Voter Engagement

Aaron Crossley sits down with Juan Rangel and Patricia Hernandez to discuss their Hispanic heritage and the social work profession. 

Aaron sits down with Sarah Owsley from Empower Missouri and Adrianna Paez from the University of Missouri, Kansas City to talk about the importance of voter engagement and our obligation as social workers to advocate for change in our political system. 

Aaron sits down with Jessica Petrie (NASW-MO's Lobbyist), Mark Nichols (NASW-MO's Executive Director), DeAnna Dinwiddie (NASW-MO's MSW Intern), Sarah Owsley (NASW-MO Advocacy Committee Chair), and Heather Bradley-Geary (NASW-MO's Chapter President) to discuss the 2022 Missouri's legislative session and the advocacy committee's agenda for this session. 

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Mit Joyner (twitter.com/Mittjoy), current president of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and Stephenie K. Smith (www.sophicsolutionsgroup.com) for a discussion centered on exploring why social work is white-centric and how to begin to dismantle racism - beginning in social work. 

In this episode, we explore social work in politics.  Your host, Aaron Crossley, has an informal conversation with Representative Keri Ingle (MO HD-35) and Representative Susan Ruiz (KS HD-23), two social workers who also happen to be elected officials. We explore how they become social workers, how they got into politics, and advice they would give to fellow social workers jumping into the political realm. You’ll even hear the feisty cats of District 23 make a cameo. Heather Bradley-Geary - NASW-MO President - and Jessica Petrie give an update on what is happening in Jefferson City as this year's legislative session gets rolling.  You can learn more about the monthly NASW-MO legislative update and how to join NASW-MO here: https://naswmo.socialworkers.org/  Other resources mentioned: Lane, S.R. and Pritzker, S. (2018). Political social work: Using power to create social change. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68588-5.

In this episode, Aaron Crossley and Heather Bradley-Geary introduce you to social work in Missouri. Social work is an incredibly diverse profession, and Missouri is an incredibly (and surprisingly) diverse state. From rural to urban, from progressive to conservative, social workers in Missouri offer a unique perspective to the field.