Part of the 21st Century Agenda: Transformative Research and Practice in Community Collaboration webinar series

Thursday, November 7
12- 1:30 PM CT

Starting in 2020, a broad array of national experts, national associations, and people with lived experience partnered to develop a transformative 21st Century Research Agenda for a child and family well-being system. This effort included development and use of a DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Framework for supporting the identification and assessment of research gaps and questions included in the Agenda. After the Agenda was finalized, a subgroup of the 21st Century Research Agenda Steering Committee developed a tool based on the values and principles from the DEI Framework. The Equity Assessment and Improvement Tool for Research Teams helps teams of researchers, evaluators, program planners and developers, administrators, and individuals with lived expertise take actionable steps toward equity, and bold and transformative systems change.

In this webinar, presenters will discuss the Tool and provide an overview of the process used to develop it including honoring the principles that inform the Tool. The presenters will discuss the Tool’s intended use and its practical action steps for improving equity in the research, evaluation, and planning process, such as encouraging meaningful partnership with lived experience experts. Additionally, presenters will review suggested actions to take prior to implementing the Tool. Ample time will be reserved for dialogue between presenters and participants.

Featured Speakers:

• Jessica Elm, MSW, PhD, Like the Tree Consulting LLC, Speaker and Discussion Moderator
• Sandra Killett and Robyn Robbins, Lived Experience Experts
• Julie Collins, VP Practice Excellence, Child Welfare League of America

Don’t miss the other sessions in this series!

• August 29: Research-Policy Collaborations to Support Innovative, Equitable, and Effective Child Care and Early Education Policies
  12- 1:30 PM, Dr. Julia R. Henly co-presenting with community partners
• September 11: Building A Community-Driven Pathway to Prosperity: Weaving the Wisdom and Resources of Community and Academic Partners to Foster Early Life Abundance
  12- 1:30 PM, Dr. Trina Williams Shanks co-presenting with community partners
• September 26: Engaging Fathers and Co-Parents Together in Home Visiting and Fatherhood Services
  12- 1:30 PM, Dr. Jenn Bellamy co-presenting with community partners
  AND
  Fathering Through the Pain: Healing the Wounded
  12- 1:30 PM, Dr. Waldo Johnson, Jr. co-presenting with community partners
• October 10: Developing the Workforce for a Reimagined Child Welfare System
  12- 1:30 PM Dr. Diane DePanfilis co-presenting with community partners
• October 23: Behind the Scenes in Home Visitation Research
  12- 1:30 PM Dr. Craig Winston LeCroy co-presenting with community partners

This webinar series is hosted by the American Academy for Social Work & Social Welfare with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Clark-Fox Policy Institute, and William T. Grant Foundation.