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Medical experts have recommended urgently depopulating prisons to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among incarcerated individuals, correctional staff, and their families. But so far, policymakers and correctional leaders have only modestly applied this guidance to reduce prison populations. This webinar examines the medical foundation for this guidance, criminological research supporting broad decarceration–including for people with violent convictions, and insights into […]

The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington is going digital! On June 20th, the Poor People's Campaign will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation’s history. A global pandemic is exposing even more the already existing crisis of systemic […]

Congratulations to Social Welfare Action Alliance and Social Workers Against Solitary Confinement member Moya Atkinson and other members of SWASC on this amazing piece of work. This is a comprehensive resource for organizers, educators, mental health workers and human service workers and represents years of dedication to this important issue. CSWE Center for Diversity and Social & Economic Justice

The Daily Show's Trevor Noah and Darren Walker from the Ford Foundation discuss the need to advocate for prisoners during the pandemic. To watch the YouTube video, click here.

The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington is going digital! On June 20, the 140 million poor and low-wealth people across this nation will be heard! On June 20th, the Poor People's Campaign will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in […]

Willie Baptist has spent over 50 years educating and organizing among the poor and dispossessed beginning with his formative experience in the Watts uprisings in 1965. He is currently the co-coordinator of poverty scholarship and leadership development at the Kairos Center. Read his analysis here.

Social Work and Human Rights – A View from the South Rosemary A. Barbera For many in Latin America, “the practice of social work is committed to the values that define how we live together:  solidarity, justice, and freedom” (Sánchez, 1989, p. 20).These values are communal values and not liberal individualistic values that are more pervasive in the United States. […]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Incarcerated People The Justice Collaborative anchored a powerful webinar today about the impact of COVID-19 on incarcerated people in prisons, jails and detention centers around the U.S.   You can watch the full recording at: https://youtu.be/ZQ7CMKwB-Ng   You can also see below for important resources for understanding the impact on people inside and demands to make […]

It’s been 55 years since our sisters and brothers linked arms and took the brave walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. As they made their way over the bridge, state troopers beat and knocked them down with batons, tear gas and fists. They were marching for the right to vote, the right to be treated equally, and […]

Decolonize Social Work is a conversation about social work, oppression, and liberation. You can listen to their episodes here. Or, you can subscribe to their podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, and Soundcloud.