Emma Halftown

Advanced year MSW student at the University at Buffalo!

[Lauren Siminski @SiminskiLauren]

Does anyone have links to free social work CEUs? #socialwork #AcademicChatter

[Lauren Siminski @SiminskiLauren]

@CharlaYearwood @Emma_Hill_MSW @PatShellySSW I think it starts with looking at the many systems that oppress POC which then lead their kids into care (lack of access to counseling and resources, lower socioeconomic status, etc.) we need to address those issues and systemic racism before anything else. #macrosw

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

@Jill_Meyer Why not look at UB as a whole. I attended UB for my undergrad and now my graduate level work and before last semester I didn't have a single teacher who was a POC. Scratch that look at the entire education system #MacroSW

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

@Channel13304081 @SiminskiLauren You're absolutely right and that is what is wrong with society. No one should be made to feel silenced or have to hide what they think or feel because they are worried how others would react #MacroSW

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

I knew this was coming! #MacroSw

[Lauren Siminski @SiminskiLauren]

@OfficialMacroSW I work in foster care, went to family court and was sitting next to biracial foster parents, directly next to the white husband. Judge automatically assumed I was the foster mother because I was white. I cant imagine how that mom must have felt #macrosw

[Channel_Lashae, MSW, LGSW @Channel_Lashae]

@SiminskiLauren @Emma_Hill_MSW I think being able to speak up without the fear of repercussion is also a privilege

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

@SiminskiLauren Rightfully so!

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

Im currently placed in a foster care agency and the employees within the organization are predominantly white while the birth parents we work with are either more often or at least half the time a POC. Which just perpetuates the idea that whites are superior or know best #macrosw

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

I personally have never felt oppressed based on race. I feel that part of the problem is that white individuals don't acknowledge the issue. Instead they pretend as if they don't see it... "colorblindness" shouldn't be a solution we have differences for a reason #MacroSW

[#MacroSW Moderator @OfficialMacroSW]

Decolonizing social work is about removing the destructive practices, beliefs, and practices, which have denied marginalized groups of their rights and freedoms. #MacroSW

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

Hi everyone! It's Emma from the University at Buffalo's MSW program! Third #MacroSW Twitter chat here we go!

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! Loved this chat! #macrosw

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

@MaritzaM135 We just had to submit those at UB #nerves #MacroSW

[UBuffalo Social Work @UBSSW]

A4 One of the highlights of the year for @PatShellySSW is the annual #advocacy trips with students to #Albany #WashingtonDC and the #UN! #macrosw

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

@scordero_msw21 Thank you

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

The next big thing coming up in my life is I'M GETTING MARRIED in July #MacroSW

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

@ms11angie CONGRATULATIONS #MacroSW

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

@SimplyBKelly I was actually a health communication and public relations undergrad so I worked in their Public Affairs department. Its actually what pushed me to get my MSW, because I wanted to work more one on one with the veterans!!

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

@Cristal_DLT I know what I want just crossing my fingers I get it #MacroSW

[Emma Halftown @Emma_Hill_MSW]

@MarshAlesia @melaniesage I'm currently an intern at GA Family Services its a foster care agency in West Seneca, NY. It is tough work, but so very rewarding when something positive happens, BIG OR SMALL!