Caution: The “R Word” is a Matter of Human Rights
by Pat Shelly Last week’s decision denying patent protection to a football team’s racist mascot image is progress of a sort. But for Hilary Weaver, professor of Social Work at the University at...
View ArticleOn #Ferguson and Social Work
by Pat Shelly “You are a black body first, before you are a kid walking down the street or a Harvard professor who has misplaced his keys.” Teju Cole Lalo Alcaraz 08-21-14 It is now 18 days...
View ArticleImplicit Bias in Social Work: A #MacroSW chat
by Pat Shelly Implicit Bias in Social Work: #MacroSW chat was held June 25, 2015. For an edited version of the hundreds of tweets over the hour-long discussion, go here. In this twitter chat, we...
View ArticleTrauma-Informed Care – Join the #MacroSW Chat
by Pat Shelly Note: A summary of the chat can be found here https://storify.com/UBSSW/trauma-informed-care-macrosw-twitter-chat-9-10-15 All the new resources mentioned in the chat summary can be found...
View ArticleAfter Orlando / #PulseOrlando: #MacroSW Chat – Open Mic 06-23-16
This mass shooting reveals some of the most complex social problems of our era: homophobia, racism, hate crimes and gun violence. (The edited version is by Pat Shelly, who was using the handle...
View ArticlePREP SCHOOL NEGRO: Periscope of the discussion on Race, Racism and Leveraging...
Post by Pat Shelly Periscope by Nancy J. Smyth Thirty years before our current election cycle’s talk about racial disparities, killings streamed on Facebook and the rise of the #Occupy and...
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