More than a teachable moment: Black lives matter

COVID-19 vaccines and treatments nationalism: Challenges for low-income countries and the attainment of the SDGs

“…As such, many regions and countries that had registered significant progress in eradicating extreme poverty under the MDGs era were taken back many, many years in just a few months and rebuilding will not be easy. Given that the least developed and vulnerable economies will be most affected, and in the context of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) global movement following George Floyd's brutal murder at the hands of police in the USA (Sobo et al, 2020;Bhala et al, 2020), one can safely indicate that the lives in developing countries matter (LDCM) under COVID-19. Guterres (2020), views the BLM movement as an additional genuine sign that people are tyred and have had enough of oppression and inequality, including Africa's under-representation in international institutions such as the Bretton Woods and the United Nations Security Council.…”

PLEASE be with me: benefits of a peer-led supervision group for early career social work educators

“…This challenges the educator to remain continually informed of developing social movements and attuned to the potential impact on students' experiences in the classroom and field. A particularly salient example of this can be found in the nationwide protests which occurred in the weeks following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers (Sobo et al, 2020). The Black Lives Matter movement catapulted to national prominence and emerged as a primary voice in calls for police reform.…”

“…The Black Lives Matter movement catapulted to national prominence and emerged as a primary voice in calls for police reform. This recent example suggests that faculty will continue to be called upon to facilitate discussions of oppression, power, and privilege from a contemporary lens (Sobo et al, 2020) Mutual aid has been noted as an effective model of group facilitation in its ability to connect members and offer means of support, moving group members from problem solving in isolation to the generation of group solution methods. Mutual aid presents itself in PLEASE using the following five of the nine core dynamics: the sharing of data, provision of mutual support, the demand for work, the notion of all being in the same boat, and the discussion of taboos (Shulman, 2016;Steinberg, 2004).…”

“…The social work classroom was not spared from the stress associated with navigating life during the time of COVID-19 (Maas et al, 2020). Nor was it unaffected by the uprisings across the nation which occurred in response to the killing of George Floyd (Sobo et al, 2020). Consequently, group members experienced a parallel process with their students, overwhelmed with balancing caregiving, homeschooling, volunteering, and working while also trying to be available and sensitive educators.…”

Ensuring Racial Equity in Midwifery Education Programs: Beginning Steps for Midwifery Education

“…Today, in light of the ever‐increasing awareness of the need to create a midwifery workforce that reflects the people midwives serve and the changing demographics of the United States, 4 addressing issues of diversity and inclusion within our education programs has become imperative. Taking a critical look at these issues is even more important in light of recent national exposure through social media of violence against Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color in the United States; the renewed and vocal outcry against such violence; 5 the recognition of the startling and unacceptable inequities in maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality; 6 and the inexcusable world standing of the United States in terms of these issues 7 . An evaluation of diversity and its various components can provide background and support for current and future initiatives within the midwifery profession and its education programs around racial injustice and the need for diversity, equity, and inclusion.…”