Championing Disability Justice and Disability Joy through Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Panelist(s)

Melissa I. Singh, Ed.D., LCSW, MS-HSA

Professor of Social Work, Practicum
University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
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Ian Williams, LMSW

Student; Adjunct Professor
The CUNY Graduate Center; Hunter College
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Stephen McMillin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
St. Louis University

Moderator(s)

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Judith Crocker-Bilinglsey, Dr.

Assistant Profressor
Johnson C. Smith University

Panelist(s)

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Gokul S. Mandayam, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor (Macro Practice - MSW Program)
Rhode Island College School of Social Work

This panel discussion by Social Work Innovation Network (SWIN) representatives explores how translational research, focusing on social innovation, and social entrepreneurship, can enable social work practice and education to catalyze transformative social change by engaging with critical issues about practices, policies, and structures that address disability justice and disability joy.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:

identify and describe diffusion strategies to include persons with disabilities, such as low-arousal approaches.
appraise and compare ways to ensure that organizational leadership hears views from persons with disabilities.
propose and communicate ways to amplify joy and feelings of being valued in their own practice settings.