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SPECIAL POLICY AND ADVANCED PRACTICE CREDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: NEW YORK CITY
POLICY AND PRACTICE WITH RESEARCH MANIFESTS SOCIAL JUSTICE AND TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
Dates: June 11th & 12th 2018
Location:
The Columbia University School of Social Work
1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
REGISTER HERE TODAY!
REGION-2 SYMPOSIUM RATES:
FFCA MEMBERS $149.00
NON-MEMBERS $179.00
MANUAL - $39.00 or $50.00
ENROLLMENT AND CREDENTIALING SUPPORT?
Alfie Tarazon
Enrollment and Credentialing Manager - Assistant to President & CEO
760-578-8661
David J. Rosas III
East Regional Social Impact Specialist
Fathers & Families Coalition of America
Bronx, New York Office
702-544-1035 Direct Line
DAY ONE (1) SOCIAL JUSTICE & POLICY TALK SESSIONS
Modeling Fathers & Families Coalition of America's national conference held annually on the West Coast of North America, the FFCA Conference is at the heart of FFCA with dynamic speakers addressing the global issues facing our world. The leadership from FFCA's Affiliates and Planning leaders and presenters will use the Talk Strategy used in 2018 with child welfare, family engagement, criminal justice, fatherhood, human rights, foster-care, researchers and other professionals to give 18-23-minute talks and shorter presentations on the pressing Social Justice & Policy issues from local, state and national landscapes.
DAY TWO (2) FATHERHOOD ADVANCED PRACTITIONER CREDENTIAL TRAINING TOPICS
*This credential has two additional virtual training sessions and a practicum for this 16-hour advanced and for new frontline practitioners.
SYMPOSIUM TEAM
Dr. Ronald B. Mincy, Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice
Director, Center for Research on Fathers, Children, and Families
Columbia University School-Social Work
Joyce A. Thomas
Acting Director, Administration for Children and Families Office of Regional Operations
Regional Administrator - Region 2
New York City, New York
FFCA EAST REGIONAL AFFILIATE LEAD
Karen Andrade Mims, CEO of UIH Family Partners in Trenton, NJ
609- 695-3663
NEW YORK AFFILIATES
Walter Simpkins, CEO of Community Fathers, Inc., Schenectady, NY
Barbara Manners, Executive Director of Sharon Baptist Head Start, Bronx, NY
PUERTO RICO AFFILIATE
Dr. Aida Diaz, President of Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
POLICY CHAIRS
Assistant Speaker Assemblyman Felix W. Ortiz (D-Kings)
Representing New York's 51st Assembly District
Lisa. Primus, LMSW, Senior Associate
The Center for the Study of Social Policy