SPEAK (Social Policy Education, Advocacy, & Knowledge) presents the SPEAK Symposium: Amplifying the Voice of Social Workers in Policy: What Do Practice and Research Tell Us? Join us as we discuss some of the most pressing policy and advocacy issues in social work practice.

Session 2 of the Symposium features Gary Parker, MSW, Dr. Jason Ostrander, & Dr. Nubian Sun. Gary Parker, MSW, presents "Corporal & Cognizant Barriers to Voting: The Impact of COVID-19 on the 2020 Election Season in St. Louis". Dr. Jason Ostrander & Dr. Nubian Sun, LCSW-BACS, present, "Neoliberalism, Colonialism, and Diverse Communities' Lived Experiences with Political Systems"

The SPEAK Symposium was hosted by SPEAK (Social Policy Education, Advocacy, & Knowledge). SPEAK's mission is to amplify the voices of social workers in politics and social policy by providing resources, increasing students' political engagement and facilitating networking opportunities. SPEAK would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Simmons Sister Fund at Texas Women's Foundation.

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Check out the other sessions from the SPEAK Symposium:
Session 1:
SPEAK: Using Theory to Guide Us in Amplifying the Voice of Social Workers with Dr. Richard Hoefer
Difference in Political Advocacy in Different US Regions with Dr. Shannon Lane
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Session 2:
Influencing a Friendly Administration with Dr. Terry Mizrahi
Influencing an Unfriendly Administration with Alison Mohr Boleware, LMSW
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Session 4:
Threats to Democracy with Dr. Mimi Abramovitz
Political Justice as an Imperative with Dr. Suzanne Pritzker
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Session 5:
Authoring Text Books to Amplify Social Justice: A Discussion Amongst Social Work Authors
Building a Social Work List in a Commercial Publisher with Kassie Graves
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Session 6:
How Social Workers Can be Agents of Social Change and Social Justice and Work with Others with Dr. Jessica Ritter
Social Policy, Advocacy, and the Afrocentric Paradigm with Dr. Jerome Schiele
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0:00 Introduction
3:53 Corporal & Cognizant Barriers to Voting: The Impact of COVID-19 on the 2020 Election Season in St. Louis
36:44 Neoliberalism, Colonialism, and Diverse Communities' Lived Experiences with Political Systems
1:08:53 Discussion Amongst the Speakers

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