Social Work Global Conference Report 2020

Speaker Biographies Dr. Eric Kyere, Ph.D. Naming and Confronting Racism as a Social Determinant of Health: The Application of Genogram as an Assessment Tool Dr. Eric Kyere is an Assistant Professor of Social Work and Adjunct Professor of Africana Studies at the Indiana University, IUPUI. His overall research focuses on working with communities to theorize racism, examine and identify the underlying mechanisms by which racism restrict/deny people of African descent ’ s access to psychosocial, educational and societal opportunities from an evolutionary standpoint, and ways to empower them to interrupt racism and advance social justice in their communities through education. He has expertise in a variety of areas including: students ’ engagement, racial disparities in education and well - being, racial - ethnic socialization, racial identity and persons of African descent ’ s developmental outcomes, parenting, equitable school climate, program evaluation, international social work, and human trafficking. He employs transdisciplinary approach to research and teaching. Specific to structural racism, his research employs the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism to engage communities and educators in meaning making process to interrogate and interrupt its continuing effects particularly in the U.S and Africa. Dr. Kyere earned his BA in Social Work in 2006 from the University of Ghana, MSW in 2011 from the Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, and PhD in Social Work with a certificate in African Studies from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2019) The latest edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2019) gives an updated estimate of the number of hungry people in the world, including regional and national breakdowns, and the latest data on child stunting and wasting as well as on adult and child obesity. This year, for the first time, the report presents the estimates of a new indicator: the prevalence of moderate and severe food insecurity based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). This new edition of the report also includes a special focus on economic slowdowns and downturns, which are among the main drivers behind the recent rise in world hunger. https://youtu.be/zkyIDfglf2Y WHO's Video on Climate Change and Health https://youtu.be/L1AHQEqsPxQ Climate change - one of the biggest global health threats of this century https://youtu.be/w5ACXuG3Z18