#RadChat – Social Workers, Social Justice and Social Protest: What is Our Role? June 20th, 2024 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Organized by the Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA) REGISTER TODAY This event will not be recorded. Our NASW code of ethics reminds us that “Social workers promote social justice and social […]
#RadChat – Becoming Green Social Workers May 28th, 20248:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)Organized by the Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA) Everyone deserves protection from health hazards caused by poor environmental policies. How can social workers support Green efforts in our communities? Among the cacophony of food insecurity, international conflict, child poverty, and the housing crisis, how […]
World on fire: Integrating environmental justice into social workMay 2nd, 20248:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)Organized by the Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA) REGISTER TODAY While talking about the dynamic relationship between humans and the environment shouldn’t be radical, environmental justice remains overlooked in the field of social work. Join us to hear from three […]
#RadChat –Pushing Back when Under Assault and Keeping Your Day Job April 2nd, 2024 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Organized by the Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA) (this event will not be recorded) REGISTER TODAY Restrictive, regressive, and oppressive laws are on the rise across the country. How do we fight back and […]
Our Politics are Local: The Threat from the Right and Organizing in your Community February 29, 2024 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Getting involved in community organizing can seem so daunting!! Join us to hear from our panelists of community activists as they share their analyses and action strategies used to create […]
#RadChat – Israel-Palestine War, Social Work and Human Services Worn in Volatile Times. December 7, 2023 8:00 – 9:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) REGISTER TODAY Considering the trauma, divisiveness, and steep rise in Islamophobia and antisemitism following the October 7th Hamas attack, this #RadChat tonight comes from a desire to hold a dialogue […]
#RadChat – Is our history radical? August 10, 2023 8:00 – 9:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Consider the history of social work. What do you know? What is missing in your knowledge? Social workers often talk about their commitment to social change and social justice. Is this really our purpose? Has that always been […]
#RadChat – Decolonizing Diagnoses July 20, 2023 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Video Coming Soon Please join members of the SWAA National Steering Committee in an open discussion about the ways in which we are currently (or can envision) decolonizing therapy/clinical practice. Let's discuss how we can take something (the DSM) born from […]
#RadChat – Decolonizing Clinical Social Work June 15, 2023 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Video Coming Soon Please join members of the SWAA National Steering Committee in an open discussion about the ways in which we are currently (or can envision) decolonizing therapy/clinical practice. What changes have you made or would you have […]
Out of the Jail and into the Capitol: The Advocacy of Social Workers & Allies Against Solitary Confinement May 24, 2023 7:00 – 8:15 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) WATCH THE VIDEO DESCRIPTION OF EVENT On any given day, roughly 80,000 people are held in solitary confinement cells in jails and prisons across the […]
