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 […]
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The Opioid Crisis has claimed the lives of over 400,000 people nationwide. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies have made billions of dollars in profits on the lives of those individuals. Learn more about the effects of pharmaceutical companies efforts to increase profits and how drug company lobbyists allied with members of Congress at https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2019/07/20/opioid-files/?arc404=true
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As an example of the hard work our chapters are engaged in, Rochester SWAA will be hosting its bi-annual Reality Tour on March 28, 2020. This tour gives participants the opportunity to experience the harsh realities of living in poverty in the City of Rochester and to hear from those directly impacted. For more information on tour and the other […]
This article published in The Buffalo News on January 2, focuses on the inhumanity of solitary confinement. The "Another Voice" segment was written by Nicole Capozziello, a doctoral student at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work and an organizer with the Western New York chapter of the Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement. Read the article here.
Read the article here.