"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...
"I can live in the world with an environmental consciousness of how to behave. I can bring that into my clinical practice. I can have a...
“One out of two adults have somebody related to them who has been incarcerated, So to be able to be effectively responsive to that is such...
“I don't know how many more times we can say thoughts and prayers for these families when there's tangible steps that we can take that...
“[Y]our story is important, and don't lose your story while you're doing your work. It is important no matter where you come from.”
“And so power is the ability to act. And most people, middle income, working income, lower income, don't have the ability to act in the...
"[I]f we're talking about why do we need to decolonize schools of social work, we are increasingly teaching future social workers to help...
“I don’t disparage the really important, gifted clinical work… but the danger of understanding social work interventions as clinical and...
“What are we doing now to be able to create a more just, caring, and compassionate society on my block, in my neighborhood, and in my city...
“... Keep asking the tough questions and holding the child welfare system to a high standard, because both the families and the [social...