NASW Virginia and Metro DC Chapters 2025 Annual Conferences

Reimagining Social Work: Advancing Unity, Expertise, Innovation

Live-Virtual

May 1-3, 2025

On-Demand

May 7-June 30, 2025

View the Agenda & Register NOW!

May 1-3, Live-Virtual | May 7-June 30, On-Demand-Only

Register now for the 2025 NASW Virginia and Metro DC Joint Annual Conferences! Although our in-person conference has passed, you can still join us live-virtually, or on-demand-only.

Choose from 35 breakout sessions, five keynote general sessions, and other events that get you engaged and mingling with hundreds of fellow social workers in all specialties and settings.

Earn up to 83.5 CEs (25.25 total Ethics hours, 5.25 total LGBTQ hours, 1.6 total PHP hours) at the live-virtual conference and on-demand access to every recorded session and keynote at your preferred location and time.

Check out the diverse agenda created by a Conference Review Committee of your peers to ensure practical application and relevancy. The exciting line-up enables you to meet license requirements for ethics and LGBTQIAS2+ (DC) CEs, as well as CEs toward the Public Health Priorities (DC) requirement and general continuing education units.

Skim below for some of the professional and social justice sessions:

Decolonizing Therapy: Healing Trauma Through Movement
Ethics: A Social Work Precipice in 2025
Engaging Clients in Expressive Art Modalities
Social Determinants of Health: Can You Hear the I in Five?
Using Body-Based Interventions in Trauma Therapy
Reconciliation Therapy
Values Assessments with Couples: Using Values Cards with Clients
Real Radical Allyship
Normalizing Bias
Why Should I Care about Housing?
Treatment Strategies and Approaches
A Social Worker’s Role in Threat Assessment
Addressing Domestic Violence in Youth
Suicide in Black Children and Adolescents
Financial Well-Being and Psychological Trauma
LGBTQ2IA2S+ Issues
Let’s Talk Neurodiversity
Burnout, Workplace Environment, and Job Satisfaction
Beyond Burnout: Building Resilience and Wellness for Social Workers Facing Compassion Fatigue
Social Work: The Call to Courage and Justice
Cultural Humility and Clinician Self-Awareness: The Foundation for Ethical Practice

Plus, you’ll earn CEs by participating in or viewing on-demand the following:

keynote presentations such as “Words Create World” by Grammy-nominated musician Pierce Freelon;
the 2025 Awards Luncheon with a workshop on authenticity and setting “good boundaries” in the workplace,
a Global Sound Bath for self-care,
a powerful on-YouTube Movie Night (“Crip Camp”) and on-demand Panel Discussion about the disability rights movement.

And don't miss the dozens of industry experts, organizations, and companies at the Virtual Exhibitor Fair—all of them eager to share their services and products to meet your needs!

See Full Agenda.

Students and retirees, please come! We’ve created a special reduced rate to support our incoming social workers and our most-experienced professionals because you are critical to the success of the social work field.

The conference was “an absolutely amazing experience. I attended so many wonderful breakout sessions and brought home a wealth of knowledge. It was such a great experience that I paid additionally for the "on-demand" portion, so I could obtain access to the remaining sessions I was unable to attend in-person. It was just that good! I also was able to meet and connect with some amazing people!”—2024 attendee

WHAT YOUR PEERS SAID ABOUT THE 2024 CONFERENCES

“Always a fun time, interesting and unique keynotes, great ways to connect with other social workers!”
“Great conference--I enjoyed every minute. Because I work from home, I am isolated, but the conference is an excellent way to reengage and get updated on what's going on.”
“My networking exposure was great. This was important to me since I work in a suburban and minimally diverse area.”
“Attending a conference that is for and about social work is a great reminder for all of us about what the field is truly meant for. As social workers we often work independently for a variety of reasons, and being around our peers who are like minded can reinforce the reason we came into the field in the first place.”
“I participated in discussions, created art, networked with others, and rekindled friendships--what a great way to reflect on National Social Work Month. I always feel rejuvenated after attending the conference. I came back to work with more resources from the exhibitors and workshop speakers.”
“I’m in private practice and don’t work with other social workers, so it means a lot to gather with other social workers at the conference every year.”
“I was able to learn, network, and earn CE credits in an effective manner.”
“Attendees were friendly and welcoming--it was my first Virginia Chapter event!”
“This was an excellent conference. The speakers were great, and topics were relevant to contemporary clinical social work practice.”
“This year's NASW Virginia and Metro DC Chapters Annual Conference was an absolutely amazing experience. I attended so many wonderful breakout sessions and brought home a wealth of knowledge."
"It was such a great experience, I paid additionally for the ‘on demand’ portion so I could obtain access to the remaining sessions I was unable to attend in-person. It was just that good! I also was able to meet and connect with some amazing people at this conference. I look forward to attending next year!”