SPEAK Symposium: Amplifying the Voice of Social Workers in Policy (Session 4)

SPEAK (Social Policy Education, Advocacy, & Knowledge) presents the SPEAK Symposium: Amplifying the Voice of Social Workers in Policy: What Do Practice and Research Tell Us? Join us as we discuss some of the most pressing policy and advocacy issues in social work practice. Session 4 of the Symposium features Dr. Mimi Abramovitz and Dr. Suzanne Pritzker. Dr. Suzanne Pritzker presents, "Political Justice as an Imperative" and Dr. Mimi Abramovitz presents, "Threats to Democracy". The SPEAK Symposium was hosted by SPEAK (Social Policy Education, Advocacy, & Knowledge). SPEAK's mission is to amplify the voices of social workers in politics and social policy by providing resources, increasing students' political engagement and facilitating networking opportunities. SPEAK would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Simmons Sister Fund at Texas Women's Foundation. To learn more about SPEAK, check out this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgpKAgY-6NeNFllmgx4uru-HQDCsjw56a Check out the other sessions from the SPEAK Symposium: Session 1: SPEAK: Using Theory to Guide Us in Amplifying the Voice of Social Workers with Dr. Richard Hoefer Difference in Political Advocacy in Different US Regions with Dr. Shannon Lane https://youtu.be/ePYhG5F29ts Session 2: Influencing a Friendly Administration with Dr. Terry Mizrahi Influencing an Unfriendly Administration with Alison Mohr Boleware, LMSW https://youtu.be/UDPvzSExLo0 Session 3: Corporal and Cognizant Barriers to Voting: The Impact of COVID-19 on the 2020 Election Season in St. Louis with Gary Parker, MSW Neoliberalism, Colonialism, and Diverse Communities' Lived Experiences with Political Systems with Dr. Jason Ostrander and Dr. Nubian Sun https://youtu.be/-cljoIcX5jg Session 5: Authoring Text Books to Amplify Social Justice: A Discussion Amongst Social Work Authors Building a Social Work List in a Commercial Publisher with Kassie Graves https://youtu.be/bd7vLBitDLY Session 6: How Social Workers Can be Agents of Social Change and Social Justice and Work with Others with Dr. Jessica Ritter Social Policy, Advocacy, and the Afrocentric Paradigm with Dr. Jerome Schiele https://youtu.be/lRsmpGTySCc 0:00 Introductions 3:07 Political Justice as an Imperative 30:01 Threats to Democracy 58:00 Discussion Amongst the Speakers #socialwork #macrosocialwork #socialworkcareers #socialpolicy #politicalsocialwork #publicpolicy #socialjustice #lobbying #vote #votingrights #democracy #civic #civicengagement #advocacy #activism #legislation #equality