UPCOMING EVENTS
There are no local events planned at this time. Please visit the Events page for other opportunities.
UNIT LEADERSHIP
Chenora Adjei-Christie MSW - Unit Chair
gainesville.naswfl@socialworkers.org
Heather Parks, MSW - Vice Chair
OPEN - Legislative Chair
Brandi Davis, MSW - CCNLI Chair
Bercela Banda, LCSW - Secretary
OPEN - BSW Student Representative
GAINESVILLE UNIT
(updated 12/7/18)
The Gainesville Unit continues to provide our members professional growth, community service, advocacy for the profession and networking.
The Unit will focus on educating, empowering, and promoting our professionals through peer support groups, trainings, CE’s, fundraising and internship placement. This will help the overall NASW Program Goals which is to advance social justice, revitalize the association connectivity, expand and enhance the membership experience, increase exemplar social work leadership, and strengthen public policy at all levels.
The Unit invites all Social Workers to become engaged through membership to fulfill the purpose of the profession.
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" -Confucius
Chenora Adjei-Christie, MSW
NASW-FL Gainesville Unit Chair
gainesville.naswfl@socialworkers.org
MONTHY MEETING:
Meeting will be held 1515 E. Silver Springs Blvd Suite 124 Ocala, FL 34470. The Agenda will include scheduling activities for 2019:
- Human Trafficking Prevention and Mental Wellness-January
- Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month- February
- Social Work Month and Women History Month-March
- Black Women History’s Month-April
- Mental Health Month-May
- PTSD Awareness Month-June
- Suicide Awareness and National Recovery Month-September
- National Domestic Violence Awareness Month-October