Commitment to Safe Spaces

The National Association of Social Workers New Jersey Chapter is committed to providing a safe, affirming, and inclusive space for all our social work community, partners, volunteers, and event attendees We believe that everyone has the right arrive at our space as their authentic self and engage in our activities without fear, intimidation, belittlement and/or harassment of any kind We believe that everyone’s authenticity and should be celebrated and makes us stronger as a social work community

Our strength as an association is in our people, and we cherish your diversity. We value all our members, partners and attendees equally and will not accept any treatment in any arena of association business which goes contrary to this.

NASW-NJ’s conferences and meeting events are dedicated to providing this safe space for everyone, regardless of gender, identity, expression, orientation, appearance, body size, race, religion and ability We have a zero-tolerance policy for hostile or harassing conduct of conference participants, partners and volunteers in any form Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including sessions and networking events Conference participants violating these rules may be expelled from the conference (without a refund) at the discretion of the conference organizers.

Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, identity, expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography, recordings, sustained disruption of talks or events, inappropriate physical conduct, and unwelcomed attention We have a zero-tolerance policy and anticipate that all attendees will act in accordance of our policy and professional code of conduct

We believe that our community shares our values and while we anticipate no issues, our chapter has created safety protocols that will be available to all attendees. All attendees will have access to our policies and how to report any activity that violates this policy in the conference app as well as the conference program upon attendance.

Sunday, April 30

CONFERENCE CHECK-IN DESK OPENS AT 8 AM

Optional Pre-Conference Plenary: Building a Culture of Connection and Care: TraumaInformed Organizations and Systems

Visit Exhibit Hall

Opening Keynote Panel: Social Workers Should Be In the “Room Where It Happens”

Break / Visit Exhibits

Concurrent Workshops

Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Reception (with light food)

Arts and Social Work: An Evening with Nathan Louis Jackson (space limited; pre-registration required)

Monday, May 1

PM – pm

CONFERENCE CHECK-IN DESK OPENS AT 8 AM

Continental Breakfast / Visit Exhibits

Plenary Session: Justice Reform: A Space Where Social Workers are Needed Now More Than Ever

Concurrent Workshops

Lunch / Visit Exhibits

Plenary Session: Reproductive Justice: What Social Workers Need to Know

Break

Plenary Session: Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies: Cutting-Edge Interventions

Free Time / Visit Exhibits (light food provided)

PM – pm

Free Time

PM –

Roaring 20’s Dance Party

Tuesday, May 2

pm 7:30 am – 9:00 am 9:00 am – 11:00 am 11:00 am – 11:30 am 11:30 am – 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

CONFERENCE CHECK-IN DESK OPENS AT 8 AM

Continental Breakfast

Concurrent Workshops

Break Closing Plenary: Social Work Leadership for the Future

Departure

-Demand Workshops

On-demand virtual sessions will be available from May 3 – May 31

Information on accessing your on-demand workshops will be provided at the conference

Sunday, April 30

CONFERENCE CHECK-IN DESK OPENS AT 8 AM

Visit Exhibit Hall

Opening Keynote Panel: Social Workers Should Be In the “Room Where It Happens”

Lunch on Your Own / Visit Exhibits

Introduction to Student Summit and Speed Networking

Your Social Work Brand and Identity

Break

Arts and Social Work: An Evening with Nathan Louis Jackson (space limited; pre-registration required)

Monday, May 1

Leadership Breakfast

What Defines a Social Worker

Break

Career Development Program

Lunch and Self-Care

Plenary Session: Reproductive Justice: What Social Workers Need to Know

Break

Plenary Session: Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies: Cutting-Edge Interventions

Free Time or Visit Exhibits (light food provided)

Free Time

Roaring 20’s Dance Party

Tuesday, May 2

Continental Breakfast

Concurrent Workshops - Students Not Eligible for CEUs

Break

CONFERENCE CHECK-IN DESK OPENS AT 7 AM 7:00 am – 8:30 am 9:00 am –11:00 am 11:00 am – 11:30am 11:30 am – 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

Closing Plenary: Social Work Leadership for the Future

Depart

OPTIONALPRE-CONFERENCEPLENARY:

TRAUMA-INFORMED ORGANIZATIONS AND SYSTEMS

2 Clinical Credits

Extra Fee Applies To Attend This Course

This workshop will addresses core components of the trauma-informed lens, including learning to identify how chronic workplace stress and parallel processes with traumatized clients can contribute to a trauma-organized system, how to avoid re-traumatization, and building resilience and relational health among trauma-exposed consumers and helping professionals, and how to identify the symptoms of vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue, and self-care steps to prevent and alleviate these hazards of helping professions.