2025 NASW National Conference
“Social Work: Celebrating Our Legacy | Developing the Future” June 15–19, 2025
Chicago, Illinois
"Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders..."
—From "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg
Chicago Welcomes NASW National to
the City of Big Shoulders!
For the first time ever, the NASW National Conference is coming to the Midwest! Come celebrate our 70 year anniversary and our legacy as a profession as we look to developing the future. This year's 2025 NASW National Conference will be taking place on June 15–19, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago in downtown Chicago.
More information can be found on the NASW National webpage.
PLEASE NOTE: This conference is being hosted by NASW national, not the NASW-Illinois Chapter. For all questions about the NASW National Conference, please contact the NASW national office.
CONFERENCE DATES
Sunday, June 15 to Thursday, June 19, 2025
CONFERENCE VENUE
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION RATES
Early bird rates end on March 31, 2025
NASW Member:
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Early Bird: $499
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Regular: $559
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On-Site: $659
Nonmember:
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Early Bird: $725
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Regular: $785
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On-Site: $950
Student Member:
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Early Bird: $250
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Regular: $275
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On-Site: $299
OTHER LINKS
2025 NASW National Conference Webpage
PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS
These special pre-conference sessions are being held alongside the 2025 NASW National Conference at the host hotel, and open to both registrants and non-registrants of the national conference. Registration for this training entitles you to access to the pre-conference sessions on Sunday, June 15, 2025, only. If you wish to attend the 2025 NASW National Conference in full, please register for the conference separately.
Becoming an Antiracist Social Worker
Date: Sunday, June 15, 2025, from 12:00 to 5:30pm CT
Presenter: Marion Malcome, MSW, LCSW, PhD, and Briton Holmberg, MSW, LCSW, MDiv
In-Person Event: Hyatt Regency, 151 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
CEUs Available: 5.5 Cultural Competency CEUs
Cost: Nonmember $250.00 / NASW Member $200.00 / Retired $150.00 / Student $150.00
Description: This interactive workshop will come with assigned pre-work and educate participants about the language of race and the reality of institutional racism in the 21st Century. It will equip participants to identify ways that institutional racism impacts clinical practice, and empower participants to practice in a way that counteracts institutional racism in their agency, as well as the larger community.
About the Presenters: Marion Malcome, MSW, LCSW, PhD, and Briton Holmberg, MSW, LCSW, MDiv, have been empowering mental health clinicians and organizations to become more anti-racist since 2013. Together, they have over 2 decades of combined experience in the mental health field including the areas of community mental health, private practice, research, and college wellness centers. Their workshops are always engaging, challenging, and worthwhile.
Register at: https://naswil.wufoo.com/forms/43030-61525-becoming-an-antiracist-social-worker
Effective Supervision Mini-Certification
Presenter: Karen Goodenough, PhD, MSW, LGSW
Date: Sunday, June 15, 2025, from 12:00 to 6:00pm Central Time
In-Person Event: Hyatt Regency, 151 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
CEUs Available: 6.0 Clinical Supervision CEUs
Description: Come brush up your supervision knowledge and skills with our highly acclaimed trainer and NASW-MN Executive Director, Dr. Karen Goodenough. Whether you’re new to supervising or have years of experience - in clinical or macro practice or anywhere in between - you’ll learn new things to boost your supervision practice!
About the Presenter: Karen E. Goodenough, PhD, MSW, LGSW, has been Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers - Minnesota Chapter since 2018. She received her BSW from St. Olaf College, MSW from Augsburg University, and PhD in social work from the University of Minnesota. Dr. KG is a skilled supervisor, trainer, and macro practitioner. She has worked in direct practice, non-profit program management, and consulted in evaluation, data utilization, and strategic planning. She has supervised, coached, and trained interns, volunteers, contractors, board members, and staff from various professional backgrounds, and has provided hundreds of hours of training in such areas as supervision, ethics, policy advocacy, leadership, budgeting, evaluation, and research. She has also served as adjunct faculty in numerous BSW and MSW programs throughout Minnesota. Dr. KG has focused much of her research and advocacy efforts on social work licensure and regulation, and Chairs the NASW Licensure Taskforce and represents NASW on the Social Work Interstate Compact Commission.
*This course fulfills the Illinois Supervision CEU requirement. Reach out to your licensing board to see if it will count for you, and contact Dr. KG if you need further information - kgoodenough.naswmn@socialworkers.org
