In difficult times, ask good questions and move forward together.
Learn from the wisdom of your peers through our Sector-focused Conversations.
Come prepared to learn from all that are present, to ask difficult questions, to offer your courageous observations, and to grow your leadership in your work - whether you come as a human services professional or leader, a researcher, a community partner, or a student.
Topics for our sector-focused conversations:
Session 1: November 13, 2020 (1.00pm - 3.30pm CST)
How Do We Engage Families During These Times?
COVID-19 has exacerbated the needs of families, and many more have turned to the support provided by human services organizations to keep their life afloat as they try to figure out employment, childcare, schooling, health, transportation, among other demands in life. This has also disproportionately impacted families of color, especially those who are Black and Indigenous. Coupled with the sudden move to all things online, new issues of inequities show up especially in access to technology (equipment, wi-fi, and digital literacy).
As changemakers in this field, all of us are having to adapt and come up with new practices to continue supporting families in such difficult times. What have you tried? What are you hearing from the families you serve? What collaborations are you forming? What roles do each of us play to make this better? What questions might you have for your peers? This session is an open space for you to bring those questions and dig deep with your peers.
How Do We Engage Families During These Times?
COVID-19 has exacerbated the needs of families, and many more have turned to the support provided by human services organizations to keep their life afloat as they try to figure out employment, childcare, schooling, health, transportation, among other demands in life. This has also disproportionately impacted families of color, especially those who are Black and Indigenous. Coupled with the sudden move to all things online, new issues of inequities show up especially in access to technology (equipment, wi-fi, and digital literacy).
As changemakers in this field, all of us are having to adapt and come up with new practices to continue supporting families in such difficult times. What have you tried? What are you hearing from the families you serve? What collaborations are you forming? What roles do each of us play to make this better? What questions might you have for your peers? This session is an open space for you to bring those questions and dig deep with your peers.
Session 2: November 20, 2020 (1.00pm - 3.30pm CST)
How Do You Keep The Human Services Workforce Motivated?
The intensity of human services work during these times, coupled with redeployment, heightened need, adaptation, and uncertainty, has created additional stressors in the lives of those who work in this field. That, coupled with the changes happening in our own personal lives, and reckoning with the deep racial injustices of our times, pushes many to potential burnout and prolonged fatigue.
How do we keep hope alive in this field? How do we take care of our people? What have you seen and tried with your teams? How can we do better collectively in this field to ensure we continue to listen and deliver the services needed by the families we serve? This session is an open space for you to bring your questions and ideas to workshop with your peers.
How Do You Keep The Human Services Workforce Motivated?
The intensity of human services work during these times, coupled with redeployment, heightened need, adaptation, and uncertainty, has created additional stressors in the lives of those who work in this field. That, coupled with the changes happening in our own personal lives, and reckoning with the deep racial injustices of our times, pushes many to potential burnout and prolonged fatigue.
How do we keep hope alive in this field? How do we take care of our people? What have you seen and tried with your teams? How can we do better collectively in this field to ensure we continue to listen and deliver the services needed by the families we serve? This session is an open space for you to bring your questions and ideas to workshop with your peers.
Online doesn't have to mean one-sided chats.While our Summit events all take place online, our commitment is still to your learning and keeping things interactive. Our Sector-focused Conversations will generally follow this structure:
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