upcoming events
Shaping Social Work Futures: Utopias, Dystopias, and Everything In Between
Join us for our virtual forum! Full program schedule available here.
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130-Year Glitch Workshop
Uncoding the past to buffer the future of social work & tech
Hosted by Alexis Speck Glennon and Julie Muñoz-Nájar. This time travel workshop will explore what current practitioners express as gaps in their practical training and knowledge and showcase how BSW freshmen are being trained to critique the technology ecosystem through historical and futures lenses. Participants will play with scenarios to consider the future of social work and tech.
Join the discussion and explore the one-of-a-kind virtual space we’ll use during our upcoming virtual forum!
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The Future is Here - It’s Just Not Evenly Distributed
Lessons learned from the Social Work Health Futures Lab
Join us for a community conversation. We’ll discuss the Social Work Health Futures Lab, a national project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation where fellows engaged in foresight practice, an action-oriented form of futures studies. Participants will hear about reflections, lessons learned, and talk about ways to join future opportunities with the Lab!
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Futures 101
Laura Nissen introduces futures thinking, anticipatory social work, and why foresight is a critical practical tool for the profession.
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