Social Justice Archive
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Following a move by the Senate, the House of Representatives voted 398-1 on Wednesday to ban the use of the word lunatic from all federal legislation. According to this BBC article: “Senator Kent Conrad, …
By: Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Over 90 individuals have killed themselves by fire in Tibet in an alarming recent trend thought to be a political statement. Self-immolation has become a form of protest against Chinese/Tibetan politics which is credited …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer This article by the Greater Good Science Center of the University of California at Berkeley seems like a page right out of a well written social work training guide and strives to answer the …
Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada Another amazing book that opened my eyes to an issue that for the most part does not affect Canadians or other westernized countries to the point it does in Third …
By: Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Ah the 2012 holiday season. A time to laugh, remember our loved ones, exchange some gifts. Oh, and let’s not forget the upcoming apocalypse. The Mayan calendar rumor has been circling around for …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer CNN News and BBC News both report that things are continuing to heat up in Egypt as a result of President Morsi’s November 22nd power play that granted him power over the juridical section of his government. …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Can you be banned from social justice work due to past actions and your arrest record? According to the case of Tim DeChristopher, climate activist from Utah who was fined and jailed after posing …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer This discussion couldn’t come at a better time than right after our Thanksgiving feast here in America. In this article by CNN the author discusses pop culture and the fashion industry’s rocky relationship …
For NCIS fans out there, Gibbs’ rule #7: Always be specific when you lie, is a well known adage that holds a lot more truth than we realize. Liars, or bad liars, give themselves away in many ways with one …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Coming from a macro social work background with experience in health policy development within school districts, I feel that the link between policy, community development and structure, and health is often drastically overlooked. …
