A Radical Social Work Manifesto in Free Verse

IF 2.3 Q1 SOCIAL WORK

Journal of Progressive Human Services Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI:10.1080/10428232.2023.2252270

Rosemary Barbera

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In March of 2022, the Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA) held a meeting on Crafting Today’s Radical Social Work Manifesto. Participants were asked to prepare for the meeting by reading Social work and social justice: a manifesto for a new engaged practice from the Social Work Action Network (SWAN) in the UK (and now international) as well as the Dubrovnik Manifesto. SWAN Manifesto Dubrovnik Manifesto We were motivated to do this as conditions in our country continue to deteriorate – the poor get poorer; racism and white supremacy are alive and well; access to affordable and reliable healthcare are not in reach for many; public schools are underfunded; and the list goes on. SWAA wanted to reflect on the current situation as well as what we could and should do given this situation. As one of our SWAA colleagues often says – “We were never meant to help” (Mary Bricker-Jenkins). We have to fight back. We can no longer be content at being the buffer zone between the rich and powerful and the poor and oppressed. We are committed to building new systems that push back against exploitation and oppression of both workers and people they work with. We do not want to reinforce the status quo – we want to transform it. At our event we crowdsourced what it meant to be radical social workers and social welfare workers. This free verse poem is taken from the comments of the people who participated. A longer Manifesto is in the works. Facilitated by Rosemary A Barera, Joanne Hessmiller, and Barbara Kasper. For information contact rosemaryabarbera@gmail.com

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自由诗中的激进社会工作宣言

2022年3月，社会福利行动联盟（SWAA）举行了一次关于制定当今激进社会工作宣言的会议。与会者被要求阅读《社会工作与社会正义：英国社会工作行动网络（SWAN）的一份新的参与实践宣言》（现在是国际性的）以及《杜布罗夫尼克宣言》，为会议做准备。SWAN宣言杜布罗夫尼克宣言我们之所以这么做，是因为我们国家的情况不断恶化——穷人越来越穷；种族主义和白人至上主义依然存在；许多人无法获得负担得起和可靠的医疗保健；公立学校资金不足；SWAA希望反思当前的形势，以及在这种情况下我们可以做什么，应该做什么。正如我们SWAA的一位同事经常说的那样——“我们从来就不应该帮忙”（玛丽·布里克·詹金斯）。我们必须反击。我们不能再满足于成为富人和权贵、穷人和被压迫者之间的缓冲区。我们致力于建立新的制度，抵制对工人及其同事的剥削和压迫。我们不想强化现状，我们想改变现状。在我们的活动中，我们众包了激进社会工作者和社会福利工作者的意义。这首自由诗取自参与者的评论。一份更长的宣言正在酝酿之中。由Rosemary A Barera、Joanne Hesmiller和Barbara Kasper主持。欲知详情，请联系rosemaryabarbera@gmail.com

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Journal of Progressive Human Services SOCIAL WORK-

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3.20

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期刊介绍： The only journal of its kind in the United States, the Journal of Progressive Human Services covers political, social, personal, and professional problems in human services from a progressive perspective. The journal stimulates debate about major social issues and contributes to the development of the analytical tools needed for building a caring society based on equality and justice. The journal"s contributors examine oppressed and vulnerable groups, struggles by workers and clients on the job and in the community, dilemmas of practice in conservative contexts, and strategies for ending racism, sexism, ageism, heterosexism, and discrimination of persons who are disabled and psychologically distressed.