On October 5 – 9th, 2020 we convened Kempe’s Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare! 1400 people from over 20 countries gathered, shared, learned, and formed an international community of practice. Did you miss A Call to Action to Change Child welfare? You can now access the on-demand video archive for a flat $75 fee! Receive login access for one year to our CrowdCompass Online Event center where you can view the 140+ hours of groundbreaking learning generated from this 4-day event! Enjoy all Keynotes & Workshops on your own time. Receive notifications about future e-learning offerings exclusive to the A Call to Action international community of practice and join the movement to re-envision and rethink child welfare through mobilizing child, family, community partnerships and leadership! Those who registered for and attended the conference have access to the On-Demand Video Archive and can login with the email used for registration.
A Call to Action was proud to host renowned leaders from around the world for our 16 keynotes. Presentations that encouraged us to re-envision child welfare and inspired us as an international community to do better! Provocative thought leaders that raised our collective consciousness about issues of justice, inequality and oppression, and how child welfare and allied systems operate and treat the most vulnerable among us. Below are links to the Keynotes from the first day of the conference. Every other week we will be releasing 4 Keynote videos. To view the full 140+ hours of content complete registration for access to the On-Demand video archive through the link above.
Corey Best, Community Curator, Mining for Gold LLC, Florida & Jessica Pryce, Director, Florida Institute for Child Welfare, College of Social Work, Florida State University, USA
Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director / Professor of Social Work, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, McGuill University, Montreal, Canada
Sarah Pauter, National Child Traumatic Stress Network Affiliate & Independent Consultant, San Diego, CA, USA
Kathie Irwin, Chief Advisor Maori, Office of the Children's Commissioner, Wellington New Zealand & Andrew Becroft, Commissioner for New Zealand
Kevin Campbell: Center for Family Finding and Youth Connectedness, California, USA
Angela Frazer-Wicks: Founding Member, Family Rights Group, Parents Panel, UK
Sarah Decrea: Family Practice Leader Relationships Adelaide, South Australia
Mona Eruera: Oranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children, Wellington New Zealand
Natalie Lewis, Queensland Family and Child Commission, Commissioner, Queensland, Australia
Iona Sky, Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies, Director of Practice Transformation, Ontario, Canada
Dana Shen, DS Consultancy, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Hedda van Lieshout and Robert van Pagee, Eigen Kracht Centrale, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
Saleem Tariq, Leeds City Council, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Amelia Franck Meyer, Alia Innovations St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Kate Alexander, New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia