"Global wealth inequality is increasing more and more; people are being pushed to the margins, for various social, economic, and political reasons. They are unable to break out of the cycle of poverty simply by working hard or working smart even...
“[In] the code of the ethics one of the principles reads ‘social workers promote clients socially responsible self-determination, social workers seek to enhance clients’ capacity and opportunity to change and to address their own needs,’ and that, I...
“Social workers are academically trained to lead important dialogue between diverse groups. We are the only professionals mandated to practice from the person and environment perspective. . . Social workers are skilled in helping folks put...
"It’s not necessarily a matter of if we use technology, but it is a matter of how we use technology. . . Social worker voices tend to be missing from conversations and decisions around technology, because there tends to be so much confusion and fear...
"Science is a creative enterprise, and sometimes it’s not viewed that way when it is thought about in the lens of quantitative research. It . . . ask[s]us to entertain more fluidity of knowledge. . . That is also a part of practice: you know, being...
"We have to take a long term perspective of ourselves. At some point, I realized that we wouldn’t solve [racism] in my lifetime. I am just a soldier. I am just a part of a long history of people who have addressed this issue, and it is my job to do...
"In some ways, these issues around immigration policy and the rhetoric are really about fueling racism. We are all worse, actually, for the way that we are unconsciously affected by who we are told immigrants are...”
"Immigration is tied to the very foundation of what it means to be citizens of the United States. Even so, the U.S. government has always and continues to marginalize immigrant groups, defined as other by the dominant group in the U.S.: white middle...
"We know from some recent research that gay men tend to not be out to their doctors, especially outside of urban areas. Is that because gay men are bad? Is that because the doctors are bad, or is it that the system isn’t really looking at how do we...
“It is sort of a hidden vulnerability and exposure that a very caring person has and sometimes very unwarily as they are reaching out and opening up their heart to the person they are taking care of. And it can have an impact and what we realize at...