advocacy Archive
The inaugural CRISP Political Boot Camp is now in the history books. The three-day intensive training ended Wednesday with an emotional closing session during which attendees shared their challenges and the beginnings of growth, celebrated new friendships, and committed themselves …
J. Cortez III was just 16 years old when he proved to the court he was independent and could be legally emancipated from his mother, though he’d been on his own since he was 12. He’d spent years avoiding the …
The CRISP Political Boot Camp next month is designed primarily to provide training for social workers and others desiring to run for elected office or manage political campaigns. It also offers training for those seeking to be spokespersons for a …
The Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) is a place-based community development corporation in the Vernon-Central community of South Los Angeles and is launching a new program to improve educational attainment among current and former foster youth. CRCD provides workforce development programming …
J. Cortez III was just 16 years old when he proved to the court he was independent and could be legally emancipated from his mother, though he’d been on his own since he was 12. He’d spent years avoiding the …
Achieving financial goals and creating sustainable, long-term financial behavioral change relies on individuals understanding the importance of setting goals and using a proven strategy to improve the chances of achieving those goals. Family and community advocates who wish to …
During her remarks during our recent Social Work Day on the Hill reception, George Warren Brown School of Social Work Dean Mary McKay stated that the Congress would be more effective if 20 percent of its Members were social workers. …
In my life so far, I’ve heard a lot of promises; some are executed, but most of them do not reach fulfillment. It seems as if we live in a world of broken promises, and not with the negative connotation that …
On March 16, 2017, alongside 24 other Master’s-level social work students, I marched toward Senate Russell Building room 385, the snow crunching beneath my heels. Nestled between a wooden podium and a hanging American flag, we huddled in three rows …
On November 29th, 2016, WestCoast Children’s Clinic hosted a panel to discuss how racism and misogyny drive child sex trafficking in the United States. As women and their allies across the country voice opposition to policies that explicitly endanger women …
