Helping Hands

By NaKara Neely             The world needs people who care. Thank goodness, we have social workers who have made a large impact on our society. Today I’m going to share with you two iconic people whose work has had a major influence on many lives. www.biography.com/.image/t_share/MTE1ODA0OTcxNTMzODk1MTgx/jane-addams-9176298-1-402.jpg. Let’s start off with Jane Addams, the creator of Hull House, a settlement house for the poor.   She was known for being a social work reformer, pacifist, and a feminist during the late 19 th and early 20th centuries. During the 1880’s she didn’t know where her place was in the world. One day, she went on a trip with her friend Ellen Gates Star and they visited the Toynbee Hall in London England, which was a facility created to help the poor. Jane and Ellen were impacted by this so much that they created a similar establishment in Chicago where they lived. In 1889, they opened the...

Preconceived Notions and Breaking Them (Prompt #1) By Kendrick Tran Source: https://socialwork.asu.edu/tucson In the world of today, there lie numerous different preconceived notions about the world. Different professions and areas each have their unique stereotypes that try to define the line of work in a very general way. The fields of criminal justice and social work have some of the saddest stereotypes that portray both fields in a negative light. In today's society, both fields are addressed as occupations that rely more on helping themselves more so than others, the primary goal of these two lines of work. However, we are here to break some stereotypes of these respective fields and to show that these are the types of people that we need in our society and by discouraging them from approaching these professions severely limit the growth of our community. Criminal Justice, a field that has a large scope in terms of what a person can do, is generally stereotyped as a ...

By: Katy Fedurek Our society is ever changing, especially when it comes to the needs of humans. Large events like war, the Great Depression, terrorist attacks and natural disasters affect humans in different ways, calling for social workers to do their part to help society. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, social welfare is organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups. Abraham Maslow explained human needs in relation to a pyramid. At the bottom of the pyramid is physiological needs which are the most important, especially in times of disaster; food, water, rest, and warmth are the most basic needs to stay alive. A need for safety is second, and a need for belongingness and love comes third in the pyramid (McLeod). Following a need for love is esteem needs or a feeling of accomplishment, and at the top of the pyramid is self-actualization, but not everyone reaches this stage. “Every person is capable and has the desire to move...