What Does it Mean to Be an Anti-Oppressive Social Worker?

NASW Vermont Chapter

Sherri Simmons-Horton, Ph.D., MSW, AA

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1.5 Formal CEs - cultural competency/anti-oppressive practice approved by NASW VT

NASW Vermont Chapter is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0683.

Being an anti-oppressive social worker is not just a sexy term to say. It is a social worker making a conscious and reflexive choice to engage in liberatory and emancipatory practice. It is who you are in and outside of practice. But what does this really mean? This session will provide participants with a foundation of what it means to be anti-oppressive in micro and macro social work practice. Principles of anti-oppressive practice will be provided, along with common language and terminology associated with AOP. Participants will be provided with how to incorporate AOP in micro and macro practice, using examples/scenarios across various practice areas including direct service, clinical, advocacy, and activism.

About the Presenter:

Sherri Simmons-Horton, PhD, MSW, is an Assistant Professor in the Social Work department at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). She also serves as a Core Faculty member in the Women and Gender Studies at UNH. Simmons-Horton has over 25 years of practice experience in the child welfare system in the state of Texas, with a focus on addressing racism and racial disparities present for Black children, youth, and families. Simmons-Horton’s research focuses on crossover youth (adolescents with involvement in the juvenile justice and foster care systems, structural intersectional inequities across both systems and the empowerment of system-involved Black youth and families through an anti-oppressive lens. Simmons-Horton serves as the 2nd Vice President of the Black Administrators in Child Welfare and she is a staunch child, family, and youth advocate, with a strong interest in practice and policy strategies to dismantle oppressive practices in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

Workshop Details:

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