This is so sad. I remember from when my kids were young it was typically the UU where the interfaith services were held & so much outreach towards the community began. With the politicization, that sense of outreach towards others even when they didn't have "think right"left as did some of those interfaith opportunities- slowly but surel…
This is so sad. I remember from when my kids were young it was typically the UU where the interfaith services were held & so much outreach towards the community began. With the politicization, that sense of outreach towards others even when they didn't have "think right"left as did some of those interfaith opportunities- slowly but surely. I had come to depend on those & other opportunities like it, to show my children a world where differences didn't have to equal an immediate threat to self, nor any acquiescence of your own self or belief.
I'm a social worker so I had to study on all of these post modern/critical theories all through grad school as most social work programs are now firmly grounded in those theories. What they've contributed to the world in positive terms beyond a basic awareness of "issues" is minimal @ best. What they've taken away from the world & our children is tragic.
Fellow social worker here - yeah, our field is completely metastasized with these toxic, cynical and anti-human “theories”. It breaks my heart, because they really don’t help people at all.
I am also a social worker. As a matter of fact, I was the national NASW Social Worker of the Year in 2020. In the UK there is an alliance working to keep these noxious ideas out of the social work field. It is the Evidence-Based Social Work Alliance. Perhaps we need such an alliance in the USA?
This is so sad. I remember from when my kids were young it was typically the UU where the interfaith services were held & so much outreach towards the community began. With the politicization, that sense of outreach towards others even when they didn't have "think right"left as did some of those interfaith opportunities- slowly but surely. I had come to depend on those & other opportunities like it, to show my children a world where differences didn't have to equal an immediate threat to self, nor any acquiescence of your own self or belief.
I'm a social worker so I had to study on all of these post modern/critical theories all through grad school as most social work programs are now firmly grounded in those theories. What they've contributed to the world in positive terms beyond a basic awareness of "issues" is minimal @ best. What they've taken away from the world & our children is tragic.
Fellow social worker here - yeah, our field is completely metastasized with these toxic, cynical and anti-human “theories”. It breaks my heart, because they really don’t help people at all.
I am also a social worker. As a matter of fact, I was the national NASW Social Worker of the Year in 2020. In the UK there is an alliance working to keep these noxious ideas out of the social work field. It is the Evidence-Based Social Work Alliance. Perhaps we need such an alliance in the USA?
I vote that you create it here, Zander! If you do it I’ll sign up right away!
Hi Gabi. If you're on LinkedIn, join our preliminary group there ProSocial Work - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14088158/