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LGBTQ right are constantly under attack. Personally, I feel like the current debates on gay marriage are an echo of the Civil Rights era. This can seen in the action’s of one particular social worker. Paul McNulty, a licensedIllinois social …
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 …
Join Us on October 15, 2012 at 8 PM. EST. for a #SWUnited Twitter Chat which will discuss the Financial Lives of Young People in the Foster Care System. The Jim Casey Foundation’s Youth Opportunities Initiative is the force behind the research on this invaluable topic. …
As change agents we need to be aware of issues not only within our own scope, but as part as a larger whole. Â Just because women have come so far in our part of the world, doesn’t mean there isn’t …
Ah club drugs, the new psychopharmacology frontier. It was only a matter of time before the mental health profession became aware that recreational drugs could unlock some doors into alternative treatments. Â To be completely honest, I think some in the …
It took me a while to really get a grasp what this story was getting at, but I have yet to have my morning coffee! The Associated Press, ABC, and the State Dept. are now claiming that the first sign …
As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I have joined the Board of Directors of Stop Street Harassment, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending gender-based street harassment worldwide. While perusing through some of my archived posts, I came …
Education is a hot button issue, our most recent submission from Don Frier takes a look at a variable we often may overlook; the importance of typing. Are the younger generations ‘illiterate’ in this means of communication? And if so, what …
I found this a while back. I don;t have a clue what it means, but I think it is fitting for a midnight post: “Moving through the world half blind. Only catching a glimpse of the plan. Words are …
When you make decisions are you a thinker or feeler? Do you “go with your gut’’ more often than not? If so, you might have a better chance of picking the correct result. A professor of the University of Pittsburgh …
