Black Social Workers Speak Out About Social Work Education – André Marcel Harris, BSW; Dashawna J. Fussell-Ware, MSW; Deana Ayers, BSW; Vivian Taylor, MSW

Episode 33
Guests: André Marcel Harris, BSW; Dashawna J. Fussell-Ware, MSW; Deana Ayers, BSW; Vivian Taylor, MSW
Host: Charla Cannon Yearwood, LSW

In collaboration with SWCAREs – Social Work Coalition for Anti-Racist Educators – this episode features Charla Yearwood as guest host, facilitating a powerful conversation with Black social workers André, Dashawna, Deana, and Vivian about their experiences in social work education. Speaking with honesty and vulnerability, they share how social work programs often inflict harm on Black students through racism, exclusion, and systemic violence. This episode offers an unfiltered space for truth-telling, reflection, and a call for urgent change in the profession. It is both a gift and a challenge to all of us working toward transformation.

In this episode:

• Black social workers speak openly about their experiences in social work education
• How social work programs cause harm to Black students through racism and exclusion
• The importance of creating unfiltered space for Black voices in the profession
• A call for urgent, structural transformation in social work education

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