Doin’ The Work: Frontline Stories of Social Change
Society & Culture
Episode 33
Guests: André Marcel Harris, BSW; Dashawna J. Fussell-Ware, MSW; Deana Ayers, BSW; Vivian Taylor, MSW
Host: Charla Cannon Yearwood, LSW
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This episode is a collaboration with SWCAREs – Social Work Coalition for Anti-Racist Educators – who are doing phenomenal work to transform social work. SWCAREs members Charla Yearwood and Laura Hoge dropped serious knowledge on Episode 27 White Supremacy in Social Work. I’m so excited that Charla is back on Doin’ The Work, this time as the host. Charla facilitates a discussion with a group of amazing Black social workers who talk about their experiences with social work education.
I chose to pass the mic to Charla because I wanted to give this platform to Black social workers to have a conversation without white people, so that it could be really open without any filter I may impose on it when I’m interviewing.
I’m grateful to Charla for doing this and to André, Dashawna, Deana, and Vivian for their time, courage, and vulnerability. They are giving the social work world a gift with this episode. Something that jumped out to me about their stories is how social work education is so violent towards Black students on so many levels. This has to change.
The guests’ social media and contact info, along with Cash App and Venmo accounts are in the show notes, so please give them support. I hope this conversation inspires you to action.
SWCAREs
www.swcares.org
André’s info:
Twitter: @andreharris89
Instagram: @andremarcelharris
Facebook.com/AndreMarcelHarris
Cash App: $AndreMarcelHarris
Dashawna’s info:
Twitter: @msfdubs
Cash App: $docfw22
Venmo: @shawnafw
PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/shawnafw
Deana’s info:
Twitter: @deanajayers
Instagram: @deanajayers
www.deanajayers.com
Venmo: @djayers
Vivian’s info:
Twitter: @TayloredLooks
Cash App: $TayloredBills
Venmo: @Vivian-Taylor-25
Black Men in Social Work
Twitter: @blackmeninSW
Instagram: @blackmeninsocialwork
Facebook.com/blackmeninsocialwork
Operation Stop CPS – Amanda Wallace, BSW
Liberation Health Model – Dawn Belkin Martinez, PhD, LICSW
Liberatory Lawyering to End the School-to-Prison Pipeline – Ashleigh Washington, JD & Ruth Cusick, JD
Constructing a White Nation: Social Work in the Americanization Movement – Yoosun Park, MSW, PhD
Paid Social Work Internships Part 2 FED UP – Beth Wagner, Claire Mancuso, Natalia Norzagaray & Parham Daghighi
Paid Social Work Internships Part 1 Payment 4 Placements – Matt Dargay, MSW & Arie Davey, LLMSW
Understanding Antisemitism and Racism – Kohenet Shoshana A Brown, LMSW & Autumn Leonard
Creating Culturally Safe Spaces for Indigenous Populations – Turquoise Skye Devereaux, MSW
Organizing to End the School-to-Prison Pipeline – Jewel Patterson, MS; Edgar Ibarria; Nicole Bates, JD
Race Doesn’t Exist Without Racism – Deadric Williams, PhD
Addressing Racism in Social Work Licensing #StopASWB – Charla Yearwood, LCSW; Cassandra Walker, LCSW, CCTP; Alan Dettlaff, PhD, MSW
Surviving Racism in Academia – Maxine Davis, MSW, MBA, PhD
Trans Rights and Justice in a Time of Anti-Trans Attacks – Daye Pope
Racial Equity in Psychiatry and Mental Health – Jessica Isom, MD, MPH
Stop Playing Diversity – Monica Cox, PhD
Abolish the Family Policing System (”Child Welfare”) – Joyce McMillan & Victoria, MSW
Exposing the Right-Wing & Corporate Takeover of Education & Democracy – Jasmine Banks
Stop Whitewashing Social Work History: Tell the Truth – Kelechi Wright, LCPC & Kortney Carr, LCSW
Decolonizing Mental Health & Supporting Indigenous Women – Tyra Wanatee-Flores, BSW
Taking Action on Social Determinants of Health – Armen Henderson, MD
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