Rachel Archive

by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer The second Presidential Debate takes place tonight.  Unfortunately I will not be available to live blog this one.  However Deona (@swhelpercom) will be.  To participate in the twitter discussion use #swunited.

by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Social enterprise (AKA social entrepreneurship) has become a buzz word in recent years.  There are some who think it is the wave of the future mixing the financial incentive of the …

by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Starting at 9PM, I will be live blogging the Vice Presidential debate on Twitter #swunited.  If you can not join us, the transcript will be posted on SJS later tonight.  You …

by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer In Movements Need Politicians-and Vice Versa, Frances Fox Piven & Lorraine C. Minnite argue that electoral politics and movement politics go hand in hand.

by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer It has been announced that after Rep. Ed Towns retires this January Rep. Barbara Lee will take over leadership of the Congressional Social Work Caucus.  Rep Lee is currently up for …

by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Lila Shapiro has written an article for the Huffington Post on how Transgender Voters could be among those hardest hit by voter ID laws. According to the Williams Institute report, in …

by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer I decided to write this post after a member of one of the LinkdIn social work groups asked how a Social Worker can find a macro practice job.  As a soon …