I'm Listening
I am a social worker but not the kind that you think. Raise your hand if what you think a social worker does is take kids out of homes. Keep 'em up if you think that's all a social worker does. Yeah, that's what I thought. Just today, my new boss at the community nonprofit where I work asked me why I went and got a Master's in Social Work and then chose not to become a social worker. Boy oh boy, we all have a lot to learn. I am a community-based social worker. I work in advocacy, connection, policy, strategy, and more. I am a teacher -- and I am a student. I collaborate with residents, with elected officials, with city officials, with other organizations. I am a listener. I pull this one out of the lineup and spotlight it because what I'm also is a talker . I'm a Gemini, so that means I have the gift of gab. I can write it or I can speak it and I am quite comfortable in the art of verbal expression....