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Spark Sessions Podcast
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Spark Sessions Podcast episodes
- Kali Franklin, MSW: "You don't always have to know what to say."
This episode features Kali Franklin, MSW, LCSWA. Kali talks about how her lived experience as a trauma survivor led her to social work.
32 min - Sterling Grissom, MSW: "How do I build rapport? Sit on the same bleacher with them."
This episode features Sterling Grissom, MSW, LCSWA. Sterling talks about the importance of doing your own work so that you can support others in doing theirs.
33 min - Alejandra Davis, MSW, LCSWA: "Sometimes it's hard to live with what you're doing...because you're like, am I hurting someone else by what I'm doing? (36:37)
This episode features Alejandra Davis, MSW, LCSWA. Alejandra discusses how ethical dilemmas really do occur in practice and how she stays connected to social justice through her work with justice-involved youth.
37 min - Octavia McLean, MSW, LCSWA: "I was so so unsure of myself and I just had to trust that I had my toolbox and I had tools that were in them." (33:18)
This episode features Octavia McLean, MSW, LCSWA. Octavia gets real about her experience in the job search and encourages new social workers to not get discouraged.
34 min - Deja Stover, MSW, LCSWA: "I know there's a disconnect here that they aren't seeing, and it's my job - I took an oath - to do these things. I have ethics to live by." (33:44)
This episode features Deja Stover, MSW, LCSWA. Deja shares her interest and desire to do clinical work and how she stays connected to social justice.
34 min - Tray Ruffin, MSW, LCSWA, LCASA: "When you’re in that room with someone and they are in a crisis, you can’t pull out a book…" (34:42)
This episode features Tray Ruffin, MSW, LCSWA, LCASA. Tray shares about his experience providing psychiatric evaluations and lessons he has learned since graduation.
35 min - Jasmin Ashford, BSW: "I think that the profession as a whole doesn't focus on all the possibilities and all the opportunities that a social worker could do..." (35:51)
This episode features Jasmin Ashford, BSW. Jasmin discusses her journey in elder care and her current job functions and roles, as well as what she wishes she had learned during her BSW program.
36 min - Destiney Springs-Walker, MSW: "How do I navigate being in such a system that then oppresses the same population that I'm trying to liberate & empower?" (40:58)
This episode features Destiney Springs-Walker, MSW. Destiney shares how she is navigating working within systems as the only social worker on her current staff. Destiney challenges social workers to consider how we continue to dismantle systems while working within them.
41 min - Abbie Peck, MSW, LMSW: "How do we work withing a system we may be abolishing?" (38:37)
This episode features Abbie Peck, MSW, LMSW. Abbie shares her thoughts on macro social work, policy, and the micro/macro divide and how she hopes social work education will more strongly highlight the importance of macro practice.
39 min - Xuan Truong, MSW, LCSWA: “The term ‘self-care’ is very ethnocentric because it isn’t taking into account cultural competencies.” (41:32)
This episode features Xuan Troung, MSW, LCSWA. Xuan shares about her journey, life post grad school and how she continues to advocate for disability rights.
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About Spark Sessions Podcast
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We inspire people to see themselves as solutions. We ignite curiosity and change by highlighting voices. We invite listeners to build knowledge, networks, and strategies to fight injustices. Together, we can shift conversation to action.
Join us and find your SPARK!