FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
Getting Back to Work: A Call for Social Workers to Focus on Humanity Beyond Elections
The U.S. recently held its elections, and as always, the season came with its intensity. For months, we were bombarded with ads, emails, and text messages—constant noise from every direction. Each political party told us how the other was failing us, how they didn’t care about our needs, our values, our economy, our country, or our future.
Then, as quickly as it began, election season ended. The votes were cast, the results announced, and the political machine moved on. We are now expected to put all that negativity aside and get back to business as usual.
But how do we, as social workers, truly get back to work when the impact of such divisive rhetoric lingers?
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