Gerry Stevens

@markpoloncarz @ErieCountyNY @ErieCountyESU @ECSONY1 Are the officers that assaulted the individual speaking to the news camera just before this incident also in custody?

The @ErieCountyNY Departments of @ErieCountyESU, Central Police Services and @ECSONY1 are monitoring the incident on Bailey Avenue in Buffalo in which two officers were struck by a vehicle. It is by understanding the driver and passengers of the vehicle are in custody.

learn how white supremacy has impacted the communities they work with. We also need to hold ourselves and each other accountable for the ways we perpetuate white supremacy. And we need to work on systemic changes & dismantling oppressive systems #MacroSW

But since I had a whole response ready for the original Q5 stated on the MacoSW page for tonight, for dismantling white supremacy: I recommend people get involved with local community organizing and activism opposed to white supremacy, and #MacrSW

A5: Anger among oppressed groups is entirely justified, and really doesn't need to be justified to white people anyway. Many white people don't handle it well. #MacroSW

The disparate impacts of white supremacy on people lead to them having different service needs from SWers. Whole communities are also impacts by white supremacy, and there is a need to address these impacts, as well. #MacroSW

Trans POC, especially trans women of color, face high rates of violence. Black men face high incarceration rates, and oppression from police. #MacroSW

A4: White supremacy impacts people in different ways, depending on their other statuses and identities. Low income POC are often impacted in the most severe ways, with different genders impacted differently among this group #MacroSW

@YSocialWork Seems that way, but any rule that keeps out marginalized people is a rule made to be broken #MacroSW

Q3: Are there eligibility rules for this question? #MacroSW

@williamrfrey Ooohh interesting. I might have to save this list for later, thanks!

A3: I think this question could’ve been asked of everyone, not just white SWers. But I try to speak up about white supremacy, & listen to the voices of POC. & I've taken part in community groups and activism that seek to address white supremacy in local communities. #MacroSW

A2: White supremacy is addressed in my field placement through its goal of bringing restorative justice to the local population and schools, ending the school-to-prison pipeline, & offering an alternative to the justice system that perpetuates systems of white supremacy #MacroSW

@julayneelle @DeanaJAyers @nowhitesaviors I think you're right, and thanks for linking that page!

@GerryXIII @DeanaJAyers so i imo white saviorism is connected to white guilt. you might find @nowhitesaviors of interest

@HuddlerMegan @DeanaJAyers Yes definitely. Most classrooms that I've been a part of haven't directly addressed this issue & it is a real problem #MacroSW

@GerryXIII @DeanaJAyers I have seen white saviorism in my SW program as well. I think it is something that needs to be addressed in the classroom more frequently #SUSocialWork #MacroSW

It also manifests in SW practice in that many of the clients of SWers are directly impacted by white supremacy, & SWers need to be aware of this and work to dismantle systems of white supremacy. #MacroSW

This manifests in SW practice in that SW is a largely white institution that is trying to act as a “savior” to communities of color, while many white SWers do little to change how their own lives perpetuate systems of white supremacy. #MacroSW

A1: White supremacy looks like the world around us, that has colonized the land and cultures of people of color, given privileges and power to white people and white communities, & kept communities of color in poverty and disrepair. #MacroSW

Hey everyone in tonight's #MacroSW chat! My name is Gerry and I'm an MSW student from UB

@NYGovCuomo This did not age well

We are taking every action to make sure NYers are safe. But undue anxiety and fear is a threat in itself. Let's fight fear with facts: •80% of the people who get the #coronavirus will self-resolve •Some context: There are thousands of people in the hospital today with the flu

A9 (2/2): Social workers need to be conscious of how we ourselves are playing into theses systems of inequality, and be willing to change ourselves, our own workplaces, our academic systems, and our profession. #MacroSW

A9 (1/2): Social workers need to advocate for marginalized people, including low income people. Social workers need to be on the front lines, agitating for change and directly impacting the lives of the people harmed by systemic inequalities. #MacroSW