My Journey Into Social Work
Through my life’s journey, I have become aware of the importance of being non-judgmental toward myself and others. I believe that my life experience, combined with a BSW, will lead me to become a...
View ArticleWhy I'm So Busy
Social worker Addison Cooper wonders why it is that he always feels so busy. So busy, that it doesn’t feel right to not be busy. That it’s hard to take time to practice self-care. That it’s a...
View ArticleSocial Work at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics: An Interview with Dr. David...
Dr. David E. Smith founded the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics. The clinics established a foundation for today’s free clinic model. These clinics have employed social workers every step of the way.
View ArticleFrom Engineering to Social Work - My Journey
A social work student, Erum Agha, reflects on the transition from engineering to social work.
View ArticleSocial Workin' - An Original Song
St. Olaf College BSW students Claire DeWind and Kate Panning sing an original song, "Social Workin.'"
View ArticleHow I Became a Social Work Leader
Lakeya Cherry, Executive Director of the Network for Social Work Management, talks about becoming a social work leader. March 9-13, 2015, is Social Work Management Week.
View ArticleComfort the "Disturbed" and "Disturb" the Comfortable: Social Work's Dual...
Darla Spence Coffey, president and CEO of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), addresses issues of "person and environment" and the practice-policy connection in a Social Work Month message to...
View ArticleYou ARE a Social Worker
A poem about social work, by Landon Digh, East Carolina University BSW student.
View ArticleThanks to Social Work, I Am a Better Person
Professor Denice Goodrich Liley reflects on how social work makes her a better person every day. "I can honestly say social work has changed me. I am a better person thanks to social work."
View ArticleSocial Work Day on the Hill, March 17, 2015
Social Work Day on the Hill will take place in Washington, DC, on World Social Work Day, March 17, 2015.
View ArticleOn Social Media
SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE A HAMMER, a tool that is rigidly used, or PUTTY, a tool that is flexible. There are human benefits and casualties. Let's teach our kids how to reduce the casualties and advance the...
View ArticleArt for Reproductive Justice
These works from the Repeal Hyde Art Project are part of a series on reproductive justice.
View ArticleCelebrating Students During Social Work Month
A Social Work Month message on the Path to Licensure, by Mary Jo Monahan, CEO of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB).
View ArticleSocial Work Is Not a Poverty Profession
Social workers are not obligated by our code of ethics or any other doctrine to live a life of financial destitution or take a vow of poverty.
View ArticleA Social Worker Will Be There
A Social Worker Will Be There, a poem about social work, by Bonnie Lee Camp.
View ArticleMusical Interlude - Fabian Carrera Plays Vivaldi
Florida Intenational University social work student and accomplished classical guitarist Fabian Carrera plays Vivaldi Concerto in D Major.
View ArticleOur Clients/Our Selves - Mezzo Morning/Mourning Mezzo – Intervene (W)here? (!)
Social work poetry by Gregory Gross.
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter - What a Social Work Educator's Students Have To Say
It wasn't until August 9, 2014, when 18-year-old Michael Brown was gunned down in Ferguson, MO, that the words “Black Lives Matter” resonated on social media sites and in the news. Why did Black lives...
View ArticleSocial Work Pride
The reason I am so delighted to be a social worker is pride in our commitments, our extraordinary history, and all of the remarkable leaders, from our beginning through the years, who have never given...
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