Stigma and Mental Illness
By far, one of the largest and most profound obstacles faced by those with mental illness, especially serious and persistent mental illness, is the associated stigma.
Michelle Sicignano, LMSW Archive
Discrimination Exists
Discrimination exists. Racism, sexism, ageism, anti-Semitism, and every other “ism” that separates people into groups exist. And, so grouped, in some instances, some people experience reduced privilege. In some instances some people experience reduced rights. In some instances some people …
US Immigration Reform 2013
Bloomberg reports: A bipartisan Senate group today released its plan for the most comprehensive rewrite of U.S. immigration law in almost three decades. It would allow undocumented immigrants who pay at least $2,000 in fines and meet other criteria …
Big Business vs. Clean, Alternative Energy
“Scottish government approves offshore wind farm bitterly opposed by Donald Trump“ Which of the following makes more sense: A Luxury Hotel to increase traffic, and profits, to Donald Trumps holdings, or a Wind Farm consisting of 11 turbines which could …
Wealth Inequality, a Poverty Mindset and Long Term Consequences
Most people in the United States stay within one economic class of that which they were born into. It is the rare person who advances further, and given the increasingly fast growing divide between the wealthy and the poor the …
Promising Study Supports Basis for SEL Inclusion in Curriculum
Over the course of the last decade plus, the United States has become a nation of over-tested students and over taxed school districts. As a product, students are forced to meet nationalized standards which link teacher ratings and student test …
Is Honesty The Best Policy?
We have all heard the phrase “the truth shall set you free,” however, most of us have probably been on both ends of the discomfort honesty can bring. Moreover, our culture, thick with anxiety and depression, prizes appearance over substance, …
A Semester Abroad Should Not Include Being Subjected to Unfair Labor Practices
An article in the Wall Street Journal, Guest Worker Visa Troubles Visit McDonald’s, highlights a growing and well known issue regarding immigration reform, especially as it relates to work visas. The events described in the article border on Labor Trafficking, which …
Victim Blaming
An exchange regarding a post on this site the other day brought up the too often reaction of victim-blaming. A person claiming to have been working as a social worker for the past 20 years blamed the poor for “their …
Senate Considering the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
On Monday, February 4, 2013, “The Senate voted overwhelmingly” to reintroduce “the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA)” after the act died on the floor the without re-authorization at the end of the last session. As lead author, U.S. Senate …
