Harper College to Host Human Services Conference

Serving Diverse Communities: Impacting Lives

Friday, April 10, 2015
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Wojcik Conference Center
1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine, Illinois

Join practitioners, educators, students and leaders for professional development on current human services and human rights issues, relevant resources, and best practices for serving our communities. 

Keynote Presentations:

• "Community Building" by Dr. Gilo Kwesi Logan; Diversity Consultant, Educator, Writer & Speaker; Logan Consulting Services, LLC; Faculty, Harper College and Northeastern University
• "Impacting Lives by Taking It Personally" by Lisa Gilmore, LCPC, M.Ed.; Principal & Founder, Illinois Accountability Initiative

Session Topics:

• Cultural Considerations for Children Impacted by Trauma
• Restoring our Youth: Restorative Justice Group Work In Action
• Homestretch: Film Screening and Discussion on Youth Homelessness
• Diversity Dialogues Matter
• Autism Speaks: Professional Strategies for Listening
• Working with Veterans with Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and PTSD
• Navigating Mental Health and the Legal System
• From A Culture of Silence to Service: Current Issues and Interventions for Veterans
• Disability as a Diversity Issue
• Culturally Responsive Services for (Muslim, LGBT, Latina) Women Impacted by Intimate Partner Violence
• Still Taking It Personally: Intersections between Intimate Violence and the LGBT Community
• Caring for the Caregiver
• Honoring the Circle of Life: Myths and Realities of Hospice Care
• Social Justice, Social Media, So Now What?
• Got Experience: Experiential Activities from the Challenge Course to Your Group
• A Heartland Response: Northern Tier Anti-Trafficking Consortium
• Compassion Fatigue
• Displaced Persons: Advocacy and Activism with Immigrants and Refugees
• International Relief and Human Services: Human Rights in Action
• Clothesline Project
• Blue Kids

Conference Fee

• $79 for general public
• $39 for students

Register Now

General public:  Register now.

Third party billing: Call 847.925.6300.

Students: Call 847.925.6300 or register online through the MyHarper student portal using CRN 50397.

All participants receive a certificate for .6 CEs; CEUs for LCSW, LCPC and ICDVP are provided by the WINGS Program. Coordinated by the Human Services Program, Human Services Student Club and Continuing Education Business Solutions of Harper College.