Brave Ideas for Social Change

Brave Ideas for Social Change

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Brave Ideas for Social Change episodes

  • Cultivating Critical Hope

    Yesenia Silva Estrada graduated from GSSW’s Western Colorado MSW Program in 2017. Today, she practices as a macro social worker, serving as vice president of planning and chief of staff for Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs. As a first-generation college student born outside of United States and raised in rural Colorado, she has a unique perspective on the role of social work in cultivating critical hope during our current times.

    33 min
  • Expanding Awareness of Mental Health Care for Cancer

    Breast cancer survivor Diane M. Simard is a member of GSSW’s newly established Board of Advisors and a friend to the University of Denver. She has been working to raise awareness about the unique mental health needs of cancer patients and to transform systems to better meet those needs. In 2016, she founded the Center for Oncology Psychology Excellence, or COPE, at the University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology. COPE is now part of their behavioral health psychology curriculum. Diane has authored three books and helped to establish the Ray of Hope Colorado Cancer Foundation’s mental health support grant program.

    33 min
  • Advancing Interspecies Justice
    GSSW Clinical Professor Philip Tedeschi extends the concept of social justice to include nonhuman animals, noting that animal, human and environmental well-being are inextricably linked.
    18 min
  • Advancing Liberation and Justice
    Equity Labs Executive Director Chenthu Jayton discusses the organization’s work to advance liberation and justice and steps that individuals can take to center liberation and justice in their own lives and work.
    21 min
  • Learning to Listen Bravely
    Associate Professor Stacey Freedenthal discusses her latest book — “Loving Someone with Suicidal Thoughts” — and the concept of listening bravely.
    17 min

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Brave Ideas for Social Change, a podcast from the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver, draws on faculty expertise for fast-moving discussions on emerging research, practice and…