Prior to shadowing at Child Welfare I had never heard the phrase “don’t scratch where it doesn’t not itch”. I heard this phrase made in passing by a co worker of the social worker I was shadowing. She was discussing more »
Torn
This trip was completely different from what I would or could have expected it to be. It is no secret that group dynamics were a struggle until a couple days before we left so I find it pretty exciting and more »
Teamwork
It’s difficult to put sweat, joy, and teamwork into words. The time spent in the Groot Wilderness is beyond description. Our group was comprised of all different, ages, races, nationalities, sexual orientations and genders. Instead of pretending like we were more »
Politics at Home and Abroad
This course has already been so eye opening and it’s only beginning. It’s interesting and disturbing how similar the political climate is between here and home. Zuma the President in South Africa has been compared to Donald Trump multiple times more »
New Spaces
The course has begun! We’ve been shadowing South African Social Worker’s around Cape Town at their various agencies and it is so interesting to see the various similarities and differences. The amount of cases that the social workers have to manage more »
La Pobreza
You don’t work hard enough. You don’t have enough education. You can’t manage your money. You made poor choices. You don’t have the right skills. You’d rather buy a cell phone than a bag of rice or beans. You had more »
June 1, 2015; And just like that it begins again……..
In a week from today a group of GSSW students from the University of Denver will be heading to Bosnia as a culmination of an academic course that they have been taking this spring quarter. We will be visiting sites that are important to the rich history and culture of this beautiful country, will be […]
A day of carnivals, basketball courts, students–of- the -week and genocide
Each year on the 11th of July a burial ceremony is held for those victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide who have been identified. This year I was invited to go to Srebrenica for the days leading up to the memorial ceremony and I went, looking forward to being with friends while at the same […]
Dovidzenja i dobrodošli; Goodbye and welcome
I will never understand how the first two weeks flew by so quickly with GSSW students in Bosnia. I felt very excited about the future of social work when I saw the insight, respect, curiosity and good humor among the students who traveled this journey with me. They have all, for the most part, left […]
Animals Asia #tablefor3
When did humans become anthropocentric? Anthropocentrism is the idea that humans are the final aim and end of the universe, that everything is viewed and interpreted in terms of the human experience and values. The idea that humans are not more »