#RadChat – What are Policy Priorities for Radical Social Work?

This event will not be recorded.

In this session, we will discuss the moment we are in as radical social workers given the upcoming election and the moment we are in politically. Do current policy proposals further economic, social, environmental, and racial justice or does it further the neoliberal agenda? Do they address the root causes of oppression and suffering?

SWAA National Steering Committee Co-hosts:

Rosemary (Rosi) Barbera (she/her) is a social worker committed to radical social change and the end of capitalism and all forms of oppression. She has worked in Chile and Bolivia doing human rights work. In the US she has worked on human rights issues, including the human rights of immigrants. She is also a social work educator.

Stephen Monroe (“Zak”) Tomczak (he/him) is Professor of Social Welfare Policy and Community Organization at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) Department of Social Work. His primary areas of expertise include the historical development of social welfare policy and the social work profession, and he serves as the current President of the Social Welfare History Group. Along with a group of colleagues concerned about the social work response to abuses by police, he helped form the state chapter of SWAA in 2020. As an active member of the Connecticut State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (CSU-AAUP), Tomczak works to organize colleagues to combat the trend towards neoliberalism in higher education.