Anti-Black Racism: Continued Reflection for Practitioners and Educators

Live Online Seminar 

Tuesday, November 8, 2022
5:30-8:00pm ET

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 2.5 CE contact hours

This forum seeks to advance the discourse on Anti-Black racism from a variety of frameworks including Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality, and Feminist Theory. Practitioners/Providers/Educators will continue to examine their assumptions and biases as it relates to Blackness. The program will acknowledge and address the impact of global Anti-Black Racism on the psyche and lived experiences of People of African Descent (POAD) and Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) communities. Participants will further explore racial trauma and identify ways to engage clients in mapping their symptoms, finding their voices, and encouraging racial storytelling in clinical and educational settings.

As a result of attending this seminar, participants will:

• Participants will grasp how Antiblack Racism is defined as well as strengthen their understanding of how this is manifested ideologically, interpersonally, institutionally, and internally (4 I's of Oppression). They will critically assess how perceptions of Blackness profoundly impact clinical engagement, assessment, and treatment planning.
• Continue to demonstrate their ability to engage in critical self-analysis (using a variety of mind-body exercises and other exercises) to examine one's biases and assumptions as it relates to Blackness (or proximity to Blackness).
• Creatively identify effective, clinical strategies to assess for symptoms of racial trauma as well as utilize a variety of tools to strengthen assessment, engagement, and intervention.

Christene Tucker LMSW

Christene Tucker LMSW (pronouns she/her) identifies as an Afro-Caribbean-American, reflective social worker who enjoys using art, drama, and fantasy in her work (when appropriate). Christene’s interests vary and include global history, fantasy literature, folklore, history of race, and Black feminist thought. Her favorite works/authors include Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire (GOT), Marlon James, and NK Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy.

Christene received her BA in Psychology from LIU CW Post Campus (2004) and her MSW from Fordham Graduate School of Social Service (2013). After receiving her BA, Christene began her work with social services as a supervisor in a non-secure detention facility in Nassau County NY. By 2006, Christene joined NYC Administration for Children’s Services as a child protective specialist (CPS). In addition to her assigned tasks, Christene was heavily involved in various inter-agency and community activities.

Currently, Christene is a Child and Family Specialist (CFS)/Conference Facilitator, a third-year field instructor with ACS’s Professional Development Program, and an adjunct faculty member at Touro University’s MSW program. She also provides weekly psychotherapy for a private agency (focusing on gerontological social work). Clinical Areas of concentration include (limited) CBT, Feminist Therapy, Psychodynamic and Gestalt therapy as well as Culturally-Competent Trauma Interventions.

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General Admission: $30.00

If after registering, you determine that you can no longer attend this event, The Office of Global and Lifelong Learning will issue refunds on the following basis:

• Refund requests made on or before November 1, 2022 (by midnight): full refund
• Refund requests made on or before November 3, 2022 (by midnight): 50% refund
• Refund requests made on or after November 4, 2022: no refund

If this event is cancelled, all registrants will be fully reimbursed. To withdraw from and be reimbursed for this event, please complete the event withdrawal form.

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 2.5 Continuing Education Contact Hours.

55 jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education provider in the states of New York (though NYU Silver is NYSED CE approved in NYS) and West Virginia, unless the event is outside of West VA. ACE only approves individual courses in New Jersey, though NYU Silver is CSWE-accredited and therefore accepted for licensed NJ professionals. Here is a full list of statutes related to social work CE.

Special Accommodations:
Students requiring accommodations have the opportunity to make these known upon registering or by writing to silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.

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Note on Accessibility:
It is a priority to make our events inclusive and accessible. For any questions or to notify us of a request, please email silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu at least 72 hours before the event.

NYU Silver School of Social Work
Office of Global and Lifelong Learning
285 Mercer Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003

Email: silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu
Phone: 212.998.5973
Fax: 212.995.4497