[T]he pathways to prison for most women includes a history of trauma, either sexual trauma; physical violence; . . . substance use; and mental health. . . Some of. . .the policies and procedures that are in place will often re-traumatize many of...
“I also think that one of the things that social workers are really good at doing is bringing people together, and implementation is an issue or an approach that I see requires bringing different stakeholders together.”
“I really encourage social workers to work with computer scientists, i.t. people, and engineering people. If you look at a lot of the apps that are being developed for people with psychosocial issues or to improve their psychosocial wellbeing, a lot...
“A lot of the success of future coalitions and collaborations is dependent on its leadership. . . [Leaders] act as linchpins for all of these other different predictors that influence the success of a coalition. Ultimately, effective leaders need to...
“Youth participatory action research says that youth are the experts about their own lives, and they know what issues are important in their own community and they probably know things that could be done to fix it. . . [W]e are harnessing the...
“The reality is we live in a very unjust society, and I see this current discussion around DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] as an opportunity for all marginalized groups to come together to support one another and to put a stop to the...
“There is . . . evidence that older LGB adults are likely to face unique social, economic, and biological challenges that are related to a lifetime exposure to discrimination, violence, and stigma. They are also likely to experience rejection from a...
“Why would we be attacking. . . people who we know exactly where they live, we have their fingerprints, we have their pictures, we know everything about them, they are interested in staying and contributing to US society, they can lose their status...
“The dynamics of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and power and control are similar regardless of your country of origin.”
"There is just not enough information out there, particularly on the research side of things, on how media is shaping young Black men’s views of themselves."