NACC October Member Webinar

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Presenters:

April Dinwoodie is a transracial adoptee, adoption activist, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging consultant, and parent coach. April helps systems, corporations, and individuals face and embrace differences in order to develop strong teams and ultimately find even more purpose in our individual and collective work. Dinwoodie’s podcast Born in June, Raise in April: What Adoption can Teach the World! helps facilitate an open dialogue about identity, family, and differences of race, culture, and class ().

Vivian M. Drayton has worked in behavioral health, child welfare, physical health institutions, and with aging and incarcerated individuals for her decades of social work service. She is an adjunct faculty member at the Community College of Philadelphia and Alvernia University and is a licensed social worker in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Ms. Drayton is the Project Director for a Substance Use Disorder/Mental Health Program for a Federally Qualified Health Center in Philadelphia, PA, is a training consultant, and serves as a co-leader of a faith-based organization committed to cultural humility and handling the dynamics of adaptative change.

Dr. James T. Freeman serves as an Assistant Professor for the MSW program at Johnson C. Smith University. He continues to serve the NABSW as the National Chair of Professional Development and Co-Chair of Programs on the National Conference Committee. Dr. Freeman has also served as the Associate Director for the NorthShore Community Alliance.?Prior to joining the NorthShore Community Alliance, Dr. Freeman served as the Executive Vice President of A Second Chance, Inc. (ASCI), the first holistic Kinship Foster Care organization in the United States.?

Leora Neal, LCSW was the founder and the first Executive Director of the Association of Black Social Workers Child Adoption Counseling and Referral service and is currently the Acting Director. That agency, began in 1975, provides adoptive homes for Black and Latinx children/teens in the foster care system and has placed over 4,000 children in permanent homes through adoption. Leora Neal is the co-author of the book Transracial Adoptive Families: A Black/White Community Issue and has written articles for various publications.

Clarence G. Nelson, MSW, is the current President of Philadelphia ABSW. He has been working in the Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Children and Youth Division for 28 years. He has been employed as a social worker, social worker?supervisor, and presently in the capacity as a Practice Facilitator with the Turning Points for Children Community Umbrella Agency.

J. Toni Oliver is a retired child welfare administrator whose areas of expertise include kinship care, foster care, and adoption. She is a past National President and past Vice President of the NABSW. Ms. Oliver is the founder of ROOTS Adoption Agency that operated in Atlanta, Georgia for 18 years where over 1,000 African American foster children were placed with permanent adoptive and kinship families.

Amina Mayazi Saunders has been a social worker for over 25 years. She currently works in foster care, is a Court Appointed Special Advocate, and volunteers in a mentoring program. Amina is passionate about changing the outcomes for children in the child welfare system.

This webinar are FREE for NACC Members.?Members, please log in with your member ID when you register for this event.?This webinar is $45 for non-members. Non-member webinar registrants will receive access to a 90-day trial NACC membership.?

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