The final major D&O assignment is a 3-page Social, Racial, Economic, or Environmental Justice Action and Reflection Paper. Students must identify a social, racial, economic, or environmental justice action that they choose to initiate or participate in and write a 3-page reflection paper on this activity. Students must apply the liberatory consciousness framework in reflective practice, that is demonstrated in the knowledge, values, and skills of awareness, analysis, action, and accountability/ally-ship, to engage in practices that advance justice and equity when working with diverse groups as a social worker. It is important to distinguish one’s role as a substantive versus performative ally. To complete this assignment students must demonstrate the ability to practice self-awareness of stigma, discrimination, oppression, and privilege. Students must also be able to analyze social inequalities, how we are socialized into systems of privilege and oppression, and to determine social justice activities to address injustice. Students will identify the steps taken to plan, implement, complete, and reflect on the activity they participated in. The social justice action must be approved by your professor and reflect a strategy to eliminate oppressive structural barriers to ensure the equitable distribution of social goods, rights, and responsibilities and the protection of civil, political, social, racial, economic, environmental, and cultural human rights. There are a wide range of social, racial, economic, or environmental justice actions, such as organizing an event, participating in a protest, writing a letter to an elected official, writing an op ed, organizing and leading a group discussion, using social media to promote justice and equity, speaking out at a meeting, running for office, participating in voter registration, fundraising, etc.
