Join Fellow Ron Astor for a virtual Congressional Briefing: Bringing the Power of Social Work to Schools on Wednesday, September 23rd at 12 pm PT, discussing the de-policing of schools and addressing social needs. This event will be moderated by Dr. Charles E. Lewis, Jr., Founder and Director of the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy (CRISP). The panelists include Pia V. Escudero, Executive Director of the Student Health and Human Services (SHHS), Mo Canady, Executive Director, National Association of School Resource Officers, Dr. Ron Avi Astor, Marjorie Crump Professor of Social Welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs with a joint appointment in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and Sandra D. Shephard, Board Member for Prince George’s County Public Schools.
This event is sponsored by The Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy (CRISP), National Association of Social Workers (NASW), School Social Work Network (SSWN), School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA), American Council for School Social Work (ACSSW), as well as the Center for Social Development and Clark-Fox Policy Institute at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Please find the link to the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET-UorIvfYM&feature=youtu.be.
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