AMCD Annual Conference Proposals

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The Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) is currently accepting proposals from presenters for relevant and timely educational sessions to be presented at AMCD’s 3rd Annual Conference – Virtual Format, June 10 – 12, 2021. The theme for this year’s conference is When and Where I Enter: Intersectional Leadership Across Regions, Class, and Classification.

 

Conference proposal submission: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcLI8KWRaS_EVXCpFUqMuc8dFptm-Z21RcKf153X9wzYII_g/viewform

 

Proposal submissions should clearly identify how the presentation content will address one of the following content areas:

  • Advocacy and Social Justice
  • Anti-Racist Mental Health and Education
  • Intersectionality
  • Leadership Development

The aim of AMCD’s conference is to foster engagement among scholars, professionals, and students from a myriad of counseling specialties and other related fields. As such, the goal of this year’s conference strives to:

  • encourage dialogue related to sociopolitical and sociocultural disparities experienced by marginalized populations and/or unique cultural groups.
  • promote anti-racist pedagogy and best practices.
  • provide evidence-based strategies for addressing intersectionality and traditionally marginalized identities.
  • broaden scholarly research in leadership development for emerging scholars of color.

Target Audience
The AMCD conference draws mental health professionals and educators from across the country and around the world. Presentations should be applicable to counseling educators, practitioners, school counselors, counseling trainees, and related professionals across multiple disciplines.


Educational Breakout Sessions
Educational breakout sessions are 60-minute or 90-minute formats. Presenters are encouraged to leave ten minutes or more for questions and answers with participants.  Poster sessions and panel presentations are welcome.

We are currently seeking the following session formats:

  • 30-Minute Poster Sessions (graduate students only)
  • 60-Minute Education Sessions
  • 90-Minute Education Sessions
  • 90-Minute Panel Presentations

 

The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 19, 2021 at 11:59pm EST. Proposals can be submitted through the following link: https://forms.gle/qKGtrmB9U9Hon7wf9

Presentation acceptance notifications will be emailed to the lead presenter no later than April 16, 2021.

Questions can be directed to Conference Chair – Dr. Kaye W. Cole (conference@amcd.info)

For more information about AMCD visit: https://multiculturalcounselingdevelopment.org/

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