Sherritta,
This is a wonderful message. I look forward to supporting you and the
multicultural division in all of it's goals this year. Please let me know
how I can help!
Best,
Dr. Wanda Y. Quezada, Ed. D, NCC
President - New Jersey Counseling Association - 2018-19
2018 Spring Conference Chair
Mental Health Clinician
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On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 12:06 PM New Jersey Association for Multicultural
Counseling <njamcdivision@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear NJAMC members,
Please read the following statement from our current president Sherritta
Hughes.
Thank you members and Board of NJMCA for attending the 1st NJMCA Board
meeting. It was interestingly tense, a move in the direction of change,
and a discerning moment for our division in terms of being set up for a
progressive year. At the meeting I learned that: 1. The NJCA bylaws are
clear and can be used as a support tool for us to navigate
2. There are more leader members who support change in the executive
committee of NJCA than those who oppose it
3. We will need to be more proactive and tuned in to our MCA members and
what is going on in NJCA in order to push the multicultural counseling
agenda of competency, proficiency, advocacy , and effectiveness in
clinical work with all clients, students, supervisees, as educators, and
in specialized MH programs.
It will also be important to stay abreast with the agenda that I have set
for this year. It is my goal to lead us:
1. To to the continuation of an annual conference
2. To build connections with other multicultural mental health
associations in the state of NJ
3. To initiate an annual multicultural counseling symposium, whereby 3-4
amazing speakers engage members of the profession, and
counselors-in-training on what it means to actively do the work of
multicultural counseling.
4. To be regularly mentored by the national ACA Branch of Multicultural
Counseling and Development (AMCD)
Please reach out to me with questions, comments, and concerns. And lets
be uniform in our efforts.
Thank you for all you do,
Sherritta Hughes, Ph.D, LPC, ACS
NJMCA President 2018-2019
"Its a right now movement" (my slogan this year)
Best regards,
Joana Couto