USC's College of Social Work held virtual panel Friday afternoon to discuss the history of Black social work, and the continuing fight to be heard within white-dominated field. .
On Shoulders of Giants Black Social Work Pioneers and Contemporary Changemakers featured three panelists with extensive experience in the field of social work. .
Panelist Monique Bingham, social work alumni from University of Southern California, gravitated toward the field because of the incarceration of her father. ..
The experience gave Bingham connection to the field and inspired her to help those struggling with health or any form of physical ailment. .
Justin Harty, professor of Social Work at Arizona State University, spent his early years in the welfare system.
We have lot of research on Black fathers who have had their children removed from their care, and we do not have any research on young fathers.
Because I think we have lessons to learn, and I think the profession does job of attending to our history forgets lot of it as well, ..
And that's why we need more black and brown and red and yellow people in our profession, ..
She was taught to start with the community first which immersed in Black Power, the movement and the civil rights movement. ..
Parthenia Luke, diversity fellow for the College of Social Work and the moderator of the event, asked the audience to take the knowledge from the panel beyond the month of February. ..
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