Awakening the antiracism collective through transformative organizational praxis. A participatory evaluative case study.

Autor/inn/en	Todic, Jelena; Simmons-Horton, Sherri; Cruz, Elisabeth
Titel	Awakening the antiracism collective through transformative organizational praxis. A participatory evaluative case study.
Quelle	In: Advances in social work, 22 (2022) 2, S. 553-573 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-4125
DOI	10.18060/25001
Schlagwörter	Bewusstsein; Lernprozess; Rassismus; Strukturwandel; Ausbildung; Soziale Arbeit; Soziale Einrichtung; Prävention; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Ethnische Minderheit; USA
Abstract	Dismantling structures that impede social work professional and organizational growth begins with social work educational institutions. In 2020, the convergence of three pandemics - COVID-19, economic injustice, and, notably, structural racism, catalyzed a group of social work staff and faculty at a public Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in the Southern U.S. The group relied on community organizing and organizational change strategies to form the antiracism collective (ARC). We employed a participatory evaluative case study (Merriam, 1998) methodology to answer two QUE stions: 1) How has ARC accelerated one social work department's integration of antiracist praxis (theory, reflection, action) into all aspects of the department to support the department's mission?; and 2) How can ARC dismantle structures which impede social workers' ability to confront racism? We find that ARC 1) catalyzed department transformation as evidenced by the increased sense of critical consciousness, struggle, integrity, and community; and 2) achieved primarily individual impact, with small but potentially significant department impact, and small but potentially significant structural impact. We highlight strengths and limitations of antiracism collectives as a pathway to confront racism in other social work educational institutions.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2023/1