The Underscore Of Everything A Social Worker

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The underscore of everything a social workers is, everything they do, can be summed up in two words: social justice. To be a social worker is to constantly advocate for every client the right to equality within all aspects of life and within all institutions within their communities like education, health care, and social security. I have witnessed many examples of social justice, and I have also learned how to advocate for social justice within my four incredible years at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine through a variety of service learning and community based learning projects, as well as by knowledge I have gained through classwork and discussion. Social justice is one of the foundations of Saint Joseph’s mission statement, much like it…show more content…
Diversity, to this program, is something to be protected, a belief that I strongly agree with. To be socially just is to grant all people, including all the groups and individuals who have diversified our country, equality and basic human rights. Furthermore, social justice is done by advocating for human dignity, recognizing that all people no matter who they are have an innate right to fair and equal treatment and the right to be valued because they are a human being. Unfortunately, as we know human dignity is not always valued or upheld. Through dehumanizing and degrading acts, we have seen extreme violations of human dignity. I have witnessed violations of human dignity, like poverty, when I volunteered to serve meals at Preble Street Soup Kitchen in Portland, Maine. There, I saw individuals who truly had nothing; no home, no income, and no hope, who relied on us just so they were able to eat and get through the day. The School of Social Work acknowledges the unfortunate fact that there are so many violations of human dignity in our world, and aims to teach its students how to combat social injustice and violations of this dignity in an educated and successful way.
A social problem is essentially defined by the national attention it gains, its potential to be resolved, and if there are groups that
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