2023 Conference "Advocacy to Activism"

Conference Agenda:

8 a.m. - Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibitor Fair

9 a.m. - Opening Session: Keynote

10:45 a.m. - Workshop Breakout 1 (4 concurrent sessions)

12 p.m. - Lunch: Fireside Chat and Awards Ceremony

1:15 p.m. - Workshop Breakout 2 (4 concurrent sessions)

2:30 p.m. - Workshop Breakout 3 (4 concurrent sessions)

3:30 p.m. - Exhibitor Engagement

4 p.m. - Closing Session

Workshop Tracks

A. Organizational Advocacy

B. The Call for Direct Service Equity

C. Community Advocacy

D. Advocacy in Behavioral Health

Breakout Session #1: 10:45-11:45 a.m.

1A Culturally Responsive Leadership This presentation will include an overview of cultural responsivity in an organizational setting and provide culturally responsive strategies for leaders to implement.

1B "Annus Horribilis: Another Horrible Year of Commercial Tobacco Use in School"  In this presentation, participants will learn the most recent research involving vaping devices and why school systems must move from old discipline policies and adopt social justice measures that will address the needs of students.

1C Health Equity Approach Through the Stream-Community Organizing Dive into the application of strategic initiatives & implementation processes, cultural humility, and lessons learned, to inspire change in everyday practices. Learn how to move toward a more just community, creating space to hear diverse voices, leading to a more equitable community for all.

1D A Trauma-Informed Approach to Understanding Racial Trauma and Race-Based Traumatic Stress This presentation seeks to help professionals and attendees understand the societal impact of racial trauma and race-based traumatic stress through a trauma-informed lens.

Breakout Session #2: 1:15-2:15 p.m.

2A JEDI as an Anti-Oppressive Practice Participants will be introduced to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) work as an anti-oppressive practice and learn ways to incorporate it.

2B Racial Equity and Anti-Oppression in Healthcare – Culturally Competent Healthcare to Culturally Humble Care  This presentation will explore liberatory and cross-cultural humility healthcare practices that address inequities and stigma within BIPOC and LGBTQ+ populations living with HIV.

2C Implications of Medical Marijuana  This presentation will discuss the medical and psychiatric implications of medical marijuana use, along with the political reasons for introduction to the general population.

2D Restoring Hope & Saving Lives: Confronting Black Suicide  This presentation will address the rise in suicide among Black Ohioans - particularly among teens - identifying social, cultural, and clinical factors that contribute to this phenomenon. This presentation will also discuss culturally and clinically appropriate solutions to address it.

Breakout Session #3: 2:30-3:30 p.m.

3A Cultural Humility Sensitivity and Competence in Action This presentation is an interactive discussion to recognize, appreciate and demonstrate humility and sensitivity within the parameters of cultural competence across spectrums.

3B Creating a Community of Belonging: How One Conversation Made a Difference in Hancock County  This presentation will discuss the Hancock County Cultural Humility & Health Equity Delegation, an investigation of its current initiatives, and strategies on how to elicit community engagement at all levels to collectively work toward transformational, positive community change.

3C Ethics of Engaging in Social and Political Action From the criminalization of “aiding and abetting” abortion seekers, to bans on gender-affirming care, to limitations on free speech by so-called “divisive concept” bans, behavioral health professionals' ability to practice ethically is under direct threat in the state of Ohio. As the practice is increasingly politicized, it is critical that practitioners remain grounded in their ethics and engaging in political action to protect those ethics. Participants will learn how licensed practice is regulated, current legislative threats to ethical practice, and how practitioners can engage in advocacy to protect their clients and their practice through a movement ecology framework. This training will be primarily through the lens of the NASW social work code of ethics, while also exploring the ethics of related behavioral health professions.

3D Who All Over There: The Community Guide to Supporting Those Who Were Previously Incarcerated This presentation will focus on how community members can play a role in supporting individuals who are incarcerated, or were formally incarcerated, as well as gain some insight on how support from family, friends, and the community has positive impacts and helps reduce recidivism.