Applying your current work to Climate Injustice Work: A Community Prevention Example

When it comes to doing environmental justice work as a social worker, many often don’t know where to start. However, just like our...

Georgianna Dolan-Reilly

Jul 8, 20214 min read

What's Health Got To Do With It?

Thinking back to my childhood and what I learned early on about our environment, the first things that come to mind are pollution (acid...

Jenna Rines

Jun 22, 20215 min read

Resources I wish I knew about in my MSW - Part 2

For today's blog post we continue our "resources I wish I knew" series that takes a look at environmental justice and climate change...

Jenna Rines

May 25, 20212 min read

Highlights from Environmental Justice & Social Work Conference

We did it! We hosted our inaugural Environmental Justice and Social Work conference last week, and we were thrilled with the level of...

Jenna Rines

May 5, 20216 min read

#ClimateSocialHour Highlights

With our Environmental Justice and Social Work Conference only a day away, we wanted to share highlights from our #ClimateSocialHour live...

Jenna Rines

Apr 27, 20211 min read

#ClimateSocialHour

We are excited to announce our first live Twitter Q&A session! As our Environmental Justice in Social Work Conference draws nearer, we...

Jenna Rines

Apr 12, 20211 min read

Earth to Social Work 2021 Conference

We are pleased to present the 2021 Virtual Conference on Environmental Justice in partnership with Adelphi University. This year's...

Jenna Rines

Mar 19, 20211 min read

Celebrating Black Leaders in Environmental Justice

It's Black History Month for those of us in the US and Canada (it is celebrated in October in the UK and countries in Europe). Given that...

Jenna Rines

Feb 19, 20212 min read

Notes on Self-Care and Environmental Justice

Social workers are no stranger to burnout. Although deeply rewarding, we know social work can be a stressful profession. We are often...

Jenna Rines

Feb 1, 20217 min read

Resources I wish I knew about in my MSW - Part 1

A note on the Capital Riots: In previous posts, we have explored that environmental injustice is inextricably linked to experiences of...

Jenna Rines

Jan 19, 20214 min read

5 Reasons Why Environmental Justice Work is Social Work

Happy December! With a tumultuous 2020 coming to a close, we hope this month finds you well. We want to keep sharing about the ISWEJ, and...

Jenna Rines

Dec 22, 20208 min read

Introducing the Post-Graduate Certificate in Social Work and Environmental Justice

Welcome to the Institute for Social Work and Environmental Justice (ISWEJ)! We hope to use this blog to share news of current and...

Jenna Rines

Nov 25, 20203 min read

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