Tuesday, May 2, 2023
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Zoom; George Sherman Union Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
A Hybrid Event Presented by
Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health
View the Recording
Watch the 2023 Hubie Jones Lecture in Urban Health featuring Dr. Joseph Betancourtm, hosted by the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health at the BU School of Social Work . Dr. Betancourt, president of the Commonwealth Fund and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, shares his vision for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in medical care by developing anti-racist leaders in social work and public health.
Program:
5:30 pm: Opening remarks by Ellie Zambrano, CISWH executive director
5:35 pm: Introduction by Dean Jorge Delva, BU School of Social Work
5:37 pm: Dr. Joseph Betancourt presents
6:10 pm: Break
6:15 pm: Q&A with Dr. Joseph Betancourt
6:50 pm: Closing remarks by Ellie Zambrano
Content Level: Intermediate
Continuing Education Credit Info:
The target audience of this lecture and discussion is LICSW, LCSW, LSW, LSWA and other health care professionals. Health Leadership for Health Justice is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health as an individual course. Individual courses, not providers, are approved at the course level. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 5/2/2023 – 5/2/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.
1.5 national continuing education credits (free) are available to social workers licensed in the United States after the completion of a brief post-event quiz. The event will provide intermediate-level content and must be attended live in order to receive CE credits. If you would like to receive credits, please provide your license number during registration. The post-event quiz will be sent out at the end of the event and will be a Qualtrics quiz. Applicants will need a score of 70% or higher to receive the CE certificate, which will be sent via email. Questions? Contact ciswh@bu.edu.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how social influences—such as lower levels of education, overall lower socioeconomic status, inadequate and unsafe housing, racism, and living in close proximity to environmental hazards—disproportionately affect minority populations and thus contribute to disparities and poorer health outcomes.
- Examine ways social work and healthcare leaders must identify and address such disparities in their organizations
- Apply a model for an organizational focus on inclusion and building a culture in which care teams and patients feel valued, respected, and engaged.
Accessibility:
Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive, and diverse in its facilities, programming, and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical, or other health-related issues), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason, please contact the event organizer at ciswh@bu.edu to discuss your needs.
About Hubie Jones
Hubie Jones (’57), dean emeritus and the School of Social Work dean from 1977 to 1993 helped shape Boston’s civic landscape for over forty-five years and has been integral in numerous community organizations within Boston’s African American population and throughout all Boston neighborhoods.
As associate and executive director at Roxbury Multi-Service Center in 1967, his Task Force on Children Out of School (now Massachusetts Advocacy Center) published the report The Way We Go to School: The Exclusion of Children in Boston, which led to the first-in-the-nation enactment of two landmark laws that focused on special education and bi-lingual education.
In 2010, Jones received the Purpose Prize, a national prize awarded to select individuals over 60 carrying out encore careers and using their skills and experience to make a difference in their communities and the nation.
About the Hubie Jones Lecture in Urban Health
The Hubie Jones Lecture in Urban Health is an annual symposium that addresses vexing health issues, featuring national and international leaders at the intersection of health and social justice. The series was established in 2012 by an anonymous donor to honor the vision of Hubie Jones and is hosted by the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health.
Established by an anonymous donor, the Hubie Jones Lecture in Urban Health fund is partially endowed at $50,000. Additional support is being sought from alumni and friends. Please consider making a donation in support of the fund. Your support will fund scholarships that help deserving students pursue an MSW degree, as well as research and programs in service of the BU School of Social Work’s urban mission.