Abstract
Defending human rights requires professionals to be unrelenting in the pursuit of systemic change. It requires the collaboration of varied professions bringing together their expertise to challenge the system of domination that has led to subjugation. Interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPE) is a powerful tool where human rights defenders and advocates from different disciplines can learn from each other and advocate for change. This is an overview of an innovative collaboration between Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Human Rights and Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare (SBUSSW) BSW Program. It will illustrate the way the RFK Human Rights’ human rights education program, Speak Truth To Power (STTP) is being adapted to baccalaureate social work education. Included is the method that the SBUSSW incorporates the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) competencies in a human rights context through the partnership with RFK Human Rights
Highlights
Defending human rights requires professionals to be unrelenting in the pursuit of systemic change
Future recommendations and goals include measuring the impact that the partnership has had on the lawyers, fellows and students at Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Human Rights to ascertain their level of understanding of the social work profession and the need to work with social workers in the defense of human rights
The goal is for non-social work partners to understand: the manners in which trauma impacts those who have undergone human rights abuses; the impact of systemic racism; and social work’s person-in-environment perspective
Summary
Recent sociopolitical changes have made it an imperative for social workers to advocate for human rights and advance a human rights agenda as a core competency of U.S social work education. The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE; 2015) requires that social work students achieve competence in Advancing Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice. Deluca-Acconi et al./INTERPROFESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PARTNERSHIP received particular attention by practitioners It is concerted efforts of the thirdgeneration of rights, namely opposing universal oppression, building positive social and economic systems, and fostering healthy environments that social workers should engage in that may yield the most noticeable results for creating sustainable change. “Social Work can become a significant role player in promoting social and economic equality through its commitment to social justice and human rights” Social workers and human rights defenders lead allied lives, both working for equality, and against oppression
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