Social Work Gatherings

elcome to Social Work Gatherings, an electronic organizing web site for New York City metro area social work practitioners and educators who have completed the People’s Institutes Undoing Racism Workshop.

The Undoing Racism Workshop moved us beyond a focus on the symptoms of racism to an understanding of what it is, where it comes from, how it functions, why it persists and how it can be undone. We now have a common language and understanding of race and racism that enables us to organize and build useful coalitions that will work towards institutional equity without minority status and social change.

Social Work Gatherings is a space where we can come together, share our thoughts and begin to develop a continuing community to bring about a new vision of what social justice will look like in our times. Our focus is to bring about systemic and structural change while providing much needed individual assistance.

This web site allows us to organize our growing membership body by location and field of practice for the purpose of building strong regional alliances that will support one another as we expand our movement.

You can go to www.naswnyc.org to find out about the next workshop, or order tickets online here.

For information regarding the monthly meeting schedule in your area contact the following:

Connecticut:
Fairfield - Phyllis Gillians - gillians@fordham.edu
Hartford - Lisa Werkmeister - lisa.werkmeister_rozas@uconn.edu
West Haven - Katurah Bryant - kabryant1908@PRODIGY.NET
Georgia:
Atlanta - Sandy Shein - ss12step@aol.com
Illinois:
Chicago - Pier Rogers - p2rogers@netscape.net
Kentucky:
Kentucky - Delanor Munson - delanorforrccw@insightbb.com
Louisianna:
Louisianna - Rachel Luft - rachel.luft@sbcglobal.net
New Jersey:
New Jersey - Bonnie Cushing - BonnieCushing@aol.com
New York:
Dutchess County - celia.dansereaurumley@dcboces.org
New York City - Mary Pender Greene - Mpendergreene@jbfcs.org
New York City Faculty - Marion Riedel - mr108@columbia.edu
Orange County - Christine Sadowski - csadowski@att.net
Putnam County, NY - Teddy Frank - tfrank@hvc.rr.com
Rockland County, NY - Gail Golden - peacepoet@aol.com
Sullivan County, NY - Carol Bleifernich - cbliefernich@ouboces.org
Tompkins County, NY - Lisa Blitz - lisablitz@hotmail.com
Ulster County - Teddy Frank - tfrank@hvc.rr.com
Westchester County, NY - Gerry Radano - GerryR419@aol.com
North Carolina:
North Carolina - Monica Walker - jazzyday@aol.com
Texas:
Austin - Linda Hunter - lhunter@taasa.org
Austin - Sheila Craig - sheila.craig@dfps.state.tx.us
Vermont:
Vermont - baitulum@yahoo.com