Global Solidarity for Justice: Social Work’s Path to Inclusion and Sustainability

Please join us for our online side event for the 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development hosted by the International Federation of Social Workers North America Representation Team to the United Nations.

This session explores community-driven strategies for advancing social justice and sustainable development grounded in collective care for each other and the planet to promote a sustainable and just future. Guest speakers include Professor Darja Zaviršek, Ph.D. from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Work who will speak on the war in Ukraine and social work transnational solidarity and Dr. Ana Patricia Quintana Ramírez, Profesora Asociada de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia who will speak community-led resource management and Buen Vivir. Finally, we will be joined by guest speaker Mayane Chavez Barudin, a Tribal member of Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo in New Mexico, and founder of the nonprofit Sovereign Energy. Mayane will speak on the topic of enabling economic prosperity and environmental justice for her community and Indigenous peoples by advocating for an inclusive clean energy transition.