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July 15th, 2024 Embracing Disability Pride Month Within Child Welfare Work
As we recognize Disability Pride Month this July, it's a time to honor the achievements, history, and struggles of the disability community. For child welfare workers, understanding the significance of this month is essentia…
June 18th, 2024 Juneteenth: Celebrating Freedom and Recognizing the Passage of the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act
Juneteenth, which is now celebrated on June 19, is a special day in American history. It marks the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced tha…
September 16th, 2021 Lolita Johnson named President of the U of M Black Faculty & Staff Association
The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) is proud to share that our Curriculum Supervisor, Lolita Johnson, has been named President of the University of Minnesota Black Faculty & Staff Association. Lolita joined …
July 1st, 2020 Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Child Welfare
The staff at the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) worked together to document and share the work we have been doing since the beginning of the year on decentering whiteness, as well as some ideas for furthering a…