Community Engagement
Current Events
2024 CESI Conference
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)
- Mark Nuaimi (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
Dr. Dretona Maddox,
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)
December 8, 2023 at California Baptist University
