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What’s your experience working towards social justice?

Social justice is a pillar of social work practice. Share a story or op-ed that described your experience working towards social justice.

Here are suggestions to frame your story:

1. Focus on one social justice story—one event, or one place or one important relationship. Take some time to think about the elements of your story in the context of the challenge, choice and outcome. In this case, the outcome might also be the thing you learned, in addition to what actually happened.CHALLENGE: What specific challenge did you face?
   CHOICE: What was the specific choice you made?
   OUTCOME: What happened as a result of your choice? What hope can it give us?
2. Share a story about the collective – Who are some of the “us’” that you’re a part of? (i.e. your generation, your classmates, the international climate movement). Share some stories that give readers an indication of the collective’s shared purpose and goals. , their values and the strengths of your collective?What are some stories of your generation or of the climate movement that give you the belief that together they could work to join you in creating real tangible change in the world.CHALLENGE: What was the challenge we faced?
   CHOICE: What specific choice did we make? What action did we take?
   OUTCOME: what happened as a result of our choice? What hope can it give3.     Share your social justice strategy – Share a “hopeful” strategic choice that readers can make. Craft a call out to readers that involves a commitment of time and resources. Vividly describe what can be achieved collectively if we take action together.
   If you are called to address a real challenge, a challenge so urgent you have motivated us to face it as well, then you also have a responsibility to invite us to join you in action that has some chance of success. A ‘story of now” is not simply a call to make a choice to act – it is a call to “hopeful” action.CHALLENGE: What is the challenge we face? What images make that challenge real?
   CHOICE: What specific choice are you asking us to make? What specific action should we take and when?
   OUTCOME:  What specific outcome could happen as a result of our choice? What hope can it give us?

Are you in private practice? We want to share your stories!

Share your honest perspective of your journey through building a private practice.

Here are some suggested topics:

• Professional development in private practice
• Choosing the path of private practice
• Use of technology in practice
• Choosing your niche
• Creating a good referral base
• Dealing with insurers
• Building your business
• Being your own boss: Building a private practice that works for you

We want to hear stories from the perspective of one the many diverse voices in our province.

This could include, but is not limited to, these voices:

• Indigenous
• African Nova Scotian
• Acadian
• LGTBQ
• Disability community etc.

Share your social work research with a wide audience.

Submit a plain language abstract of your research and describe the application of your research in practice.

Share your voice and any stories that connect your experiences to your research.

Research articles should provide a clear statement of the findings and their implications for social work practice. Please include an accompanying bibliography.

We want to celebrate the often untold stories of social workers doing great things.

Do you know of a social worker who goes above and beyond in their practice? Suggest them as our social worker spotlight.

Is there a newsworthy story in your region that should be shared with the social work community? Connect the stories with your colleagues by sharing in Connection magazine.