Decolonize Social Work

Decolonize Social Work episodes:

• 03.10.2021

  13: A Return (of Sorts)

  Wow. What was 2020? There was a lot that happened, a lot of it bad. But there were some moments of clarity that helped show what is also possible in this world. We'll go in a little about that, why...

  
• 06.20.2020

  11: ACAB, part 2 - Defunding Edition

  CW: Please be advised that in the following episode we discuss police violence against Black communities, including murder, and trauma experienced by survivors of human trafficking. ~ We need to talk about social workers and the police. Again.

  
• 03.31.2020

  10: What Is Mutual Aid?

  With the global and local effects of COVID-19 bearing down on us and without any clear expectation of when it might end, it's as important as ever to take care of our communities. In this episode, we talk about the...

  
• 02.09.2020

  9: It's Time to Dump Those Financial Literacy Classes

  Working under stressful, unhealthy conditions is an ailment in the field of social work that mutes the voices of social workers, leads to burn out, and ultimately results in poor services to our clients. Worker-owned cooperatives offer an alternative to...

  
• 01.10.2020

  8: Let's Talk Labor Unions for Social Workers!

  Note: This episode was recorded in October 2019, so while the conversation here is pure and timeless, please excuse a couple of out-of-time mentions about the Kentucky governor's race - cuz that already happened! Social workers spend a lot of time...

  
• 10.21.2019

  7: ACAB

  We - as in social workers - need to talk about police violence against Black people.

  
• 10.04.2019

  6: Decolonization, Explained for Social Work

  Several episodes into this project, and we take a leap back to offer some further groundwork for what we mean when we say "decolonization" in social work but also in society. We hope to clarify that, to paraphrase Eve Tuck...

  
• 07.29.2019

  Pulse check; or, we're still here!

  *dusts off mic* Hey everyone! We know it's been several months since our last episode, and so we just wanted to check in and tell y'all that this project of ours is STILL kicking. We've just had a lot of things...

  
• 04.01.2019

  5: RE-RELEASE! - The Tyranny of the Child Welfare System

  RE-RELEASE! After getting some helpful feedback from our social worker podcasting comrade Shimon from over at Doin' the Work Podcast (Thanks, Shimon!) about some tweaks we could make to this episode's recording, we're releasing a newly edited version that we...

  
• 03.25.2019

  5: The Tyranny of the Child Welfare System - Part 2

  PART 2 OF 2! Threatening to separate families that don’t conform to colonizer norms is as old as the United States itself. This threat and the actual removal of children from their families has been institutionalized in what is now known...

  
• 03.25.2019

  5: The Tyranny of the Child Welfare System - Part 1

  PART 1 OF 2! Threatening to separate families that don’t conform to colonizer norms is as old as the United States itself. This threat and the actual removal of children from their families has been institutionalized in what is...

  
• 02.11.2019

  4: White Supremacy at Work

  Does your organization only value what's in writing? Do you or your coworkers have a habit of venting about each other or clients in the office? Do you have a coworker who doesn't know how to delegate? If you...

  
• 12.02.2018

  3: Community-based Social Work in Cuba & the U.S.

  In any program that trains and prepares social works, you will no doubt encounter issues about objectivity, exploitation, and dual relationships. Usually, though, those concepts are taught to us in strictly binary terms. In this episode, Ondine and Drew look...

  
• 10.22.2018

  2: Who gets to be a social worker?

  Many, many people are out there doing social work, but who gets to actually call themselves and be recognized as a social worker? In this episode, we take a brief look at the regulation policies around who gets to be...

  
• 10.05.2018

  1: Why decolonize social work?

  Pilot: Is social work actually the social justice profession it claims to be? What are we getting right? In what ways might we be doing more harm than good? Social work is an amazing field, but it also exists...