Professional Collaboration Networks for Social Work Practice

Posted By Laurel Hitchcock on Aug 26, 2020

In this post, I am outlining previously published content from this blog about the concept and practice of a Professional Collaboration Network (PCN), which are technology-mediated user-centered relationship constellations designed to enhance or enrich connections, knowledge, and professional opportunities. Using PCNs in social work practice started as an idea at a Think Tank hosted by the University at Buffalo’s School of Social Work in June 2019.  The Think Tank’s goal was to brainstorm how to teach students in their new online Doctorate of Social Program (DSW) program to develop critical stakeholder networks using digital and social technologies.  You will find a summary of each of the five original blog posts, along with a link to the full post. 

Actions that White Social Work Educators can do now for Racial Justice

Posted By Laurel Hitchcock on Aug 16, 2020

Editor’s Note: This blog post was written in collaboration with my good colleague, Dr. Melanie Sage of the University of Buffalo’s School of Social Work . Many thanks to our colleagues who reviewed and made helpful suggestions for this post prior to publication. 

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This blog post is inspired by the list 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack. We wrote this blog post as a way to begin our own work toward becoming anti-racist social work professors, to analyze our own practice, and to set our own goals.  As we began identifying resources, we realized we should use our privilege to share with our communities through this blog and via Twitter (@laurelhitchcock & @melaniesage). We use the term BIPOC in this article to refer to Black,Indigenous, and People of Color.

We are not experts, which perhaps makes it even more important that we share and model this work. Please note that these are not the ten most important things, but they are things on our minds right now. (Please contact us if we’ve made a mistake.)