Latino Social Workers Organization (LSWO)
2024 Educational Opportunities and Networking
Registration is Closed
We appreciate all who have registered for this conference. Unfortunately, we had to close earlier than expected.
Please download the program before the conference. We will not be providing a copy of this document. We are saving trees.
We will provide all a copy of the Schedule of Continuing Education Sessions with timeline and Room numbers at the conference.
Join us for the LSWO National Latinx
Social Work Conference 2024
at the University of Illinois-Chicago​
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Human Rights in Latinx Social Work Practice:
Integrating into Micro/Mezzo/Macro Social Work​​​​​​​​​
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Features:
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New Higher Education Workshops: Facing the demands of MSW, PhD, and DSW Programs
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Networking for All Faculty, Social Workers, Students, and Allies
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School Social Work Panel: Responding to Migrant Families
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Protect Your License (PYL): Problems within the State of Illinois has implications for other legislative initiatives in your state.
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Social Work License Compact: Strengths and High Concerns
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LSWO International Symposium: What we learned from the this First Experience and plans for the next event
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LSWO will provide a guide to professional social work associations and ally organizations to join. Social Workers no longer have to belong to the mainstream SW organization.
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Professor Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, of the University of Michigan School of Social Work
is being honored for her exceptional leadership and scholarship in the field of social work. She holds the titles of Edith A Lewis Collegiate Professor Emerita of Social Work, Arthur F Thurnau Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of Social Work at the School of Social Work, and Professor of Psychology Emerita at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
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LSWO Appreciates the Support of our
La Familia Sponsors for this Conference
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La Familia Keynote Speaker
Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is the Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health. He is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and licensed primary care and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with a clinical focus on the prevention and treatment of HIV and STIs among youth. Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos has been instrumental in guiding the LSWO and we appreciate his high concern for professional development of Latinx social workers.
Special Appreciation to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign SSW for providing the Continuing Education Units for the LSWO National Latinx Social Work Conference 2024.
La Familia Keynote Speaker
Yvonne Castaneda, LCSW, Boston College School of Social Work
Yvonne Castañeda is the director of Community-based Initiatives and a part-time faculty member at the BC School of Social Work. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Florida International University, and a Master of Social Work from Boston College, where she was a proud member of the Latinx Leadership Initiative. Yvonne is a trauma-focused therapist certified in EMDR. She has worked primarily with Latinx individuals, couples, and families, to help them navigate relational conflict and improve overall mental and emotional health. She is the author of: Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety: My Journey Through Depression, Bulimia, and Addiction (Santa Monica Press (February 22, 2022)