Overview: The work of SCSJ
Clean Slate Racial Profiling Disenfranchised by Voter ID in NC People Change Voting Rights and Section 5 Champions of Change The post Overview: the work of SCSJ appeared first on Southern Coalition for Social Justice.
Introduction to Online MSW Programs: Standards, Ethical Issues and Educational Limitations
INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE MSW PROGRAMS Standards, Ethical Issues and Educational Limitations F. Douglas Stephenson, LCSW, BCD Former President, The Florida Society for Clinical Social Work There are over 20 MSW online programs offering CSWE approved degrees which require minimal face-to-face, in-person interaction. Some of these programs serve... Read More →
Canada’s First Responders’ Suicide Crisis
According to this article, 13 of Canada’s first responders have committed suicide in a span of about 10 weeks, i.e paramedics, firefighters, police officers, dispatchers and prison staff have ended their lives after working in challenging jobs that regularly required them to act in emergency situations that most individuals choose to... Read More →
The Many Jobs You Rely On Daily
There are a great number of people whose work goes largely unrecognized by us, and yet each of us relies on those people to do their jobs so our own lives are vastly improved. Their handiwork is in our homes, our workplaces, and in between as we commute back and ...
People Change: Why Clean Slate Matters
America has 5% of the world’s total population by 25% of the world’s prisoners. 65 million people have a criminal record in the United States. Having a criminal conviction can trigger over 900 civil barriers including barriers to employment, housing and education. At our July 12th Clean Slate Clinic we ...
New Webinar: 8 Steps for Paying for College – How to Navigate the Minefield of Student Loans
Thursday, August 14 at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT This webinar is completely free and registrants will receive a recorded video of the presentation! Register Now! Could you use some help in coming up with a plan to pay for your, or your child’s, college education? The debate over the value...
Immigration influx leads to federal and local policy changes
Sparked by a surge in Central American migrants fleeing their homes due to poverty and violence, protests near San Diego calling to deport immigrants reignited the debate surrounding immigration policy. In one example, 100 protesters sought to turn back buses of immigrants heading to a Border Patrol facility. Filled mostly... Read More →
Deconstructing “the Good Old Days” in Canada
I often hear positive references to the “good old days” as individuals reflect on how much better things were in the past, and yet, as a visible minority female immigrant, I cannot help but consider how much worse my experience would have been in the “good old days” given the... Read More →
Reeta Wolfsohn to Speak at the NASW National Conference and Financial Empowerment Symposium
Reeta Wolfsohn, CMSWReeta Wolfsohn, CMSW, founder of Center for Financial Social Work, will be in the nation’s capital from July 23rd through the 27th to keynote and speak at two national events. Financial Empowerment Symposium 2014 On Thursday, July 24, 2014, Reeta will keynote at the National Network to End Domestic Violence‘...
