Tag Archives: education

Authentic Empowerment

Posted on October 26, 2020 by msw blog

Fitting in is overrated. I spent my first few years at my first job out of college doing everything I could to make myself more like the people around me. It didn’t bring out the best in me – and … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged advice, authenticity, Career Advancement, character, education, Empowerment, How did you get here, indidiviulaity, interviewing, life, Melinda Gates, Obsession, opportunity, power, powerful, Sacred | 3 Comments

Best Practices in Literacy

Posted on October 22, 2020 by msw blog

Mr. Nembhard had planned to become a social worker, but turned to library science as a career instead, earning a master’s degree in 1987. As a branch manager, he saw the role that libraries played in social services. Many people, … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Reading | Tagged Best Practice, education, employment, homeless children, housing, learning, library, literacy, new york, poverty, purpose, shelters for families, small libraries, social services, social worker, story time | 2 Comments

Excerpt from a Career Journal: Graduate School

Posted on October 21, 2020 by msw blog

Excerpt from a Career Journal: Graduate School My Micro Mezzo Practice 1 Individuals, Families Group course taught by Dr. ____ has been really engaging and challenging, and I have found the role playing to be essential. Without it I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged education, employment, excerpt, failure, feed back, graduate school, How did you get here, interview, journaling, knowledge, maturity, mezzo, micro, opportunity, purpose, role playing, social worker, success, women of color and the diversity of social work | Leave a comment

Corporate America

Posted on October 12, 2020 by msw blog

“I have to catch my breath because when I started in my career, I spent so much time as the only Black woman. I would be the one who was leading the meeting or the presentation and then someone would … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged african american, belonging, black women, career, Corporate America, diversity, education, emotions, employment, Empowerment, faith, Kendra Bracken- Ferguson, leadership, Presumptions, respect, Stereotypes, Women of color | 3 Comments

Am I in 1930s Mississippi?

Posted on October 2, 2020 by msw blog

I wish I could say this article “Jury Duty in Seattle: Am I in 1930s Mississippi?” surprised me entirely. Perhaps my perspective may have been changed if I too knew the title of the 11-minute video jurors watched, so that … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading | Tagged activist, african american, black lives matter, capitol punishment, Class discrimination, conversation, education, felony cases, jurors, jury duty, justice, laws and polices, Lynne M. Baab, oppression, perspective, problem solving, racisim, unconscious bias | 2 Comments

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