Matthew Cohen, MSW Archive
Groundhogs day is upon us yet again, no not the one in February, the one where Congress waits to the last possible moment to try and compromise on legislation that will not cripple America and its people. There is no easy way to say this, Congress is failing …
This is not technically a social justice issue, but SJS and many other bloggers we know use WordPress. W3 Total Cache is a tool for improving the speed of your website using various caching methods. A vulnerability has been discovered in the plugin …
Social workers are trained to delineate between economic freedom and humanitarian freedom. Economic freedom is conceptualized as a persons ability to express their will in the market place. By these selections fortunes rise and fall; beliefs are expressed as they financially support the …
SJS is wishing you and yours a merry, happy, safe, loving and compassionate Christmas.
One of the main reasons that social change is hard to come by is that it simply takes time. A person might read that and think I mean 5 years, or maybe 10, but that is not what I have …
John Lennon’s song “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)”, has always had a haunting effect, I hardly think that any song brings more emotion from my heart. Year after year it remains a constant, it continues to present the standard by …
In our MSW macro class, Professor Hymowitz was always clear about the first steps in starting a new organization; what is you mission and what is your vision? These are the sort of critical questions that have a bearing on …
I can picture the bookshelf in the middle school library to this day; the broken green spine staring at me. The title, “The Hobbit”. It was one of those moments, looking back I was positive that the course of my …
In these dark days it is sometimes a good idea to take our mind off the negative, what better way than discussing animals and therapy. In this case Equine (Horses) Assisted Therapy is gaining traction in the United Kingdom. Originally developed in the United …
Social Justice Solutions has been an active organization for over 9 months now. We have had ample time gauge reaction to SJS and what we stand for. I have found this to be a somewhat mixed experience. On the one …