Why Political Science Can and Should Lead Diversity Efforts in Higher Education
Diversity is big business in the academy. Foundations such as Ford, Carnegie, and Robert Wood Johnson support academic efforts to ...
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Why America Needs More African American Teachers – and How to Recruit and Retain Them
Calls to increase the number of teachers of color, specifically African American teachers, have intensified over the past decade. Educators ...
How Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Schools Prepares Young People to Thrive in a Multiracial Society
Debates about the value and meaning of public education are not just about report cards and standardized test scores. The ...
What We Could Learn From The Sierra Club’s Self-Reckoning
The Sierra Club did something very difficult: it admitted it had a problem. The long-standing conservation organization released a statement ...
The Impact of Institutional Racism on Capitol Hill
The 116th Congress, the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, is the most racially ...
Why America’s Women Of Color Have Lost Ground Since The Great Recession
Picture a small office with three employees: Jake, a white man; Anita, a Latina woman whose husband lost his job ...
Girls Who Run the World at London ComicCon 2018
Geek culture has a rocky history with women. But now, women are rocking geek culture. Historically, women have faced invisibility ...
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, ...
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 ...
