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Macro Social Work Practice to Advance Social Change Within Organizations…
Macro Social Work Practice to Advance Social Change Within Organizations and Communities
Target Systems - The system you aim to change
Power - The ability to get others to do what you would have them do.
Government
Militia
Social norms
Ideas
Wealth
Crowd - power in numbers
Power is fluid, like a current
Be a good steward of power and use it to make needed change
Power grows and compounds
Power isn't static
Evaluate causes for social issues and problems
Collaboration and Flexible Cooperation is key to success
Personal Values that motivate one to instigate social change.
Action System - The system utilized to initiate the change you're aiming to create for the Client System.
Client System - The system that benefits - THE MOST IMPORTANT!
Understand the community you are seeking to serve. Make sure that your activism will benefit the Client System.
Advocating for populations at risk - Cultural and racial minorities, LGBTQ+ disenfranchised, marginalized, oppressed...
Ethics of working with organizations and communities
PREPARE Model
People of Interest
Assess Costs and Benefits
Establish Goals
Review Personal and Professional Risks
What is Reality
Evaluate Potential Success
Identify the Problem
IMAGINE Model
Goals - PERT Chart and Contingencies
Implement the Plan
Assets Identified
Neutralize Opposition
Muster Support and Formulate Action System
Evaluate Progress
Innovative Idea
Exemplary Social Workers and Historical Social Activists for Social Justice and Change
Whitney Young Jr. NASW President and Civil Rights Activist
Josephine Shaw Lowell - Charity Organization Society Movement
Jane Addams & Ellen Gates Starr - The Settlement House Movement
Jeanette Rankin - Social Worker and first woman elected to US Congress
Saul Alinsky - Community Organizer and Author of "Rules for Radicals"
Enemies or Allies - Identify as one or the other... or better yet, both. Do not burn bridges. Maybe you think you want different things, but sometimes working together is most advantageous.
Look at data and feedback with curiosity, rather than seeing it as criticism. Use it to learn, grow and evolve.
Utilizing supervision and make supervisory relationships collaborative and multi-beneficial.
Media for advancing social justice
Agency Resources - Utilizing what is available, as well as learning how to generate more.
Time Management and Self Care
Stewardship and Management of Resources
Use NASW Code of Ethics as a guide
Utilize Research and Best Evidence Practice
Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate