Connect Session

Resurgence of Radical Extremism: Critical Conversations on Human and Global Rights by Social Workers

Friday, November 11, 2022

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Location: Manhattan

Main Presenter(s)

Rebecca L. Thomas, PhD

Professor
University of Connecticut
West Hartford, Connecticut, United States

JA

Johny Augustine

Associate Professor
St. Ambrose University
Davenport, Iowa, United States
Connie L. Gunderson, PhD, LISW

Associate Professor
The College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Angela Kim, Full Professor

Director of the School of Social Work and the Director of the MSW Program
Marywood University
Scranton, PA, Pennsylvania, United States
Golam M. Mathbor, n/a

Professor and DSW Program Director
Monmouth University
Neptune, New Jersey, United States

1. Participants will identify radical extremism as an overarching theme for racism, xenophobia, oppression and violence. Participants will recognize how radical extremism is a threat to democratic principles, human rights, pluralism and the rule of law through its authoritarian indoctrination and advocacy of violence.
2. Participants will describe the global resurgence of radical extremism and understand its impact on social welfare in diverse global cultures, including the United States.
3. Participants will gain educational and direct practice strategies grounded in human rights and social work ethics to combat radical extremism in the United States and will engage in dialogical discourse on this topic and develop strategies for critical conversations and actions to promote human rights.