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2024 CESI Conference

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2024 Conference Agenda

8:30: Conference Check In

9:00: Overview and Introduction (1.5 CEU)

Dr. Krystal Hays & Dr. Antonio Mejico

9:20: Observations through Personal and Professional Experience

Michelle Martinez, Housing Expert

 9:45: Identifying the Issue of Housing Insecurity

Dr. Rashael Nevels, Assistant Professor of Social Work

 

10:30: Biblical Integrations: Towards a Theology of Home and Homemaking (1 CEU)

Worship 

Emily Benford, Associate Program Director of Commercial Music

Poem

Kiyatana Sapp, DSW Candidate 

Plenary Speaker 

Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger, Professor of Religion, Hope College

 

12:00: Lunch

 

1:00: Community Engagement and Assessment: An Expert Panel (1 CEU)

  • Geovanni Quiroz (Water of Life Church/City Link Program) 

  • Mayor Aquanetta Warren (City of Fontana)
  • Vanessa Perez (A Time for Change)
  • Caleb Robles (GFR Homes)

 

2:15: Innovation Break-Out Sessions (1 CEU)

Breakout 1: Secure Housing for Children, Youth, and Families

Dr. Dretona Maddox, 

Assistant Professor of Social Work, CBU

&

Dr. Yakiciwey Mitchell, 

Assistant Professor of Social Work, CBU

Breakout 2: Theory-driven Practice: The Human Development Framework

Rev. Seth Watson Pickens, EdD, MDiv

Managing Director, Homelessness Policy Research Institute

Susanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

University of Southern California

Breakout 3: From Policy to Service Delivery

Tanya Torno, 

Deputy Director, Continuum of Care 

Housing and Workforce Solutions

Breakout 4: Resiliency in the Built Environment 

Keelan Kaiser

Architecture Program Director & Professor

College of Architecture, Visual Art, & Design

&

Robert Bergmann

Visioneering Studios, Inc.

Breakout 5: Person-Centered Community-based Innovations 

Vanessa Perez

A Time for Change

Mark Nuaimi

Senior Director of Development & Strategic Ministry Projects

Water of Life/City Link

&

Geovanni Quiroz

Grant Manager

Water of Life/City Link

 

 3:30  Evaluating & Disseminating Ideas (0.5 CEU)

Conference Closing, Evaluations, and CEU Certificates

 

Past Events

Virtual Meeting on April 12, 2024, 12-1 pm (Pacific)

Flyer for Community of Practice on Biblical Justice: A Pathway to Smart Decarceration

December 8, 2023 at California Baptist University

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Contact the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Dean: Dr. Wayne Fletcher
Director of Academic Operations: Youstina Labib
Email: ylabib@calbaptist.edu
Phone: (951) 552-8645

James Building, Rm 115
8432 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504