Microaggressions and why we need to keep talking about racism It is hard to believe that in times like this people still refuse to accept that racism is STILL “a thing.” Besides Lil Wayne and maybe Kanye West (the jury is still out), most of those people look nothing like me and haven’t spent their…
Category: Social Work & Advocacy
Here I will use what I learned during my Bachelor’s degree, my Master’s program, and my work experience to give information & helpful resources for working with marginalized populations. I will provide education on MH, addictions, poverty, etc.
Cancel culture and the art of “calling in”
Cancel culture and why it’s so toxic. The first time I really thought about calling people in was my first quarter into my Master’s program. My professor had us read an article on calling out culture and calling in. I think the culture of calling people out or cancel culture has become very popular with…
Representation in Mass Media and why it’s so important
Representation matters and what you can do as a helping professional Imagine living in a world that doesn’t think it’s important for you to see people that look like you. Or for you to see stories that represent you. As if it was constantly telling you that your perspective was not important or needed. Try…
Let’s talk about Mental Health: Mental Health & Suicide Awareness
Mental Health & Suicide Awareness with Resources September is world suicide prevention month and I thought it was the perfect time to share some educational information about Mental Health and Suicide. Whether you agree with them or not we’re currently living through two major historic events. One is the COVID Pandemic and the other is…
Police brutality and the history of policing in America
Police brutality, history of policing in America, and what groups like Black Lives Matter think we should do about it. In 2019, in the United States (US), 1,099 people were killed by the police. This was just a small decrease from the 1,143 people police killed in 2018. Out of those people killed, 23% of…
Let’s learn about racism
Educational resources to help you learn about and continue to have important conversations about racism Recently more and more people have been asking me questions about resources to learn more about topics on race. Now more than ever, people are interested in learning more about what’s going on in the world. Racism is a belief…
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