CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: JUSTICE IN ACTION CONFERENCE 2025

Virtual | Friday, November 14, 2025 @ 8:45am-2:30pm | Earn 4.5 CEUs!

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Piñeros Shields, Associate Professor, The Heller School, Brandeis University

As social work continues to serve increasingly diverse populations within rapidly evolving cultural contexts, practitioners must be equipped with culturally responsive skills to provide effective and respectful care. Clients bring unique, culturally grounded experiences and expectations to clinical settings, making it essential for social workers to develop culture-specific knowledge, practical skills, and deeper self-awareness.

This conference will offer tools to build those competencies while addressing the broader systems that impact client well-being. Keynote speaker Dr. Alexandra Piñeros Shields will examine how today’s political and economic climate affects vulnerable communities. She will share micro-level strategies for protection and support, institutional responses that promote well-being, and macro-level approaches to help organizations foster cultures of belonging.

REGISTRATION RATES:

• Member: $65

• Not yet members: $115

• Retired/Student Member: $45

Online registrations are closing on November 12! This conference will be hosted in a Zoom Meeting room. Attendees will receive an email with details to join one day prior to the event. To receive CE credit, attendees must attend the full duration of the conference; partial credit is not available. Please read our virtual programs and conferences participant expectations here.

Social Work Continuing Education Credit: CE credit is provided by the NASW-MA Chapter. If you are not licensed in Massachusetts, please check with your state social work licensing board if they accept NASW-MA Chapter approved CEUs.