Doin’ The Work: Frontline Stories of Social Change
Society & Culture
Episode 40
Guest: Anjanette Young, LCSW
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW
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In this episode, I talk with Anjanette Young, who is a licensed clinical social worker and the CEO and founder of Café Social Work in Chicago, Illinois. Anjanette shares her experience of being terrorized in her home by the Chicago Police Department. Twelve white male police officers forced their way into her home when executing a warrant based on incorrect information, handcuffed her, and held her at gunpoint for 30 to 45 minutes, all the while Anjanette was naked because she had just gotten out of the shower after a long day at work. Despite her pleas that they were in the wrong home, all of them ignored her. An excellent lawyer and local news station helped expose the horrific raid and eventually forced the city to release the body cam footage, as well as evidence showing that the Chicago mayor knew about the raid and covered it up. Anjanette explains how this experience has led her to learn more about the Chicago Police Department’s repeated violations of the rights of Black and Brown Chicago residents, and how she is now fighting the City of Chicago in order to make sure this does not happen to anyone else. She talks about how she has mainly practiced direct service social work for over 25 years, but has now become a social justice activist, focused on policy change. I hope this conversation inspires you to action.
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Transformational Healing & Critical Race Theory in Practice – Nicole Vazquez, MSW, MPP & Susana Victoria Parras, LCSW, PPSC
Anti-Racist, Anti-Oppressive Mental Health – Hayden Dawes, LCSW
White People Organizing for Racial Justice: Deep Canvassing – Kristen Brock-Petroshius, MSW
Black Power, Black Liberation & Social Work: Back to the Beginning of the National Association of Black Social Workers – Founder Garland Jaggers, MSW & Archivist Denise McLane-Davison, PhD, AM
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Prison to Professor – Nathan Stephens, MSW
Healing Trauma Through Community Building in Little Village – Alicia Martinez, MSW; David ”Tiny” Estrada; Shipra Parikh, PhD, LCSW
Voting and Legislative Advocacy – Dawn Brown, MSW
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Prison Abolition – K Agbebiyi, MSW
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Mental Health in Schools – Tre King, MSW
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White Supremacy in Social Work – Charla Cannon Yearwood, LSW and Laura Hoge, LCSW
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