Session: Communities and Neighborhoods Flash Talk Session (Society for Social Work and Research 30th Annual Conference Anniversary)

168 Communities and Neighborhoods Flash Talk Session

Schedule:
Friday, January 16, 2026: 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Marquis BR 12, ML 2 (Marriott Marquis Washington DC)
Cluster: Communities and Neighborhoods
Moderator:
Megan Gilster, PhD, University of Iowa
* noted as presenting author
Community Safety Solutions for Safer Neighborhoods: A Case Study of the California Bay Area
Leyi (Joy) Zhou, University of California, Berkeley; Amy Lam, PhD, Korean Community Center of the East Bay; Dana Kurlander, MS, Korean Community Center of the East Bay; Julian Chun-Chung Chow, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Centering Care As Praxis in Counterspaces: Building Resilient Communities with Youth and Youth Workers in the Face of Structural Violence
Maritza Vasquez Reyes, PhD, Georgia State University; Caitlin Elsaesser, PhD, University of Connecticut; Susan M Snyder, PhD, Georgia State University
RARE Spaces As Third Spaces: Arts-Based CPAR for Healing and Transformative Social Work Practice
Dora Watkins, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Navigating Community Work Practices: Boundary Demarcation Strategies in Contexts of Informality
Tina De Jaeger, University of Antwerp; Peter Raeymaeckers, University of Antwerp
Apoyando a Las Comunidades Indigenas : Una Investigacion Participativa Basada En La Comunidad (Supporting Indigenous Communities: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project)
Nidia Hernandez, PhD, California State University, Northridge; Xochilt Alamillo, PhD, University of Denver; Andrea Perez Portillo, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Built on Dignity, Backed By Love: A Mixed Methods Study and Curriculum Centering Black Caregivers' Racial Socialization to Cultivate Youth Agency
Heather Watson, PhD, Loyola University, Chicago; Kevin Nguyen, Loyola University, Chicago; Katherine Tyson, Ph.D., M.Div, Loyola University, Chicago
Exploring Critical Tacit Knowledge through Dialectical and Arts-Based Knowledge Synthesis: An Intersectional, Anti-Oppressive Approach
Izumi Sakamoto, PhD, University of Toronto; Manaal Syed Fahim, PhD, University of Waterloo; Rupaleem Bhuyan, PhD, University of Toronto; Denise Gastaldo, PhD, University of Toronto; Tenzin Chime, BA, University of Toronto; Viveka Ichikawa, MSW, RSW, University of Toronto; Nazanin Zarepour, MA, University of Toronto; Lisa Iise, MA, University of Toronto; Kaina Mendoza-Price, University of Toronto; Notisha Massaquoi, PhD, University of Toronto Scarborough
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