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LSWO National Latinx Social Work Chicago Conference 2023

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Workshop:

Integrating Art Therapy and Latinx Culture in Social Work Expressive Arts Curricula

Speakers:

Elena Delavega, PhD, MSW, Professor, 

Susan Elswick, EdD, MSSW, LCSW, LSSW, RPT-S, IMH-E Professor (Univrsity of Memphis SSW Faculty)

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Workshop:

Weaving Narratives: The Artistry of Qualitative Research in Unveiling Truths

Speakers:

Iraida V. Carrion, PhD., LCSW Associate Professor University of South Florida SSW

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Workshop:

Art as a Method to Engage a Community on Sensitive Topics: Reducing the Stigma of Suicide Deaths in the Latino Population

Speakers:

Dr. Enedina Enriquez, DSW, LCSW-S, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley SSW

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Workshop:

Don't tell me, show me: Using expressive art to disrupt settler colonialism and normative cultural standards in social work supervision.

Speaker:

Dr. Priscila A. Norris, RYT, MSW, DSW, LCSW, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor University of Kentucky

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Workshop:

Project IMPACT: An Expressive Arts Therapy Model of Care, Connection and Creativity

Speaker:

Michael Rangel, LSW, MSW, Dance/Movement Therapy Certification, SkyArt  and St. Xavier University

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Workshop:

Addressing Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the Latinx Community Through Storytelling

Speaker:

Miranda Mestas Vatterott, MSW, PhD student at Our Lady of the Lake University and Harvest Home. Javier Segovia, MSW, US Department of Veterans Affairs and PhD Student at Our Lady of the Lake University

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Workshop:

Finding the Artist in Us. How to love, live and thrive as a Social Worker.

Speakers:

Mary Kay Martin Heldman, MSW, LISW-S

Lecturer and Liasson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) SSW

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Workshop:

Adding Laughter…Reducing Stress!

Speakers:

Mayra L. Reyes, LCSW-S, CLYTUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley SSW

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Workshop:

Exploring Culturally Attuned Values Via Art in Social Work Practice for Latinx/e Adults

Speakers:

Elizabeth Sanchez, AM, PhD Student and Graduate Research Assistant, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and Dennise G. Moreno, MSW, Social Work PhD Student at University of Illinois Chicago

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Workshop:

Cultural Engagement and Expression in Substance Use Counseling for Latine Adolescents

Speaker:

Esmeralda Garcia, BA, ACED, ESUDP, Clinical Supervisor, and Rachel Williams, MA, LMHC Lifeline Connections

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Workshop:

Snapshot exploration leading into a path of imagery and use of self…

Speakers:

Jesse (Jesús) Muñoz Aldrete MSW, LCSW (Group Practice)

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Workshop:

The Therapeutic Use of Expressive Arts at an Orphanage in Manzanillo, Mexico

Speakers:

Don Phelps, Ph.D., LCSW, CCTP, Aurora University George Williams College of Social Work

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Workshop:

Rest Is Resistance: Sanando y Empoderando Through Storytelling

Speakers:

Cindy Berríos, MSW, LCSW, and Gricelda Correa, B.A., CHW, On the Margins, LLC

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Workshop:

Developing Bilingual Social Work Students Through Creativity for Child Welfare

Speaker:

Vania Buck, MSW, California State University, Chico

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Workshop:

Healing the Hood: One Sticker Design at a Time

Speaker:

Marissa Alvarez, MA, and Claudia Rangel, BA, ENLACE Chicago -Violence Prevention Program

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Workshop:

Mental Health Access, COVID, and the Chicago Latinx Community: A Photovoice Project

Speaker:

Leticia Villarreal Sosa, PhD., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Workshop:

“Don’t Call Me Mother”: Trans Latina Immigrants Redefine Madre and Comadre Relationships

Speaker:

Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez, PhD, LCSW, Boston University School of Social Work

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Workshop:

La frontera entre Estados Unidos y México: Teaching Future M.S.W. Students to Respond with Cultural Sensitivity

Speaker:

Marjorie Colindres, MSW, LCSW, Ph.D. Student at Loyola University of Chicago School of Social Work

Workshop:

Poetry to Be Alive: The Use of Poetry for Social Transformation.

Speaker:

Elisaura Vázquez Ayala, LSW, MSW, SOCIAL WORK SUPERVISOR, ADFAN, FAMILY DEPARTMENT, MAYAGUEZ, PR

Workshop:

Preparing to Successfully Pass the LMSW Exam: An Exercise in Personal Activism

Speaker:

Rey Martinez, LCSW, Ph.D Facundo Valdez School of Social Work  New Mexico Highlands University

The Chicago Conference 

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