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Empowering social work students in the college setting
- Author:
- COLLINS Stewart
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 17(2), June 1998, pp.203-218.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Relatively little has been written about empowering social work students, especially material which blends ideas with actual practices on the college-based part of social work programmes. The empowerment of social work students is considered within a context of the diffusion of power, discourse analysis and oppressive societal structures, such as racism. Critical perspectives on empowerment are examined. Some suggestions are made to empower social work students more effectively. These include the empowerment of social work lecturers, the empowerment of black students, the provision of more participatory, democratic course policies and practices, and the further development of empowering adult learning approaches, based upon rights and choice.
Racial differences in volunteer engagement by older adults: an empowerment perspective
- Authors:
- TANG Fengyan, COPELAND Valire Carr, WEXLER Sandra
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 36(2), June 2012, pp.89-100.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Volunteering is seen as an empowerment process whereby older adults actively participate in the community and improve their well-being and health. However, little is known about racial differences in volunteering, and even less in terms of perceived benefits from volunteering as a means of empowerment. This study investigated the differences in volunteer experience and perceived benefits from volunteering between older black people and white people. Convenience samples were drawn from the city of Pittsburgh and questionnaires were completed by 180 adults aged 60 and over. Analyses showed that black participants were less likely than their white counterparts to volunteer in formal organisations; however, once engaged, they committed more time and perceived more psychosocial benefits from volunteering. Also volunteering and self-reported health demonstrated a stronger relationship in the black sample than among the white sample. The study suggests that black older adults have more to gain from volunteer engagement through meaningful involvement in the community and improved quality of life.
Voices from the community: key ingredients for community collaboration
- Authors:
- FRANCO Lydia M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 5(3/4), 2007, pp.313-331.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The CHAMP (Collaborative HIV-prevention Adolescent Mental Health) Family Program in a low income area of Chicago uses a collaborative programming approach, focusing on building the capacity of community members to deliver a family-based HIV prevention programme. It has a Collaborative Board, including researchers, parents, school staff and representatives of community agencies who oversee all aspects of the research project. Using an empowerment framework, this paper explores the perspectives of Board members, and identifies lessons for community collaboration. These focus on building trust with the community, recognising community strengths, developing skills, building intra-group relations and involving community members as partners from the beginning to the end of the project.
Language, identity and empowerment: the case of Spanish in the Southwest
- Authors:
- MARTINEZ-BRAWLEY Emilia E., ZORITA Paz M-B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 15(1/2), 2006, pp.81-95.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article addresses the relationship between language and identity and language and power. Language is viewed as an important vehicle through which empowerment can occur in society and through which social workers can contribute to the empowerment of dual language individuals and communities. Language suppression is viewed through the framework of bilinguaphobia, a term coined by Faltis and Coulter in 2004. Because of the long and unique history of Spanish in Southwestern communities, the authors suggest that true empowerment must overcome the prevalent discourse of fear of bilingualism. This article suggests that the present status and identity of Latinos in the Southwestern United States would be enhanced and affirmed by the healthy co-existence of two tongues and two cultural frameworks and that social workers should recognize and advocate for the power of bilingual discourses. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Repairing harm and transforming African-American communities through restorative justice
- Author:
- ELECHI O Oko
- Journal article citation:
- Community Safety Journal, 4(2), April 2005, pp.29-36.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
A disproportionate number of the prison population in the United States are in the prison population. This impacts negatively on African-American families and undermines their communities' informal social control mechanisms, and hindering community safety efforts. This article presents a case for the empowerment of African-American communities through restorative justice.
A voice for London's black communities
- Author:
- PAUL Amanda
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 142, March 2000, p.7.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
The author introduces the Black Regeneration Forum (BRF).
Church burning in African American communities: implications for empowerment practice
- Author:
- CARTER Carolyn S.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 44(1), January 1999, pp.62-68.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article discusses the effects of church burning in the USA, the political context within which it occurred, and societal responses to church arson.
Empowerment and Black communities in the UK: with special reference to Liverpool
- Author:
- CHRISTIAN Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Development Journal, 33(1), January 1998, pp.18-31.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article attempts to clarify the concept of empowerment as it is employed in the grassroots Black communities of Britain. The city of Liverpool is used as a case study in terms of how Black community-activists define the term of 'empowerment' in relation to Black communities in the UK. Debates the concept of 'empowerment', and its relevance to grassroots 'Black activists' and community development workers where ' empowerment initiatives' are increasingly being focused.
Groupwork and black women viewing networks as groups: black women meeting together for affirmation and empowerment
- Author:
- FRANCIS-SPENCE Marcia
- Journal article citation:
- Groupwork, 7(2), 1994, pp.109-116.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Comments on the interaction between black women from various social groups and suggests that groupwork needs to be defined in very broad terms if it is to have any meaning to black women. Many of their experiences whilst unique to them as a group go unacknowledged, consequently unvalued and therefore unrecorded.
Working with women of color: an empowerment perspective
- Author:
- GUTIERREZ L.M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 35(2), 1990, pp.149-153.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The concepts and techniques of empowerment can form an effective basis for work with minority women, describes specific aspects of such work.