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Sitting in on coursework taught by social workers who lef 

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Sitting in on coursework taught by social workers who lef 

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Milk cartons and news of police stings with trafficking.

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I was always inclined towards critical analysis and socialism, but studying with David Gil in my doctoral program was probably most influential in  my development as  a radical social worker.  He was also the person who originally exposed me to SWAA.

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When I worked in the welfare department I first became aware of the need for radical social work!

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When I worked in the welfare department I first became aware of the need for radical social work!

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After being asked to check under beds for evidence of men's shoes, give people funds that only met 70% of basic needs calculate on a poverty line,  requiring three  estimates to repair a refrigerator that stopped working (and not exactly a modern sub zero refrigerator to begin with!)

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My earliest memories are of my grandfather trying to breathe- black lung disease.  My father was a machinist and was a union steward. That was my entree.

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from being raised by a Communist mother to as an adult studying radical counselling

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Marxist Theory

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I cut my teeth in community organizing and came to social work from that perspective

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When I found out that social workers in my country were enforcing eugenicist policies (forced sterilization of poor women for welfare benefits), I began to look the other way and understood that just social work is insufficient - you need a radical understanding of the profession and society

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My earliest memories are of my grandfather trying to breathe- black lung disease.  My father was a machinist and was a union steward. That was my entree.

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Social work in Singapore is designed in such a way to produce workers that reinforce neoliberalism and the idea of “self-reliance” that only applies to poor people - while the rich continue to profit from the tax haven that is this country

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Realizing that many of the systems I wanted to protect my clients from were some of the same systems I would be working for

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from being raised by a Communist mother to as an adult studying radical counselling

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Born this way!

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older friends!

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University professors that were in SWAA who radicalized me

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Organizing and participating in anarchist and mutual aid community projects. Working with refugee and immigrant-led community organizations, and service delivery systems that operated outside of the state.

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Organizing and participating in anarchist and mutual aid community projects. Working with refugee and immigrant-led community organizations, and service delivery systems that operated outside of the state.

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Working in child welfare as a social worker 

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Working in child welfare as a social worker 

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I cut my teeth in community organizing and came to social work from that perspective

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My area of social work is just filled with policing and social control. It’s humiliating and oppressive and id like to change that

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As an undergraduate social work student, we were about to go to war in Iraq and there were many other societal issues, including poverty, that I was questioning and not finding the answer to. I then met Mary, Rosi, Joanne and so many other amazing people in my MSW program within a year who taught me about radical social work and introduced me to SWAA.

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As an undergraduate social work student, we were about to go to war in Iraq and there were many other societal issues, including poverty, that I was questioning and not finding the answer to. I then met Mary, Rosi, Joanne and so many other amazing people in my MSW program within a year who taught me about radical social work and introduced me to SWAA.

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Being taught by radical social workers/professors in my BSW program.

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Being taught by radical social workers/professors in my BSW program.

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Social media - it exposed me to more voices

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Social media - it exposed me to more voices

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anti war work and health equity work then social work school

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anti war work and health equity work then social work school

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Working as a policy director makes you realize there are some parts of the system that can't be reformed.

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Community organizing

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