in Chicago.

Justin Harty – Doctoral student and social worker Justin will speak about his important work chronicling Black contributions to mutual aid, social welfare, and social work history and the teaching of this history in social work programs.

Free to attend but registration is required. A Zoom webinar link will be sent to registrants on the morning of the event.

1-hour CEU available. This program satisfies one hour toward the State of Illinois continuing education requirement for social workers.

The Doctoral Centennial Symposia series is supported by the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and the Charlotte Towle Memorial Endowment Fund. SSA Professor Towle’s research interests included: casework, personality development, family and child welfare, and the dynamics of learning especially as related to social work education.

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Information about CEUs

● Eligibility for 1-hour of continuing education units (CEUs) requires advance registration, attendance to the live event, and completion of an evaluation survey

● CEU is not available for recorded viewing.

.● Certificate of completion will be emailed after verification.

● This program satisfies one hour toward the State of Illinois continuing education requirement for social workers.

● Provided by Office of Professional Development Program. Questions, call (773) 702-1166 or email pdp@ssa.uchicago.edu.

The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers (LSW/LCSW), clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors (LPC/LCPC). License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.

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Information about the Event

• Closed-captioning will be available.

• Program will be recorded.

• Free to attend but registration is required.

• Personalized zoom link is non-transferable. Registrations before March 10 will receive a personalized Zoom webinar link on the morning of the event. Registrations on March 10, must to log into their Eventbrite account to access the webinar link.

• Questions, contact events@ssa.uchicago.edu or call 773.702.9700.