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How SWHPN is addressing diversity

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How SWHPN is addressing diversity SWHPN Last month, more than 125 SWHPN members, social work professionals, and students joined together for our virtual June Summit, "Cultural Competency in Hospice and Palliative Care." Held on Juneteenth and during Pride month, we wanted to use the day as an opportunity to go beyond didactic presentations to showcase meaningful, actionable steps social workers could take to address racism, explicit and implicit bias, intersectionality, and more. During the post-Summit "networking happy hour," attendees stayed online for an extra hour and a half to continue the discussion. It's clear there is a hunger for more information about how to dismantle inequitable systems that harm Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color (BIPOC), whether they are patients, families, or social workers. READ MORE

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