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Stop Whitewashing Social Work History: Tell the Truth - Kelechi Wright, LCPC & Kortney Carr, LCSW

Doin' The Work

Episode 49 Guests: Kelechi Wright, LCPC, LPC; Kortney Carr, LCSW, LSCSW Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. She has expansive clinical experience in mental health with BIPOC communities. Her research focuses on immigration, criminal justice and the criminalization of immigrants. www.dointhework.com. Kelechi [link].

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Overturning Roe v. Wade will disproportionately affect people of color; Here is what social workers should know

Social Work Blog

By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA. While most reproductive health and other social justice advocates expected the conservative-leaning court would “gut” Roe v. Moreover, it ushered in the expansion of reproductive health clinics that gave low-income people access to comprehensive health services – including abortion services.

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News Items – August 5, 2021

Social Workers Speak

The national racial reckoning with policing and the criminal justice system catalyzed by George Floyd’s death last year was difficult enough for Black Americans. That it happened amidst the coronavirus pandemic made it even more challenging, said Brittany Peters, director of the Center for Wellness and Clinical Development in Tampa.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

After my MSW, my goal is to work in the criminal justice system, practicing social work in a juvenile detention center. I have always been passionate about criminal justice reform and lowering our country’s recidivism rate through rehabilitative practices. Charlotte M. Kinlock Endowment Fund in Social Work.