Members of the Race Matters Consortium recently released a book: Race Matters in Child Wefare
Dennette Derezotes, John Poertner and Mark F. Testa, editors
Released in March, 2005 through the Child Welfare League of America, this compilation of papers critically examines child welfare policy and practice, the causes of child maltreatment, and how each impacts the disproportionate representation of African American children in the system. For details, click the following link:
http://www.cwla.org/pubs/pubdetails.asp?PUBID=8746

2005 CWLA Commissioner's Roundtable
Panel Presentation Participant:
Examining Disproportionality in Child Welfare
August, 2005

Northern California Training Academy Symposium:
Race Matters: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Child Welfare System
September 22, 2005

Reflections by the Sea
County Welfare Directors Association of California Annual Conference
Monterey, California
October 10-12, 2005

NBCDI's 35th Annual Conference
Bridging Culture in a Changing World
October 16-18, 2005
Orlando, Florida
Wyndham Palace Resort & Spa
Members of the Race Matters Consortium are scheduled to present. For details, click the following link:
http://www.nbcdi.org/ac/35ac

2006 CSWE Conference Participation
February 19, 2006
Hyatt Regency
Chicago, Illinois

2006 CWLA Annual Conference
Post-conference Symposium
March 1, 2006
Marriott Wardman Park
Washington DC