Social Work In Progress

Sophia, Bri, and Kira are back from hiatus to talk about the recent court settlement granting the Sackler family (of Purdue Pharma fame) legal immunity from future lawsuits regarding their influence on the opioid epidemic. CW: discussion of drug addiction, especially opioid addiction. We are a grassroots, women-led, and owned podcast. Help us keep our … Continue reading Sackler Family Immunity & Accountability for the Opioid Epidemic →

This week Bri and Kira talk about the UN Climate Report that was released and the direct impacts we are experiencing from the climate crisis. As social workers, we explore the term “climate doomism” and how to overcome the paralyzing feeling of complacency.   We are a grassroots, women-led, and owned podcast. Help us keep … Continue reading UN Climate Report →

Sophia is out this week while Bri and Kira cover some local elections happening in CA and MI. We talk about how local elections directly impact clinical SW practice and how to get people more excited about and involved in local politics. All that and more on this week’s episode of Social Work In Progress! … Continue reading Election Day & The Importance of Local Elections →

The ladies of SWIP cover the recent anti-government protests in Cuba from recent weeks. How can political social workers tap into their ability to empathize and validate emotional responses while still standing firm in their beliefs? All that and more on this week’s episode of Social Work In Progress. We are a grassroots, women-led, and … Continue reading Anti-Government Protests in Cuba →

This week Sophia, Bri, & Kira talk about Nikole Hannah-Jones’ journey through exclusionary academic spaces and her decision to leave the University of North Carolina to then accepting an offer from Howard University. Hannah-Jones has been an inspiration on going where you are celebrated and valued. The SWIP crew talks about appointed and confirmed university … Continue reading Nikole Hannah-Jones: Go Where You Are Valued →

This week Sophia, Bri, & Kira talk about Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure package as well as the much more progressive budget reconciliation it’s essentially tied to on the legislative ballot. How do you see infrastructure impacting the people you work with as a social worker? We are a grassroots, women-led, and owned podcast. Help us keep … Continue reading Infrastructure & Budget Reconciliation →

This week Sophia, Bri, & Kira talk about the #FreeBritney Movement, what conservatorship is, and how social work institutionalizes conservatorship. We are a grassroots, women-led, and owned podcast. Help us keep our content running – Buy us a coffee! Link here or in our Instagram bio. Find us on Instagram and Twitter @swinprogress and Social … Continue reading #FreeBritney & Conservatorship →

Juneteenth became America’s newest federally recognized holiday last week when President Biden signed the bill with unanimous support in the Senate into law. Sophia, Bri, and Kira talk about the history of Juneteenth as well as why many folx are wary of the symbolic gesture devoid of actionable change on systemic racism and oppression. We … Continue reading Juneteenth: How Symbols Help Celebrate and Distract →

Sophia is off this week while Bri and Kira cover the released ProPublica report. Bri and Kira cover some tax history and discuss why taxing the rich is a good idea. Listen to our previous Social Work as Hail episode where we discussed the stimulus checks and how the pandemic has exacerbated the wealth gap. … Continue reading Tax the Rich →

This week Bri and Kira remember George Floyd and recall the movement for action and justice. They discuss two main categories most talked about regarding change in policing: reform and defund. We take a deep dive into The Justice in Policing Act and BREATHE Act proposed in Congress. Let us know what is on your … Continue reading Is it Reform or Defund? →

Sophia is off this week while Bri and Kira cover the latest on American politics. Bri and Kira cover the legislation proposed in Congress to investigate the insurrection at Capital Hill, Liz Cheney, and the shift in American political parties. We also cover how ranked-choice voting is the best alternative to the current voting system … Continue reading Division Within the Republican Party →

This week SWIP has a difficult conversation about the occupation of Palestine by Israel and the complex history that has led up to the violence and trauma of the last several weeks. Donate – Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund; Rebuilding Alliance Read – Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis, Black … Continue reading Free Palestine: Rejecting Colonialism, Having Difficult Conversations →

Another week, another issue with COVID. This week the SWIP ladies cover the intellectual property patents holding up COVID vaccine production and distribution worldwide. In the Social Work Spin, we think through how folx can apologize in both macro and micro settings, as well as what innovation outside of capitalism could mean for international cooperation … Continue reading COVID Vaccine Patents and Imagining Innovation Without Capitalism →

The SWIP ladies cover the first 100 days of the Biden administration, including some highlights and lowlights of what’s been done or proposed so far. Is diversity of leadership enough to bring the systemic change we need? And will any of it matter if the filibuster remains in place? We talk about this and more … Continue reading Biden’s First 100 Days (And SWIP’s First 365!) →

In a special rewind episode, our SWIP hosts look back at the LA Unrest (also called the LA Riots) following the acquittal of the officers who were videotaped beating Rodney King. CONTENT WARNING for this episode: description of racist violence, police brutality, gun violence. Though it has been almost thirty years since this historic trial … Continue reading SWIP Rewind: Rodney King & the LA Unrest (1992) →