Category Archives: The Connector

Tools, people, events, funding, and training opportunities to equip you to strengthen your communities.

5 Steps to Getting an Associate Clinical Social Work License* in California

This post is written for people at least somewhat familiar with social work training and education. Thus, some terms & acronyms (e.g., ‘supervision’) are used without explanation. *Upon receiving my actual paperwork, I learned that the Associate Clinical Social Work (ASW) credintial “IS NOT A LICENSE, IT IS A REGISTRATION.”  This makes it clear that…

For the 36 y.o. brotha wanting to go back to college… #blackedu #hiphoped #latism

So I’m up (WAY too late) reading things on the internet & I stumbled across a story on HuffPo about this girl who graduated college with $16K in the bank for grad school. There was a 36 y.o. Black man in the comments asking for help, so I began what would have become a multi-part…

So I Met Celeste Watkins-Hayes… *runs in circles* #phdchat #blackedu #hiphoped

So today, I got to tell one of my academic sheroes that she inspired me to embark upon this journey. (I probably also should’ve told her I don’t hold it against her on the days when I’m upset, just in case she finds this blog, LOL.) For all the drama we endure in this program,…

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