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By: Charmaine SantosWedding photographer Sarah Annay Williamson leaves in September to help 10 female human trafficking survivors heal and build a future in Kolkata, India. Through a Saint Augustine-based nonprofit, Made By Survivors, she will teach a four-week workshop, called …
By: Charmaine SantosMinority Health Month is observed every April in the United States in order to raise community awareness on the issues around health disparities among ethnic and racial minorities. The commemorated month of April dates back to the leadership …
Trauma, simply put, is an abstract concept referring to the enduring adverse impact of extremely stressful events. It is multiple and chronic exposure to developmentally adverse interpersonal events such as chronic maltreatment, neglect, abandonment/loss, physical/sexual assault, emotional abuse, and witnessing …
I’ve done a few articles at this point about things I wish I knew in Social Work school(See Part I, Part II, Part III), but I realized after a particularly crazy few weeks(read: months) that I missed a few important …
Have you ever heard the Proverb: “It takes a whole village to raise a child”? Probably, since it is a well worn saying that has been used within the title of a books, articles, bumper stickers and even cartoons, which …
Projective identification is a process whereby unwanted split-off parts of the self are forced into the object so as to control the object from inside. Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts, Auchincloss & Samberg, ed. 2012Here’s an example: A supervisee, we’ll call …
SJS is asking that our readers participate in a short survey hosted by our good friends and partners CRISP(Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy). This survey is designed to explore the level of involvement and interest social worker …
Texas legislators passed a bill last week to create an ombudsman who will independently address issues foster youth have with the Department of Family and Protective Services. The ombudsman will work for the Health and Human Services Commission and oversee …
Since early 2013, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, in conjunction with our partners in the FADE coalition, has been sounding the alarm with city leaders about racially disparate policing practices in our hometown of Durham, NC. SCSJ attorneys, analysts, …
It’s no secret a high-quality public education can develop a knowledge base and nurture skill sets within children further maximizing their potential while stabilizing communities and strengthening economies. On January 8, 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 …
