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Dr. Colleen Fisher
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Social work prof & Fulbright Scholar, #FirstGen academic, global citizen, nature lover, she/her/they. Research: health equity, social justice, Global South; current project in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 www.instagram.com/globalmindedprof/ .. more

Psychology 39%
Public Health 33%

A helpful explainer for anyone confused about the alleged “white genocide” happening in South Africa:

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How South Africa's Digital Warriors Are Triumphing Over the 'White Genocide' Disinformation
This high-stakes diplomatic engagement comes on the heels of the United States granting asylum to the first group of 49 white Afrikaners, a move that has sent shockwaves through both South African and...
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Yes, we noticed. You're still here.
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

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Kenya | Trump's PEPFAR funding cuts threaten HIV treatment access for vulnerable groups. Community health workers like Mary, a former sex worker supporting eight children, face uncertain futures. Setback for public health in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Not a few of us alerted to the pointlessness of unconscious bias trainings as they coddled white folk into believing they could evade accountability for discriminatory practices.
Here we are. Institutions are dropping EDI/DEI w/out opposition. A sheer drain of resources to appease white sensitivity.
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

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Excited to share a new blog post on using an ADEI assessment tool to examine social work curricula. Using this assessment tool, we determined where we were and where to go. Check out the full post for more details: laureliversonhitchcock.org/2024/11/20/u... #SocWorkEd #SocialWorkEducation
Use of an ADEI Assessment Tool to Examine Social Work Curricula - Teaching & Learning in Social Work
On October 25, 2024, during the Annual Program Meeting for the Council on Social Work Education in Kansas City, MO, my UAB colleagues (Colleen Fisher, Mary Jacque Carroll and Ron Pitner) and I present...
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More capitulation by cowards. Rather than fight the law, force the state to punish them, and have a clear cause of action in court, UNT gives in. This was the goal of lawmakers. They know their laws are unconstitutional but if schools give up first...
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‘Race,’ ‘equity’ removed from UNT course titles to comply with Texas DEI ban, faculty say
The University of North Texas changed class titles and descriptions with some citing the state’s DEI ban though officials deny that’s the cause.
www.dallasnews.com

Some wise words (as always) from Stacey Abrams and inspiration for a path forward from Heather Cox Richardson . . . I needed this.
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How Do We Get Through This? Stacey Abrams on Finding New Strategies for Future Elections
YouTube video by Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams
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