Listen to Rebekah Gewirtz, ED of the Massachusetts Chapter of NASW. In the trailer for Segment #2 in the Special Series, "Social Workers - Confronting Covid-19 With Compassion, Courage, and Character"!!

The Show Uploads Thursday, June 4, 2020 , 5AM !!!

The is the first segment in the "Kelsunn-on-the-Air" Social Work Podcast,   Special Series entitled  "Social Workers - Confronting Covid-19 with Compassion, Courage, and Character".  Hear: Dr. Elizabeth Eckhardt, LCSW - Director of the  Nassau County Bar Association’s Lawyer’s Assistance Program  as she talks about the stressful and challenging roles Social Workers are dealing with in hospitals. Listen as she tells the stories of Social Workers being there for their patients, their patients families, and other healthcare providers. Feel the pain and hear the heartbreak as she details the traumatic experiences Social Workers are dealing with.

Here is the trailer to promote my first three upcoming podcasts in the "Social Workers - Confronting Covid-19 with Compassion, Courage, and Character" series.   You'll be hearing from Social Workers from all over the country!! Thank you!! #socialworkers #covid19 #coronavirus #frontlineheros.  The first segment in the series will post on Thursday,  May 21, 2020!! Stay tuned and please share widely. Thank you!!

On July 20, 2020 this Podcast was awarded 2nd Place in the Press Club of Long Island, Society of Professional Journalist Media Awards!!!

Listen as Award-Winning Journalist @EmilyNonko discusses her findings on how Public Libraries are turning to Professional Social Workers to assist those in need. Hear how this collaboration to help those in need is becoming a national phenomenon.

Many thanks to the Merrick Public Library in Nassau County, NY for providing the space for this interview (2019).

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***From the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

Urge Your U.S. Representative to Cosponsor the MSWs in Libraries Act (H.R. 3006)

Social workers have long served their clients in a wide variety of settings. One setting where social work services could be expanded is in public libraries. Libraries benefit communities in a variety of ways and often serve as community hubs. 

The More Social Workers (MSWs) in Libraries Act (H.R. 3006) provides a key step in increasing the availability of social work services in communities through libraries. 

The bill will help reinforce America’s social worker talent pipeline by creating a paid social worker internship program at public libraries across our nation. Specifically, under the MSWs in Libraries Act, the Department of Education would develop a program to provide competitive grants to institutions of higher education that would be used to:

Read the Press Release from Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29), lead sponsor of the bill. It is cosponsored by Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D-CA-12) and Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03). All three of them are social workers.

Take action now and ask your U.S. Representative to sign on as a cosponsor of the MSWs in Libraries Act (H.R. 3006).

***This Just In!!!   "Destigmatize to Normalize", (Original Uploaded 1/24/20) a "Kelsunn Communications Production (www.kelsunn.org)Wins 1st Place (Podcast) in the 2021 Press Club of Long Island-Society of Professional Journalist Annual Media Competition!!!  This engaging interview featured: Frank Pomata, Mental Health & Wellness Advocate/Public Speaker, Co-Producer of this Segment - Thank you Frank for connecting the show to Mr. Veny!!; Silas W. Kelly, LMSW (Founder/CEO} of Kelsunn Communications & Executive Producer/Host of the Show; Mike Veny, Award-Winning, Best-Selling Author of the Book; "Transforming Stigma" -- Thank you for gracing us with your presence, wit & humor Mike!! , and Dr. Lisa Z. Newland, LCSW-R, Chair of the Molloy College School of Social Work & President of the Nassau/Suffolk Association of Black Social Workers (NSABSW). ***Special Thanks To Dr. Newland and the Molloy College School of Social Work for Hosting This Recording Session!!!

Listen in to a valid & honest discussion about Mental Health & Mental Illness. Hear three interesting and knowledgeable "subject area experts" in their own rights talk about and tackle the issues. Hear some of their viable solutions to address some of those issues.

Episode # 1 Trailer -  Dr. Lisa Z. Newland - Professor  & Clinical Social Worker, Best Selling Author - Mike Veny, Mental Wellness Advocate & Co-Producer, Frank Pomata ...An Honest and Vital Discussion About Mental Health & Wellness!!!

***In Photo Pictured Left to Right: 

Ms Bridget Livingston, Direct Care Staff Member & Directress & Vocal Coach of the F.R.E.E. Ensemble Players

Ms. Lois Logan, LCSW-R Social Worker & Musical Consultant to the F.R.E.E. Ensemble Players

Mr. Robert Budd, Executive Director of F.R.E.E.

Hello everyone.  The organization that will be highlighted in this segment does magnificent work.  The name of the organization is called “Family Residential and Essential Enterprises”, Better Known as “F.R.E.E”.  The organization was founded in 1977.  The organization proudly supports more than 4,000 individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, mental illness and traumatic brain injury. It is the mission of FREE to help individuals of all abilities realize their full potential. The story you are about to hear is amazing.  However, the real story in this segment is about a talented group of “Differently-Abled” F.R.E.E. consumers.  These consumers, on the Autism Spectrum were given the opportunity to realize their “full potential”.  They had music and a message in them so they took that opportunity to heights unknown. This is an amazing story told by dedicated professionals about the positively, powerful impact music has on Mental Illness. Listen and be inspired.

Listen as Social Worker & EAP Specialist, Megan Dwyer, LMSW, and Mental Wellness Advocate Frank Pomata, MA Discuss Mental Health and Wellness in the Work Place. Hear about the role EAP Social Workers Play in helping people navigate their problems so they can stay gainfully employed. Hear first-hand how mental illness can and has derailed the efforts of someone to stay gainfully employed.  Listen to statistics from a research article published in the Harvard Medical School Journal on the impact un-diagnosed and untreated mental health issues have in the work place and on the economy.  Listen as our guest provide suggestions on how to address this issue. 

Hello All:

Please Click, Listen, Like, & Share this Election Day Special - In Memory of the Late “Congressman Elijah Cummings” by Silas, Your "E-Journalism Social Work Advocate".  I interviewed NASW Member, Political Social Worker, and Stony Brook Social Work Professor Jessica J. Mitchell, LMSW. She shares her knowledge about the importance of Social Workers being Political involved. She also talks a lot about getting Social Work Students involved politically.

I dedicated the show to the late Congressman Elijah Cummings and begin and end the segment with a powerful message he shares from his mother before she passed, about voting.