Sat.Nov 05, 2016 - Fri.Nov 11, 2016

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Veterans Day

Jaeran Kim

Last night in my class, one of my African American students shared that her daughter had been told to “go back to Africa.” My student is a military veteran. She said, “I fought for 20 years to defend this country and now we are being told that we don’t belong by the very people we have defended.” On this Veterans Day, I want to give a particularly deep thank you and appreciation to all the people of color/LGBTQ who have served to defend this country, despite being s

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068 -Anger Management Part 2

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Reviews a variety of practical tips, tools and techniques to help defuse and deal with anger. Reviews a variety of practical tips, tools and techniques to help defuse and deal with anger.

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An open letter to my students

Jaeran Kim

Dear students, The campaigns leading up to the elections last night were divisive and revealed some ugly truths about how some in our country view many of the very populations we, as social workers, are working so hard for. Regardless of your own personal political views about issues such as the role of government, taxes, and constitutional rights and privileges, we have to acknowledge that this election has shown us that despite the advances in civil rights, many in our country blame people of