Interdependence and Healing: Collective Care and Mutual Aid as Responses to Structural Violence

CSWE 2025 Panel Session

Friday, October 24, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Sheraton Tower, Terrace Level – Columbine

 

Moderator: Miriam G. Valdovinos, PhD – University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work

Panelists:

Maritza A. Vasquez Reyes, PhD, LCSW, MA – AYS School of Social Work, Georgia State University

Annie Zean Dunbar, PhD, AM – University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Danielle Maude Littman, PhD, LCSW – University of Utah

Caitlin Elsaesser, MAT, LICSW, PhD – University of Connecticut School of Social Work

 

Description: The aim of this panel is to highlight key intersections between the panelists' expertise (e.g., youth experiencing homelessness, refugees, and those experiencing systemic racism) while focusing on community-driven approaches to collective care, mutual aid, and interdependence as forms of healing and resistance against oppression and structural violence

 

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