Duc Tran (he/him)

I am a Vietnamese-Aussie globe-trotting pacifist social worker/programme manager in Digital Tech and Coproduction. My views are mine; retweets can inspire too.

[Duc Tran (he/him) @Act2Care]

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[NIHR ARC Northwest London @ARC_NWL]

Professor @DrDougalH from @Imperial_PCPH, Professor Fiona Verity from @Bruneluni and @Act2Care Duac Tran from @Brent_Council at our #CLEvent answering questions from the audience while sharing their perspectives on #SocialCare integration

[Research in Practice @researchIP]

We're delighted to launch 'A brighter social care future' Evidence Review, co-produced by @researchIP and @socfuture. Explore five key changes needed in social care to unlock an equal life. 1/2

[BASW @BASW_UK]

ICYMI: Last week, we outlined our opposition to the UK Government's plans to cut net migration. ❌

The measures announced by the Home Secretary fail to recognise the importance and contribution of overseas workers.

Read our full response ⬇️

https://t.co/cFfMjP2xQ0

[The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary]

Our new Reading Room exhibition, Documenting Atrocities: Synagogue attacks during Kristallnacht, marks 85 years since the November Pogrom when across the Reich synagogues were targeted during the violence

Find out more about the documents on display: https://t.co/OgRPkm3Stb

[Islamophobia Awareness Month @IslamophobiaAM]

We've had some amazing events happening across the UK in support of Islamophobia Awareness Month with many organisations and individuals sharing their inspiring #MuslimStories! 🧡

You can also get involved in #IAM2023 by attending an event near you: https://t.co/hukXgOJRNT

[@juliamaryross CBE @juliamaryross]

Amazing line up for Dr David N Jones awarded honorary degree by University of London | Social Work Today ⁦⁦@BASW_UK⁩ https://t.co/lNPsQav2MC

[CASW / ACTS @CASW_ACTS]

Join us later today for a fascinating conversation with three excellent panelists!

We'll discuss the importance of multi-agency collaboration, evidence-based approaches and the role of social workers across the prevention spectrum.

Learn more: https://t.co/0r3zgNGZ2Z

[United Nations @UN]

In conflict, civilians always pay the highest price.

War is not the answer.

We need peace.

[Rebekah Pierre @RebekahPierre92]

COVER REVEAL

Delighted to share the final book cover for Free Loaves on Fridays, designed by care-experienced illustrator Abi Morris.

From day 1, ensuring CEP had ownership of what was inside & outside the book was priority. Credit to Art Director @mecobtweets for your support.

[Mithran Samuel @mithransamuel]

A challenge from bodies including @BASW_UK and @SocialWorkersWB to local authorities about their response to the Illegal Migration Act 2023, including in relation to safeguarding asylum-seeking children (both unaccompanied and those with families). #socialwork #asylum

[Blue Dragon @BlueDragonVN]

Along with financial assistance, Blue Dragon's 170 university & college students receive training to prepare them for the workplace. In partnership with the Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi, this week they learned about labor laws and their rights as employees.

[Vikki Slade MP 🔶💙 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @VikkiSlade72]

this is so powerful and incredibly important for the Trans community and for those who have never knowingly known someone a trans person. Ditch the scare mongering, and understand the person inside, who just doesn't match the outside. #WeAreAllPeople

[Adam Wagner KC @AdamWagner1]

This. I think that people get mixed up between reasons and excuses.

There are plenty of reasons why a person may choose to murder/torture/kidnap/rape civilians - they can include growing up in a terrible situation, living in a place like Gaza which has no hope and inhuman conditions - which are caused in part by Israel but also by Hamas. It would be odd to ignore those reasons. But they only go so far.

I often act in inquests about people who have taken their own lives in prisons. There will inevitably be medical records which tell their story and often they lived sad and sometimes horrific lives. And they committed terrible crimes. It can’t be a coincidence.

But there has to be a point - and there is a point - where background factors are no more than that. People have agency - they are not the unthinking products of their environment.

So while there may be relevant reasons which led a person to do terrible, inhuman things, such as massacre hundreds of young people attending a music festival, or going door to door in a kibbutz to mow down families, we do not treat those reasons as excusing their conduct. And we don’t expect, if we do those things ourselves, to be excused. They are *crimes*. We call it *terrorism* for a reason - it is done to create terror and carnage. That is the purpose.

Human rights laws and ideas are not the ultimate answer to any question, and certainly not to one of the most complex and entrenched conflicts in the world. But I like to think they do clarify some of the lines which cannot be crossed, whatever the reason, whether it’s extreme religious ideology or a misguided attempt at retribution. And that includes all sides.

That doesn’t mean we should ignore background factors, but they must be put in their proper place, which is background not justification.

Murder - torture - kidnap - rape - these are never excusable and should never be excused.

[Vikki Slade MP 🔶💙 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @VikkiSlade72]

The attacks on #Israel are horrific, the blockades & restrictions on #Gaza over many years are barbaric. The world needs to help these two nations broker peace & stop the massacre of innocents. I hope the coming days will see this senseless murder stop, will we never learn?

[Duc Tran (he/him) @Act2Care]

I am deeply saddened by the violence in Israel and Palestine which affects many innocents including Jewish people in the UK who have nothing to do with the Israeli-Palistine conflict. I hope and pray for peace for the region and for our communities 🙏#Stand4Peace #No2Hate

[Shoaib M Khan @ShoaibMKhan]

This is amazing news.

Great win for the truth.

Great shame for @SuellaBraverman and her party.

"Suella Braverman falsely claimed child grooming gangs in the UK were “almost all British-Pakistani”, according to a ruling by the press regulator, Ipso."

https://t.co/hlnp0NNEFM

[Refugee Action @RefugeeAction]

We must fight tooth and nail any attempt to strip people of their fundamental rights, many of which were secured after the atrocities of World War 2.

It's especially terrifying as climate collapse, wealth inequality, violence and persecution are driving more people to do what any one of us would do and leave our homes in search of safety.

Leaders in rich countries must own up to how their policies contribute to human displacement, change their path, and work together to broaden protections and reinforce people's rights.

https://t.co/5MMquSs0Cm

[ifsw @IFSW]

Social workers play a key role in Peace building and this needs highlighting....
https://t.co/YmpNrSLV2b
#peace #globalgoals

[Duc Tran (he/him) @Act2Care]

I am looking forward to meeting social workers from around the UK and overseas at this networking event✈️😀🙌🏾

[BASW Diaspora Social Workers SIG @BASWDiasporaSIG]

Are you an overseas qualified social worker who are working in the UK or who intend to come to work or study soon? Please join our network meeting on Wednesday 27th September to meet other social workers in the UK and abroad. Email: [email protected] @BASW_UK