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Ronald V. Dellums: A Social Worker to the End
I was on the Hill with the first cohort of DSW students from the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at the University of Southern California when I first learned of the passing of former Congressman Ronald V. Dellums. These doctoral students were completing requirements to develop an innovative response…
Can Social Work Help Save Democracy? Part I
It becomes more evident as each day of the Trump Administration passes, that there is a deliberate and sustained attack aimed at the institutions of our democratic society. Special prosecutor Robert Mueller who was charged with investigating into Russia’s tampering in the 2016 Presidential election, has been under constant attack…
Parkland
On Saturday, March 24, shortly after social workers will have gathered on the Hill this week for our Student Advocacy Day and our Social Work Day on the Hill events, thousands of America’s young citizens will make their way to the nation’s capital for an event they have dubbed, The…
Will Young Voters Come of Age in 2018?
It may be now or never young people. If another round of elections goes by with many of you standing on the sidelines, it may be too late to turn this ship around. Too many of you sat out while Donald Trump gave you 30 years of Neil Gorsuch on…
The Future of Social Work
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the profession’s accreditation body, is rethinking its blueprint for training social workers for future generations. President Darla Spence Coffey and Board Chair Barbara Shank are spearheading the initiative, Envisioning the Future of Social Work, that will identify trends likely to impact social work…
Democracy Hangs in the Balance as Supreme Court Deliberates
In what may be its biggest decision since Bush v Gore, for all intents and purposes, handed the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, the United States Supreme Court is deliberating Gill v. Whitford, deciding the constitutionality of Wisconsin legislative district lines drawn by the Republican majority in 2010…
