Advanced Practice in Afrocentric Social Work

3 credits

Required of students in the Black Leadership in Social Work Field-of-Practice; electives for others. As part of a holistic approach, the content of the course is directed towards a critical examinationof social work from an African-centered perspective. The Afrocentric perspective is an orientationto data that places African people as participants and agents in shaping their life chances andexperiences. We will explore implementing an Afrocentric perspective across developmentalstages with Black communities, families, groups, and organizations. We will discuss theconnection between intersectionality and anti-racism with the Afrocentric perspective; lastly, wewill explore ways to implement the Ubuntu model and Hip Hop in clinical and macro social workpractice. Thus, the course is intended to be descriptive, theoretical, practice focused, experiential,provocative, and emancipatory.