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An Instagram post from Mahdi Woodard (@mahdiwoodard) stopped my scrolling and forced me to re-evaluate my goals! “There’s nothing admirable about writing down and checking off goals you know you can hit. If pursuing your goals doesn’t force you to grow into a new person, congratulations, you have made a to-do list.” – Mahdi Woodard […]
Welcome to April! I am filled with gratitude and counting down to a special birthday! Here is a recap of March 2021 National Social Work Month and Women’s History Month focus! I’m grateful for these awesome women in social work who contributed to my article, ‘Sharing Our Voices: Social Work is Essential’: Nikole Donovan, LMSW […]
Katherine Spinney, MSW, is a Leadership Coach, Social Worker, and Educator, as well as Founder of Katherine Spinney Coaching. Katherine is a natural leader who has been class officer, president of a National Honor Society, commissioner of her fantasy football league, led book clubs and created a retreat at her church. Like many leaders who […]
Portia Rouse, LCSW-C, is the Founder of Minds Over Matter, LLC. Minds over matter means being able to control your mind to address the matters of life through awareness, trainings, and events related to mental health and self-care. Minds Over Matters provides educational services, namely, providing online and in-person workshops, webinars, courses in the field […]
Kenia Maldonado is a Licensed Master Social Worker and Certified Anger Management Facilitator in New York City. She is the owner of OnBoarding Solutions, LLC which supports Social Workers in understanding and owning their power through confidence building and talking points to advance their Social Work and leadership opportunities. Her motto is “There is Money […]
We make multiple decisions each day – some much more important than others. Decisions on what we will wake up and shower, what we will eat, what clothing we will wear, and when we will check email. Every choice has a consequence. Our success depends on the decisions we have made in our professional and […]
Statistically, most people secure their jobs through their network. Every job I have ever secured in my adult life has been from a public advertisement except one. I have always been intentional about my career trajectory. When I look back at my career, I have secured every job that I really wanted. Even if I […]
For years I never described myself as a feminist because there are definitely negative connotations attached to the term. Black women have historically (and often currently) been excluded from the Women’s Suffrage Movement and feminism in general. We’ve also seen extreme feminists who appear to hate men. I accepted the term in my 40’s because […]
March is National Social Work Month. World Social Work Day is the key day in the year that social workers worldwide stand together to advance our common message globally. The theme for 2021 Social Work Month is Social Work Is Essential. This year, World Social Work Day was recognized on March 16th with the theme […]