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Prejudice to Pride
Prejudice to Pride: Moving from Homophobia to Acceptance describes a journey, moving from ignorance and falsehoods about gay men and lesbians toward understanding and acceptance of the gay community. The … Read more
Children and Families Affected By Armed Conflicts in Africa
Children and Families Affected by Armed Conflicts in Africa: Implications and Strategies for Helping Professionals in the United States aims to enhance the awareness and knowledge of helping professionals who … Read more
Effects of Conservative Religion on Lesbian and Gay Clients and Practitioners
Heterosexism plays a key role in the views of conservative churches about lesbian and gay people. Effects of Conservative Religion on Lesbian and Gay Clients and Practitioners: Practice Implications offers … Read more
Incorporating Intersectionality in Social Work Practice, Research, Policy, and Education
This important book provides guidance for investigating how the social constructions of race, class, gender, age, and social orientation intersect with one another, contributing to the oppression of marginalized groups … Read more
Affirmative Practice
Today, social work and human services professionals must be prepared to deliver knowledgeable and unbiased services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons. For the first time, an unprecedented new … Read more
Spirituality and the Black Helping Tradition in Social Work
In the black helping tradition, spirituality is the sense of the sacred and divine. It is a critical value deeply rooted in the African worldview and used by African Americans … Read more
African American Leadership
For far too long, the huge contribution of African Americans to the social work profession has been relegated to little more than a footnote. The truth is, these forward-thinking individuals … Read more
The Helping Tradition in the Black Family and Community
Readers will learn the evolution of the helping tradition from traditional Africa to slavery in the United States, among free blacks, through Reconstruction, and into rural and urban states. Spread … Read more