MSSWA Day at the Hill 2023

  • 03/08/2023
  • 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Education Minnesota, 41 Sherburne Ave, Conference Room 6, St Paul, MN 55103

Registration

  • Students, Membership is free! As you register, please consider requesting membership. Among other benefits, students are eligible to apply for the $500 scholarship given each spring.
  • Students,
    Membership is free! As you register, please consider requesting membership. Among other benefits, students are eligible to apply for the $500 scholarship given each spring.

Registration is closed

 

   


The 20th Annual

MSSWA Day at the Hill

Virtual & In Person

Wednesday, March 8th, 2023

 at

Education Minnesota, 41 Sherburne Ave, Conference Room 6,

St Paul, MN 55103

**Click here for Day on the Hill Brochure**

   

 

What is Day on the Hill?  Day at the Hill provides an opportunity for school social workers to come together to educate state lawmakers about how we address student barriers to academic success in cost effective ways. 

Up to 6.5 CEUs awarded (Virtual Participants earn 4 CEU's). This is a staff development/Board of Social Work approved opportunity, not a political lobby day. 

Who should attend? 

• Current or past school social workers 

• Students interested in the field of school social work 

• Friends and supporters of school social work and public education 

Agenda: 

7:45-8:15 Registration

8:15-9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks - Christy McCoy MSSWA Legislative Chair

9:00-10:15 Keynote Presentation -

Saida Abdi clinical social worker, Professor of Social Work Practice University of MN and an expert in refugee trauma and resilience. Her area of focus is building individual, family and community resilience along with improving the responsiveness of systems of care to the needs of refugee and immigrant communities. 

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:00  Legislative Priorities from EDMN Lobbyist, MSSWA Lobbyist Brad Lundell and Christy McCoy

11:00-12:00 Networking discussions centered on strengthening the impact of our advocacy at the micro, mezzo and macro levels to ensure educational equity & Preparing for visits with Legislators. 

12:00-12:30 Lunch and Large Group Share Out

12:30-3pm Visits with Legislators

 

Cost: The cost for in-person is $40.00 for members and $65.00 nonmembers which includes breakfast and lunch. Cost for virtual $25.00 members and $50.00 for nonmembers. All who register will receive a Day on the Hill T-Shirt. 

School social workers play a critical role in advocating, promoting and impacting the realization of educational equity and social justice for all! Day on the Hill is one avenue in which all of us can engage as true change agents on a macro level! REGISTER TODAY!!!! 


Christy McCoy MSW LICSW

SSWAA President and MSSWA Legislative Chair

School Social Worker

Como Park Senior High School

Register here  Or complete hard copy registration in the brochure. 

Make checks payable to MSSWA and mail to* :

MSSWA/Attn: Susanne Schroeder

28 3rd Street N, Unit 231

Faribault, MN 55021


* No cancellations or refunds after 3/5/23
Register by March 5th, 2023

 
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