Social Work Global Conference Report 2018

Event Summary Event Name Annual Conference on Social Work in the Global Environment Theme “Crossroads of Contemporary Slavery and Injustice: Cultivating Public Discourse and Action” Date Friday, November 2, 2018 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Venue McFarland Student Union at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Number of Attendees 466 Conference Chair Dr. Barth Yeboah, DSW, Professor, Department of Social Work, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania yeboah@kutztown.edu Conference Co-Chair Dr. Juliana Svistova, MSW, Ph.D, Asst Professor, Department of Social Work, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania svistova@kutztown.edu Conference Coordinator Mary Jo Stere, BSW; MSW/MPA Candidate 2019, Graduate Assistant, Department of Social Work, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania mster949@live.kutztown.edu Moderator Edward Hanna, MSW, DSW, ACSW, LCSW, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Overview The 7 th Annual Conference on Social Work in the Global Environment was held on Friday, November 2, 2018 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the McFarland Student Union, at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. The aim of the Social Work in the Global Environment Conference is to contribute to the local- global perspectives in social work, utilizing the strategy: thinking globally and acting locally. The theme for the 2018 conference was “Crossroads of Contemporary Slavery and Injustice: Cultivating Public Discourse and Action.” The conference focused on international responses to contemporary slavery and its local implications, the presence of contemporary slavery (human trafficking, forced labor, sexual slavery, etc.) within the United States, and the impact that legislative endeavors and 7th Annual Conference on Social Work in the Global Environment Summary Kutztown University McFarland Student Union THINK GLOBAL ACT LOCAL