Tuesday, March 2, 2021
The 2021 Social Justice Symposium aims to create a safe, interactive educational experience that promotes self-reflection that leads to critical analysis of social justice concerns and a deeper understanding of the advocacy mandates in helping professions. The symposium is a virtual event, occurring over two days – Friday, March 12th, from 9 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. and Saturday, March 13th, 9 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.
The symposium provides education through didactic presentations led by experts in social justice and advocacy and culminates with a panel discussion that allows participants to engage and ask questions directly. Further, to facilitate continued education and information sharing, participants are provided access to media curated by Counselors for Social Justice at Mississippi State University student members. Resources include asynchronous presentations, book recommendations, movies, and video clips that help to inform and transfer abstract constructs of power, privilege, disenfranchisement, and systemic injustice into tangible issues in which participants are encouraged to engage.
Attendees are required to register separately via WebEx Events for each day they would like to attend. Attendees are encouraged to register for both days. To register for March 12, 2021 click HERE and for March 13th, 2021 click HERE.
For further information regarding the symposium, please contact the symposium chair, Chiquita Long Holmes, via email at CSL19@msstate.edu
Free NBCC Continuing Education credits provided for each session.
March 12th Presentations Include:
The RAW Truth: Realism! Authenticity! Wisdom!
Dr. S. Kent Butler, Jr.
The University of Central Florida
American Counseling Association - President-elect
The Experiences of Same-Sex Couples in Mississippi
Dr. John Marszalek
Southern New Hampshire University
Addressing Health Disparities Through Community-Based Participatory Research
Dr. Dawn Bishop McLin
Jackson State University
March 13th Presentations Include:
Social Justice: The How-To of Allyship and Advocacy
Dr. Collette T. Dollarhide
The University of Ohio
Counselors for Social Justice President
Tales from the Golden Cage
Dr. Selma Yzanga
The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
Counselors for Social Justice - Past President, 2013
Advocacy and Leadership: Grassroot Strategies to Advance Social Justice Initiatives
Dr. Shon D. Smith
North Carolina Agricultural &Technological State University
Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development - Past President, 2018
Panel Discussion: Social Justice, COVID-19, and It’s Impact on Minoritized Communities
Dr. McLin; Dr. Marszalek; Dr. Dollarhide, Dr. Yzanga; Dr. Smith; and Gabe Cazares, Director of Disabilities for the city of Houston, TX
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