Cultural Competency in the Classroom
A beneficial, yet challenging, factor of education today involves the increasing diversity in our schools. Because of the ever-growing demographics, ...
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Six Reasons Why Social Workers Shouldn’t Worry About the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
Photo Credit: Twitter Earlier this month, Dr. Beverly Tatum just released a 20th-anniversary version of her ground-breaking and well-informed book ...
Increasing Workplace Diversity: The Glass Escalator Phenomenon in Female Dominated Professions
20 Jobs Dominated by Women - Business Insider Many assume that most workplaces are meritocracies where effort is rewarded by ...
How Discrimination Hurts Health and Personal Wellbeing
Since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the United States has used the force of nationwide laws to prohibit discriminatory ...
What are the Implications Behind Racial Colorblindness?
People who claim they “don’t see race” when they evaluate others may think they all have similar beliefs about racial ...
A Teacher’s Response to Charlottesville for Social Workers in Practice with People with Disabilities
Officer patrols in front of a recent KKK rally in Charlottesville, Va. - Jill Mumie I am currently teaching a ...
My Friend is a Superhero – The Story of a Free Children’s Comic Book About Diversity and Disability
Sometimes we need to be the change that we want to see in the world. Philip Patson - Creative and ...
9 Life Lessons From Prince For Social Workers
I've been a little obsessive this week. This is apparently how I mourn when one of my favorite musicians of ...
Privilege and Power: The Role of Shame and Self-Awareness
If you are a helping professional, chances are you were trained in self-awareness and learned about its importance. In fact, self-awareness ...
4 Things to Consider Before Taking the Job
When we first apply for a job, most of us only think about being hired so we can begin making a ...
Foundations for Tomorrow: Helping Huntsville’s Homeless
Foundations for Tomorrow is a community initiative that provides a tiny home community where Huntsville's homeless can reside whilst transitioning ...
The Sixth Annual Social Good Summit Will Inspire World Action
Since 2010, the Social Good Summit has grown substantially aided by the increasing popularity of social media and technology. Mashable ...
5 Ways to Avoid Assumptions
We all do it. See someone new and, within seconds, our brains start making up stories about them. Or we ...
A Boy or A Girl or A Person: the Lack of Recognition for Intersex People
Not surprisingly, Fox News presenter Clayton Morris had to apologise for his ‘ignorant and stupid’ comments mocking the new gender ...
Individual vs Collective Impact
At a meeting with one of my regular clients, I was reminded of an important tension and interesting phenomenon in ...
Duffy Books in Homes Working Towards Literacy for Kids
Recently, I spent an hour at Rosebank Primary School in Avondale, Auckland, speaking as a Duffy Books in Homes Role Model. It’s something ...
The Problem with Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The people of color that I’ve been talking to are getting kind of sick of the equity, diversity, and inclusion ...
Selma 50 Years Later, Then Back to Work
Obama Family leading the 50th Anniversary March- Photo Credit Whitehouse.gov President Barack Obama, in what may be his most ...
Resignations and Employment Relationships — I Quit?
I’ve been reflecting on the complex dynamics of employment relationships (ER) — let’s call them ERs because of the acronym’s ...
Are You or Your Org Guilty of Trickle-Down Community Engagement
A while ago, I was talking to a friend, another Executive Director, and he said, “Have you noticed that everyone ...
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