September 2020
Four faculty in the School of Social Welfare have co-authored an article that is published in Advances in Social Work. 20(2):371. September 2020. DOI: 10.18060/23686.
Robin Deluca-Acconi, PhD, LCSW, Assistant Dean, RFK Human Rights Lead Educator and Research Scientist; Suzanne L. Velázquez, PhD, LCSW, Director of the Undergraduate Program and Clinical Associate Professor; Stephen Rabeno, PhD, LCSW-R, Clinical Assistant Professor and Warren K. Graham, LMSW, ACSW, CASAC, Director of Field Education and Clinical Assistant Professor, are co-authors of Educating the Next Generation of Human Rights Advocates and Defenders: An Interprofessional Partnership.
Defending human rights requires professionals to be unrelenting in the pursuit of systemic change. It requires the collaboration of varied professions bringing together their expertise to challenge the system of domination that has led to subjugation. Interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPE) is a powerful tool where human rights defenders and advocates from different disciplines can learn from each other and advocate for change. Read about the innovative collaboration between Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Human Rights and Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare (SBUSSW) BSW Program and how the RFK Human Rights’ human rights education program, Speak Truth To Power (STTP) is being adapted to baccalaureate social work education. Read full article here
