I love you Lynne!

Huge congratulations, Lynne!!!

Thank you very much for all of your amazing work and leadership, Lynne!!

Congratulations, Lynne. You epitomize the heart of social work. Thank you!

Long time coming, Lynne. Truly well-earned. Appreciation and Congratulations!

We are so proud and honored to call you are friend, our sister.

Thank you all for your contributions and leadership!!! Really look forward to working with you !!

How about new older social workers?

Congratulations Lynne. Thank you for all you do for our community.

Right on Berj!

Love you, Lynne! Thank you for being such a wonderful mentor and friend!

Congratulations! So glad to celebrate YOU! Lynne!

New older social workers are welcome

Christina, I would love to be involved. Please let me know! Sign me up!

Glad to see some of our current MSW students here!!

Congratulations Lynne!!! Well deserved!!! You have helped the profession of social work and those we serve!!!

Kathleen you can email me at rrondonjackson@csumb.edu and I will pass your information on to Christina

Thank you, Renie! I will send one right now :)

Thank you, Christina!! Region B leadership looks forward to hearing from more local members about what would be helpful. We will work to better our support and services. Thank you!! Happy Social Work Month, everyone!! You inspire me everyday! I need to leave for another planned event. Thanks again for allowing me to be in this space with you all. Congratulation again, Lynne!!!

• Assume best intentions• Ask questions with the intention to listen and seek understanding• Share space…step up/step down• Ensure that your actions contribute to a safe environment

Why is Christina so AWESOME?!

thank you steven :)

Thank you all for being here!

Beautiful Steven- thank for your words and especially the land acknowledgement.

Yes, thank you Steven! Love the concept of being a “happy warrior” because there will always be more work to do!

I agree about the happy warrior line steven...thank you for sharing that! I immediately thought about how frustrated and negative I get in our field often, and being a happy warrior through all of the racial injustice is a nice theme to hold on to.

Well put Caroline, it cuts both ways.

Caroline the beginning of you talk reminded of this great book: The sum of us: What racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together by Heather Mcchee- I

Congratulations, Lynne! You are an incredible woman and this has been an amazing conversation. I am so glad this conversation is being recorded. Thank you, All!

Risky advocate system

Thanks for making such an excellent and accurate point, Caroline.

I recognize we're running out of time so sharing my email just in case dson.naswca@socialworkers.org - would love to continue this conversation with anyone interested.

Thank you, Panel! You each brought true inspiration to us tonight...wonderful contributions.

@Maria NASW-CA is beginning multiple initiatives to address some of this, and I certainly welcome anyone who is interested in joining! We are launching a social work policy consortium to build the movement around SW policy/advocacy work, we are looking at implementation of training initiatives to raise the capacity of social workers to serve in public office. And, we are working with national level critical race researches to bridge education to practice.

I recently got a workbook on Anti-Racism and I need to now read it and do it!!!

Thank you Deborah please keep us inform on how we can join

Please sign up for our free newsletter (you don't have to be a member) naswcanews.org

That is the best way to see our announcements!

For people who identify as white, come and join us monthly at the Whites for Racial Equity group here in Monterey County http://whitesforracialequity.org/

I encourage any folks who haven't to join at least one anti-oppression organization like LULAC, Human Rights Campaign or NAACP

@Christina you should consider joining our legislative committee!

As a community member, I appreciate the dedication and compassion you all (Social Workers) have committed to addressing anti-racist practices. Thank you. Congratulations Lynne and thank you panel for continuing the conversation.

1. When workng with people of color see them as individuals, learn what happened to them. Stop seeing them as diagnosis 2. Be proud of our identity as people of color.

Thank you for having me. Appreciate you all.

thank you panel for giving us so many key reflections

Thank you all for this conversation. I am an old social worker but it evenings like this that keep me in the fight.

Thank you for our panelist and for everyone else for joining us

Much appreciation for a meaningful and masterful dialogue! Thank you all.

Round of applause from North Monterey County for this range of conversation, topics touched on. As a white person, I recommend the book "Combined Destinies."

Thank you everyone. I am humbled by this opportunity to join in this discussion and learn how to take action.

Lynne and Christina ROCK!

Yes - join the movement! And consider being a leader with us. :)

thank you Christina for all your good work!

Thanks for everything!!!

congratulations, Lynne, and thank you everybody!

Christina.connery@gmail.com