The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Virginia and Metro DC Chapters will host our Annual Conference on March 26-28, 2026 in person at the Newport News Marriott at City Center, and again live-virtual from April 23-25, 2026. On-demand conference material will also be available for 60 days following the conference.

Over the course of the 2026 Conference, social workers and other mental health professionals will have the opportunity to hear a variety of speakers on topics related to, but certainly not limited to, race and cultural competency, ethics, social just ice, trauma informed care, clinical advancements, self-care, LGBTQ+ issues, public health priorities, aging, and leadership.

Attendees at our conference, your potential clients and employees, can browse the materials you have on display and interact with your organization directly. Attendees will have access to your virtual conference booth from the start of the in-person conference until the end of the on-demand conference. That's four months of attendee engagement when you combine the in-person, live-virtual, and on-demand conference opportunities, giving your organization maximum visibility with social workers from all walks of life.

By exhibiting at the NASW Virginia and DC Metro Chapters Conference in 2026, you have the chance to reach hundreds, if not thousands, of social work professionals from various backgrounds before, during, and after the conference.

Our social workers are accomplished practitioners, educators, researchers, and policymakers, who are employed in a wide range of settings in rural, suburban, and urban communities. All opportunities are on a first come first serve basis, so don't delay, last year we sold out of nearly every sponsorship level!

Join us in person for the NASW-Metro DC Book Club to chat, connect, and dive into great reads together!

Join NASW–Metro DC for an engaging author conversation and book signing with Tracy Robinson Whitaker, NASW–Metro DC Board Member and author of Transformational Empathy: Erasing the Space Between Us and Them.

This dynamic evening will explore how transformational empathy can help social workers, leaders, students, and community members bridge division and strengthen practice across systems.

What to Expect

• Moderated conversation with the author
• Discussion on empathy in micro, mezzo, and macro practice
• Leadership and equity-centered applications
• Audience Q&A
• Closing reflections and call to action
• Book signing and informal networking

Estimated program length: 100–110 minutes

Who Should Attend

Social work students, practitioners, educators, community leaders, and anyone committed to advancing equity and ethical leadership through practice.

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This CEU presentation examines Black feminist theory as both a mode of analysis and a practice of historical preservation, with direct applications for social work. Beginning with Sojourner Truth’s 1851 Ain’t I a Woman speech and moving through case studies of Ida B. Wells, Black women’s clubs, the Combahee River Collective, and the Movement for Black Lives, the session traces how Black women’s testimonies and organizing traditions function as living archives of resistance and liberation. Grounded in intersectional and community-based approaches, the presentation demonstrates how Black feminism sustains collective memory, resists erasure, and generates strategies for navigating systemic oppression. Participants will connect these lessons to social work competencies, including cultural humility, community engagement, and advocacy. By highlighting the intellectual and political labor of Black women as both preservation and praxis, this session equips social workers with frameworks and tools to integrate Black feminist principles into direct practice, program design, and policy work, advancing anti-oppressive practice in diverse settings. 

This CEU presentation examines Black feminist theory as both a mode of analysis and a practice of historical preservation, with direct applications for social work. Beginning with Sojourner Truth’s 1851 Ain’t I a Woman speech and moving through case studies of Ida B. Wells, Black women’s clubs, the Combahee River Collective, and the Movement for Black Lives, the session traces how Black women’s testimonies and organizing traditions function as living archives of resistance and liberation. Grounded in intersectional and community-based approaches, the presentation demonstrates how Black feminism sustains collective memory, resists erasure, and generates strategies for navigating systemic oppression. Participants will connect these lessons to social work competencies, including cultural humility, community engagement, and advocacy. By highlighting the intellectual and political labor of Black women as both preservation and praxis, this session equips social workers with frameworks and tools to integrate Black feminist principles into direct practice, program design, and policy work, advancing anti-oppressive practice in diverse settings. 

Technology and the internet have ushered in new ways of engaging, serving, and meeting with clients. Increasingly, clinicians are providing services via technology and the internet.
This new reality has forced providers to be more creative in offering remote and electronic services to clients. Clinicians are still bound to many of the same ethical and legal standards; however, the digital age has brought forth a new set of challenges that we must consider. The presenter will discuss various ethical considerations related to providing e-therapy and electronic clinical services. We will also provide suggestions regarding navigating ethical challenges related to offering services via other forms of technology (telephone, email, and more).