Our Politics are Local: The Threat from the Right and Organizing in your Community February 29, 2024 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Getting involved in community organizing can seem so daunting!! Join us to hear from our panelists of community activists as they share their analyses and action strategies used to create […]
#RadChat – Israel-Palestine War, Social Work and Human Services Worn in Volatile Times. December 7, 2023 8:00 – 9:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) REGISTER TODAY Considering the trauma, divisiveness, and steep rise in Islamophobia and antisemitism following the October 7th Hamas attack, this #RadChat tonight comes from a desire to hold a dialogue […]
#RadChat – Is our history radical? August 10, 2023 8:00 – 9:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Consider the history of social work. What do you know? What is missing in your knowledge? Social workers often talk about their commitment to social change and social justice. Is this really our purpose? Has that always been […]
#RadChat – Decolonizing Diagnoses July 20, 2023 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Video Coming Soon Please join members of the SWAA National Steering Committee in an open discussion about the ways in which we are currently (or can envision) decolonizing therapy/clinical practice. Let's discuss how we can take something (the DSM) born from […]
#RadChat – Decolonizing Clinical Social Work June 15, 2023 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Video Coming Soon Please join members of the SWAA National Steering Committee in an open discussion about the ways in which we are currently (or can envision) decolonizing therapy/clinical practice. What changes have you made or would you have […]
Out of the Jail and into the Capitol: The Advocacy of Social Workers & Allies Against Solitary Confinement May 24, 2023 7:00 – 8:15 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) WATCH THE VIDEO DESCRIPTION OF EVENT On any given day, roughly 80,000 people are held in solitary confinement cells in jails and prisons across the […]
Social Workers Unite for Fair Pay for Home Care January 24, 2023 7:00 – 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) WATCH THE EVENT DESCRIPTION OF EVENT We, the NY Caring Majority, “...is a movement of seniors, people with disabilities, family caregivers, and home care workers. We are fighting for affordable home care […]
Organizing for Transformative Change: How to Conduct a Truth Commission January 31, 2023 7:00 – 8:30 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) WATCH THE EVENT DESCRIPTION OF EVENT What would social service work look like if all people had the human right to water, food, housing, education and jobs at a […]
A series of dialogues on radical social welfare practice. Can Voting Be Radical? September 15, 2022 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Eastern Time Organized by the Social Welfare Action Alliance Co-sponsored by Voting is Social Work WATCH THE EVENT Can voting help advance a radical social work agenda? Does voting really matter since we […]
When You Lift from the Bottom, Everybody Rises: Social Workers and The Poor People’s Campaign Monday, May 23, 2022 7:00pm Eastern Time (4:00pm Pacific) WATCH THE EVENT Featuring: SWEPT (Social Workers Ending Poverty Together) Hosts: SWAA (Social Welfare Action Alliance), NWRU (National Welfare Rights Union), NUH (National Union of the Homeless) The […]
