On June 4, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Weinstein Auditorium on the Smith College Campus, Academy Award nominated filmmaker and Co-Founder of Narativ Murray Nossel, M.S.W., Ph.D., will discuss his partnership with Open Society Foundations to bring forth the rich and important narratives of the Roma’s history and experience as a means to combat the pervasive, longstanding discrimination against them.
Nossel will be joined by Nesime Salioska, a Roma rights advocate from Macedonia and recent winner of the EU Award for Roma Integration "Women grassroot activities — Unknown heroes." Nossel and Salioska will discuss their use of storytelling as a means to empower Roma communities in Europe, with a particular focus on health-care provision.
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An annual conference of practitioners and scholars sharing knowledge and research about current issues in clinical practice
The 2019 conference will bring together practitioners and scholars from around the country to explore Healing and Resilience: Theory, Evidence and Excellence in Clinical Practice.
Smith College Campus Center
June 28, 2019
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Lunch provided
Cost: $170
Continuing Education Credits: 5.5
Social workers and clinicians play a vital role cultivating healing and resilience. In a society with increased political polarization and growing rates of depression, anxiety, suicide and individual and collective trauma, this work is more important than ever.
Join us and learn proven ways to help those we serve to cope with loss, develop grit, foster connection and take an active role in building their own health and happiness.