The conference is the first to be held in Maryland. The week wont be all work. The opening session begins with a Multicultural Showcase in the Ella Fitzgerald Center at UMES which will be open to the public and features Native American, African American and Latin American art and performance. There will also be a crab feast, waterway tour, Shorebirds minor league game, a night in Ocean City, a tour of a chicken plant and retracing of Harriet Tubmans Underground Railroad in Dorchester County. The conference is co-sponsored by the UM School of Social Work, Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center, Maryland chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and the Rural Social Work Caucus.
Registration is open to anyone interested in rural human services.
Deadline is July 1.