Closing Keynote and Closing Remarks

5:00pm – 6:00pm (EST)

CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION (Social Work CE)

Social Work Leadership: A Call to Action

The effects of climate change are evidenced both in the disasters prompted by extreme weather and in adverse health and mental health impacts on individuals and society. Social workers are uniquely positioned to play a substantive role in battling the core issue and address the acute and chronic health and behavioral health conditions brought about by climate change. This presentation will highlight the important leadership roles that social workers can play in environmental justice and resilience efforts.

6:00pm – 6:15pm

CLOSING REMARKS/ADJOURNMENT

Hilary Weaver, DSW

Professor Emeritus of Social Work

University at Buffalo School of Social Work

Yvonne Elder Chase, PhD, LCSW, ACSW

President, National Association of Social Workers

Associate Professor, University of Alaska

Yvonne Elder Chase, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, is Professor at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. She received her PhD from Norfolk State University and her MSW from Howard University. Her extensive leadership experience at the NASW chapter and national levels included: president of the Alaska chapter, member of the boards of NASW and the NASW Assurance Services, Inc., chair of the NASW National Committee on Inquiry and the Task Force on Professional Review; member of the NASW Foundation Gosnell Memorial Scholarship Panel and the NASW Competence Certification Commission renamed the Credentialing Committee. Currently she serves as board member & treasurer, NASW Assurance Services, Inc. Organizational affiliations include the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice (Formerly American Orthopsychiatry Association), and editorial board for the Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect. Chase has obtained the LCSW in the State of Alaska and holds NASW’s ACSW credential.