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Trump and his allies have floated a number of changes, such as barring accreditors from requiring that colleges adhere to diversity, equity, and inclusion standards. Republicans have also proposed creating new accrediting agencies that promote conservative values and allowing state governments to take on the role of accreditors.
Over four days this September, mural artist and restorationist Damon Lamar Reed and three assistants restored the burnt panel, which depicts a social worker standing outside a factory with a sign that reads “Legislators Protect Women and Children.” Another social worker bends a metal bar that makes up a web-shaped cage trapping factory workers, allowing a young boy to climb out. Above: The restored panel of Astrid Fuller’s 1977 mural “Pioneer Social Work” along the 57th Street viaduct
The Safer Futures domestic abuse helpline is run by First Light in partnership with Barnardo’s
The Department of Social Work plans to prioritize applications for the supervision program from graduates who are working in nonprofit or governmental settings, due largely to the great need for licensed professionals in these areas.
All societies – and the states that serve them – have a responsibility to protect their children from harmful addictions. And addiction is exactly what social-media companies are trying to cultivate. As Facebook’s founding president, Sean Parker, revealed in 2017, the process of building the platform was guided by a simple question: “How do we consume as much of [users’] time and conscious attention as possible?” The answer these firms reached lay in “exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology”: the desire for social validation.