Prioritizing Our Women’s Economic Rise (POWER)
Total Credits: 1 including 1 Category II CEs
- Categories:
- Special Offers
- Instructor:
- Christine Callahan, PhD, LCSW-C
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Description
POWER PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Prioritizing Our Women’s Economic Rise (POWER) is a three-year grant, funded by JP Morgan Chase Foundation and focused on wealth-building and workforce development for Black and Latina women throughout Baltimore City. A coalition of local community-based organizations are providing training, resources, access to capital, and wraparound supports to help women pursue careers in high-growth, non-traditional sectors including real estate, construction, and entrepreneurship. The following community-based organizations are a part of this coalition, the purpose of which is to accelerate wealth creation among Black and Latina women in Baltimore:
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- Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC) and LEDC Lending
- Empowered Women International (an LEDC program)
- Baltimore City Lending
- Black Women Build Baltimore
- Byte Back
- Parity Homes
- Baltimore DC Building and Trades
- VPI
Specifically, the POWER project equips Black and Latina women with the tools (Skills Training, Entrepreneurship Education, Access to Capital, Financial Education) to tap into the emerging and existing economic opportunities for the redevelopment and revitalization of the city of Baltimore. This project also includes advocacy for equitable and inclusive implementation of the state and local initiatives to address issues of the acquisition and disposition of vacant properties in Baltimore. Moreover, through other trainings and support, it helps women interested in building their own small businesses to do so. That entrepreneurial element is present, too.
The POWER project is being evaluated through the University of Maryland, School of Social Work and the Financial Social Work Initiative.
Handouts
| Critical Convo - POWER Handout (1.4 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Instructor
Christine Callahan, PhD, LCSW-C Related Seminars and Products
Financial Social Work Solutions
Dr. Christine Callahan was formerly Research Associate Professor and Chair of the Financial Social Work Initiative (FSWI) at the University of Maryland School of Social Work (UMSSW). She joined the FSWI in July 2012 and with her colleagues conducted research and provided trainings in financial stability and financial empowerment. Dr. Callahan received her MSW from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1993 and her PhD in social work from the Catholic University of America in 2012. She worked as a clinician for nearly 20 years at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, working intensively with patients and families enrolled in clinical trials at this federal research hospital. Much of her work involved financial distress and financial burden with people who were in medical and psychosocial crisis and dealing with life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses. She maintains a strong interest in and dedication to financial stability in vulnerable populations, along with those struggling with poverty and psychosocial, health-related, and environmental stressors. Since 1999, Dr. Callahan has presented regularly at national conferences and has written steadily on financial social work issues, including in The Journal of Social Work Education, Social Work in Health Care, and The Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. Dr. Callahan is also the lead author of the book The Routledge Handbook on Financial Social Work: Direct Practice with Vulnerable Populations.
Dr. Callahan remained the co-investigator on a funded project at UMSSW entitled “Prioritizing Our Women’s Economic Rise (POWER),” focused on empowering Black and Latina women to accelerate generational wealth in West Baltimore, Maryland, through investments in entrepreneurship, workforce training, and active support for these women and real estate developers aiming to challenge and reform inequitable systems. She has also started a private practice in financial social work and financial therapy called Financial Social Work Solutions that offers counseling, consultation, and training around these issues.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able:
- To locate the creative partnerships (composed of community and academic partners, led by a community development financial institution of CDFI) that is the POWER (Prioritizing Our Women’s Economic Rise) Collaborative in Baltimore City
- To recite the innovative programs and agencies that build upon women’s financial and career well-being; and
- To describe the community asset-building in Baltimore City and what this is all about.
Bibliography & References
BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCES
Reference list
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Course Completion & CE Information
Category II Maryland BSWE Requirement
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