"Elected office is just like any other social work job. I think sometimes there’s this fear you have to have a law degree or be a...
“It's not waiting around for them to change. It's on us to come together and push for the changes that we know we need. That's the...
“We have to think about the aspect of social work that includes mobilization, organization, and access. For so long in social work we have...
“I don’t disparage the really important, gifted clinical work… but the danger of understanding social work interventions as clinical and...
“We need the magic of community [to address the issue of brain health], not the magic of pills.”
"Social work is all about supporting people and navigating complex systems and supporting them with ensuring that they know their rights...
"What has research shown to be the pros and the cons of marijuana legalization?"
“You can look at ways of trying to reduce illicit opioids, and that’s not easy. [W]hat I think is more difficult, is looking at the reasons...
“[The] greatest thing that I learned from being in local government... is that in my mind local government is where the rubber hits the...
“[T]he Portuguese system is comprehensive and integrated, and so all of the agencies. . . and the principles [are] one big integrated...