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Distinguished Speaker Series (presented by Texas CASA)

The Distinguished Speaker Series is an advocacy-focused learning opportunity for the CASA network and other community partners involved in the child welfare system. The multi-part series features high-caliber speakers sharing their expertise on topics and issues impacting the child welfare system and how we can all enhance our advocacy for children and families involved in the system. The series explores ways anyone who works with children and families can better engage, connect with, and empathize with those they work with to become a stronger advocate.

REGISTRATION $25

FOR ALL FOUR EPISODES.

Each episode includes a presentation followed by a Q&A with Texas CASA CEO Vicki Spriggs. Additionally, attendees will be able to revisit episodes for up to 90 days after the initial airing. See schedule below.

Group registration is not available. No cancellations or refunds.

2021 SPEAKERS

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A litigator with more than 26 years of experience in juvenile and education law, Diane Smith Howard’s work at the National Disability Rights Network focuses on conditions for children, youth and adults with disabilities in institutional systems. Specifically, youth in the juvenile justice, child welfare, education, and refugee resettlement systems, and adults with disabilities in the criminal justice and mental health systems.

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Mical Raz, MD, PhD, MSHP, is the Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy & Health at the University of Rochester, where she also works as an internal medicine physician. She is the author of The Lobotomy Letters: The Making of American Psychosurgery, What’s Wrong with the Poor? Race, Psychiatry and the War on Poverty, and Abusive Policies: How the American Child Welfare System Lost its Way.

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In the 1990s, Dr. Robert Anda began a collaboration with Kaiser Permanente to investigate child abuse as an underlying cause of medical, social, and public health problems. This produced the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study). Dr. Anda now spends his time consulting and showing how its findings are useful to inform programs, policy, and legislation to prevent disease and disability.

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Since 2021, Jerry Milner has been Director of the Family Integrity and Justice Works at Public Knowledge®. He began his career as a front-line social worker in child welfare. From 2017–2021, he led the U.S. Children’s Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services, with a focus on prevention of child maltreatment, family and social justice, giving voice to those with lived expertise, and empowering communities to support families.

SCHEDULE

JULY 14

REGISTRATION OPENS

AUGUST 18

REGISTRATION CLOSES

SEPTEMBER 1

SESSION 1:
DIANE SMITH HOWARD

SEPTEMBER 8

SESSION 2:
DR. MICAL RAZ

SEPTEMBER 15

SESSION 3:
DR. ROBERT ANDA

SEPTEMBER 22

SESSION 4:
DR. JERRY MILNER

2021 SPONSORS

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$25 FOR ALL FOUR EPISODES.

Each episode includes a presentation followed by a Q&A with Texas CASA CEO Vicki Spriggs. Additionally, attendees will be able to revisit episodes for up to 90 days after the initial airing. See schedule below.

Group registration is not available. No cancellations or refunds.