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Social work profs! A lot of you have been asking me how to support SW students as we push our field to be better. Here's a 
. 1) Academia is White Supremacist system built to perpetuate existing power. Students, especially URM students, were not meant for this system. 1/5
2) School-sanctioned or organization-sanctioned efforts are important, but limit our voice. While effort can be and is made here, students working within schools/orgs are navigating its implicit/explicit goals, not to mention the power dynamics. 2/5
So what can you or you school do? 1) From day 1 teach SW students that changing our profession involves challenging the profession, the organizations its made of (NASW, CSWE, etc.), and the schools they learn within--don't leave out challenging the school. 3/5
2) Teach students about ALL of the organizations in our profession (particularly the ones that impact our edu), the power structure, what they do, ways to influence them. Most importantly…3) Encourage and normalize participating in student-led coalitions. 4/5
I don’t mean your school’s graduate student association, or its newest coalition (these matter, but are different). I mean groups independent of faculty oversight. Our students know how to lead, & can inform new directions for related coalitions. Amplify their voices! 5/5
