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"Social worker Deana Ayers from Minneapolis said, at its worst, a system in which social workers collaborate with police or replace them in certain situations would be policing with a different name." apnews.com/article/us-news-r…
Yello! Remember last week in January we said we had a new episode coming out in a few days? What is time anymore, right? 😀
Anyways. New episode released! Transcript is here: decolonizesocialwork.org/epi…
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Yet your CEO promotes social workers as collaborators with police. That's not consistent with defunding at all. wsj.com/amp/articles/social-…
‘Defund’ police is a lofty demand, but not totally unfeasible in Indy
Beryl Cohen, executive director of NASW's Indiana Chapter, says details matter when it comes to moving in the direction of #socialworkers responding to non-violent scenes.buff.ly/3eyU9wH
Credit to @MyHarmReduction for this excellent article!
"The suggestion that social workers should join precincts denies the reality that this strategy will not fundamentally change even one of the myriad harms inflicted, on the very communities we claim to serve, by police." #socialwork #abolishpolice
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"The suggestion that social workers should join precincts denies the reality that this strategy will not fundamentally change even one of the myriad harms inflicted, on the very communities we claim to serve, by police." #socialwork #abolishpolice
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Check this out!
By the end of this 4-day crash course, you will:
🔹Understand what exactly the demand “Defund the Police” means
🔹Envision what a world without police could look like
🔹Get ready to take action to defund police in your community
smvmt.org/defundpolice
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"Giving child welfare authorities more money and power will result in even more state surveillance and control of black communities. Abolitionists should support defunding CPS and be careful not to enrich it more with funds divested from the police."
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Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was in her home in Louisville, KY when officers from the Metro Police Department barged in without a warning or announcement and broke through her door, fired off more than 20 bullets, and took Breonna’s life.
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Reforms ain't what we need - check out this awesome opportunity to learn more about the #8toAbolition work that we social workers must support
Haymarket is hosting a #8toAbolition teach-in this week! Register below :)
eventbrite.com/e/abolition-c…
"We’re not only talking about the use of force, we’re talking about people who are able to go to work, murder and then be able to live their lives the way they want to while families are suffering." - Chanelle Helm, Organizer for BLM Louisville
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New episode dropping tonight
ACAB, part 2 - The Defunding Edition
#DefundPolice
#JusticeForBreonnaTaylor
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You going to this?
Yeah. You're going to this.
“Your heroes are not my heroes. Your canon is not my canon. Your experts are not my experts.” @RachelCargle
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A chart of some of the qualities and tendencies that seem to be present in mutual aid projects, versus those that seem to define social service or charity projects, by Dean Spade. As a social worker, do you see your work here? If so how?
deanspade.net/2019/12/04/mut…
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"Although “community” is a word that we use all the time, many people don’t know what it is or feel they have never experienced it. We needed a different term to describe what we meant, and so, “pods” was suggested and it stuck." - Mia Mingus.
batjc.wordpress.com/pods-and…
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Pod Mapping for Mutual Aid by Rebel Sidney Black. Mapping your own pod and helping folks with organizing their pods is social work. #mutualaid #communitycare
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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