Student Showcase: NYS Social Work Student Journal and Multimedia Zine

All submissions must meet the following eligibility and criteria:

  • We are looking for new works for the social work student zine! We are looking for: course papers, poster or powerpoint presentations, as well as multi-media projects that relate to social work practice.
  • Eligibility: a current social work student, or recent social work graduate of no more than 3 years. Individuals can submit regardless of NASW-NYS membership status.
  • Submit new works for review via the form at this link! Students are prompted to write a 3-10 sentence summary explaining how the submission meets the below criteria.
  • Submission Criteria:
    • Submission contributes to social work practice, knowledge, and skills, including but not limited to: concepts of human behavior in the environment, program or practice evaluations, or social work administration or policy analysis.
    • Align with NASW’s social work core values and code of ethics
    • Meet minimum standards of integrity, including but not limited to: no plagiarism, and accurately representing cited sources.
    • Anonymize any potentially identifying information included in the work (e.g. names of clients, work location, etc).
  • Submissions are reviewed by a team of social work peer reviewers. Reviews ensure that the submission meets the above criteria.
Please note that while we do have peer reviewers to ensure the above criteria are met, this is not a peer reviewed source of information or academic journal.

Rheonna Styles

MSW Student, University of New Yorking It

This quilt speaks to social work knowledge – we need to recognize and speak the names of those who were unjustly murdered by the police. As social workers, we need to work with communities to de-militarize the police, defund state sponsored surveillance in all aspects, and combat racism at all levels.

Dre Fowler

MSW Student, University of Wherever

Abstract
Stress is often identified as a “silent killer” and the negative impact on one’s mental and physical well-being is greatly impacted without intervention. This study sought to determine which form of coping, autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) or music, is an effective strategy for reducing stress. The study was conceptualized using the positivist paradigm of research. An electronic survey was dispersed to participants via the website SurveyMonkey. Descriptive data was collected using demographic information gathered during the first portion of the survey. Participants’ self-identified stress levels were gathered before and after they viewed their randomly assigned coping strategy (ASMR or music) during the survey. Data was analyzed using a two-paired t-test via SPSS. The results show that music led to feelings of relaxation and comfort. Similarly, nervousness and anxiety significantly reduced for those assigned to the music group. For the ASMR group, calmness decreased but not significantly. Small non-significant decreases occurred in other emotions. Between groups, music increased positive relaxation while ASMR decreased nervousness and anxiety. Emotion improvements predicted enjoying music more than ASMR. Further research is needed with a larger and age-diverse sample.

Posse McPosterson

MSW Student, University of New Yorking It

Poster Abstract

Words…..

Albany South End Children’s Center
Photo Credit: Lol lol
Student: Gaga Gaga, MSW Stony Brookiess
This is a picture of Gaga’s student progect with the South End Children’s Center engaging in clay creations with kids. Clay therapy is a healing practice, that Gaga brought with her to her internship, and the students loved it! One student said “Clay is the bestestttt!! After this, I feel so much more at ease”

Bund and hartaal and hunger strike,
We are against what you like;
Good or bad, proper or not
Vice or fair, no bother!

We cook on the road
You might enjoy the feast;

We clean the cars with our shirts
You must be grateful for free service,

We drive for men the ‘Mission Shaving’
We launch the ‘Operation Road Cleaning’;

We burn the buses and destroy the office
Damage the property of public
So as to make them new and thus
Don’t we check the unemployment?

Let’s serve you at minimum in this way
Of the bund and hartaal and hunger strike
For let’s be grateful for your choice
That gained to us a chair in the politics!

“I wish they launch the drive Domestic Chores, ”
Prayerfully says my wife,
‘in all the houses off the shore! ‘

Sasikala Kamandula

How do Social Workers Engage in Anti-Oppressive Practice?

Presentation by: Robert Bobby, Nickky Nicole, and Franny Frandenfimer

BSW students, University of Universidad

This presentation discusses the history and practice of anti-oppressive social work practice, from Assata Shakur to Rev. Barber. In addition to large-scale movements, the presenters discuss local organizing strategies as well.