Community Engagement
Current Events
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)
- Michelle Martinez (Housing Expert)
2:15: Innovation Break-Out Sessions (1 CEU)
Breakout 1: Secure Housing for Children, Youth, and Families (PBLD 123)
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 (PBLD 106)
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 (PBLD 104)
Tanya Torno,
Deputy Director, Continuum of Care
Housing and Workforce Solutions
Breakout 4: Resiliency in the Built Environment (PBLD 124)
Keelan Kaiser
Architecture Program Director & Professor
College of Architecture, Visual Art, & Design
&
Robert Bergmann
Visioneering Studios, Inc.
Breakout 5: Person-Centered Community-based Innovations (PBLD 103)
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
Community of Practice on Housing Insecurity
Join our virtual monthly Community of Practice (CoP) to collaborate on solutions to housing insecurity.
Past Events
2024 CESI Conference
Virtual Meeting on April 12, 2024, 12-1 pm (Pacific)
December 8, 2023 at California Baptist University
