Building a culturally connected future-ready workforce
Robert Wright explores the critical need for cultural humility in shaping the future workforce and social work regulation. This session highlights how lived experiences must inform care and regulation to ensure equity and justice. Attendees will learn strategies to engage in courageous DEI conversations, dismantle structural barriers, and adopt a learner’s mindset to build diverse skills. Drawing from Mr. Wright’s pioneering work in Impact of Race and Culture Assessments (IRCAs), this session promotes compassionate regulation to improve and advance effective policy change.
Learning objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Learn strategies to engage in courageous DEI conversations
- Discuss structural barriers in social work regulation