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Hey y'all whether it's morning evening or afternoon I'm just glad that you guys had decided to

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vibe with E. Yes the one and only E. And today this podcast episode is really really really

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really really really very important to me because it impacts on my career. So I think y'all know

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what it is because I mentioned it like early in the beginning of the month but if you don't know

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sit back and get comfortable because I'm about to tell you. So without being sad y'all whether y'all

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on the go or doing whatever the case may be I just want y'all to sit back relax and enjoy

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hearing my voice or while I do some doing hearing my voice because why not. So so so so if you're

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new here welcome welcome welcome and if you're not new to this but true to this hey y'all what's

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up and what's popping and let's get into it. As always happy Wednesday whatever day y'all listen

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to this Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday I don't know but happy day to y'all.

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I hope you're all are having a wonderful day as well as whatever you guys listen to it. Also

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happy spring like spring is finally here but it's still cold as hell outside and I think the

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weather needs to go back to how it was last week and two weeks ago because I was seeing

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70s and 60s down back at like the 40s and 50s I'm not with that but hopefully you know it gets to

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where it's supposed to be and we're gonna rock out. So let's get into it because this one is just so

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exciting to me and I'm probably a little bit behind but I don't care we're gonna celebrate this all

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month okay. So today's month of the day is social work. Yes yes yes yes yes yes because this is

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social works month social workers month as well as international women's month however the day

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of social work was May 19th which was yesterday but it's okay like I said we're still gonna

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celebrate this because this is very important to me as a social worker in training this I'm

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gonna let this be known and I'm gonna give y'all all the the ins and outs of how it is to be a

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social worker as well as preparing to be a social worker in what I have experienced and learned

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on this journey. So let's get into it. Happy social workers day to all the social workers out there

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in training, storming down whatever your social worker period in my eyes and I'm so very so so

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so very proud of y'all because it's not easy and we have a big shoes to fill especially when it

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comes to whatever you know type of social worker you are as well as you know you have your nurses

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your doctors teachers lawyers everything like that we are all equal just like that okay so on May 19th

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that's when social workers day was its social work day was created and today we celebrate that

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with all the amazing social workers worldwide and promoting justice equality and well-being for all

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so we got to continue to stand together advocate for change and build a bright future for everyone

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because together as social workers we can make a difference within whatever group we're working with

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okay because I'm ready to get into with y'all Mark Ro, Mazzo, Mark Yaddo because don't get me started

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but we learned that further down the line when I really like getting to explaining my experience

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of how it is maybe today or maybe in another episode but right now we'm just going to give

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y'all the backgrounds of a social worker so it is saying you know world social work day

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but the vibe probably be social workers in general and y'all know I gotta talk about my black social

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workers okay because we we we that we just we just that no offense to any other social worker

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within any other race but black social workers I see a lot of us every day every every day on

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my tic-tac in Instagram I see a lot of black social workers and I'm surrounded by a lot of

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black social workers because of my hbcu okay so let me get into it what is a social worker a social

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worker is a professional dedicated to improving the well-being and the quality of individuals

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families in the community they work with in a variety settings including schools high school

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government agencies and nonprofit organizations their prime goal is to help people navigate

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through the challenges such as poverty homelessness mental health issues abuse and substance abuse

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social workers often provide counseling, education and resources to empower individuals

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and families to overcome obstacles and achieve stability they may also collaborate with other

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professionals such as psychologists doctors and educators to assure comprehension to support

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their clients now let me give y'all a little taste for what type of social worker I'm going to be

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because I always like try to give people like hints on what I want to do and I'm like y'all know

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I want to be a school social worker and the reason why I want to be a school social worker is because

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I will never forget in middle school the counselors that I that I had dealt with

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they made an impact on to my life and since that day years years ago they have impacted me in a way

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to become a school social worker because they helped me it was either to be a social worker or

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a counselor either one a school counselor they still intertwine because they still worked again

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and the only difference is their title and if you don't know guys I do have my certification as

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behavioral health specialist trainee within counseling so I guess I'm specializing both

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but I really really have a turn on detour turn into a social worker and there's nothing wrong

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with either one of it because I support both of it but they also help with each other and I might

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get my master's in social work may not social work I'm about to I am going to get my master's

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in social work but and also in counseling as well because that one is like a little bit I would probably say easy

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but it's also the same level but it'd be considered human resources so either way shout out to counselors

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therapists as well as psychologists because it's not easy at all to study and to become

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these people it's not easy so if you have a counselor therapist psychologist social worker

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please honor them and give them the up to respect the day they deserve because it's not easy it's

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not and the thing is like I learned from both counseling when I was in community college

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and up until now as an undergrad is that when you are in the field of willing to help others

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especially with their mental health and things of that nature you have to remember to sometimes

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it's hard to say it's hard to stay consistent to your feelings because at times you don't want to

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make it about you first of all we can't make it about ourselves at all period as social workers

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we're here to help our clients or client and we have to keep in mind that it's our duty to protect

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them at all causes and also let them know that we're here for them displaying everything that

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they need and wants and things like that and at times we do want to show our emotions but they

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tell us not to and I understand why because you know you don't want your client to be like oh my

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god she can't help me she can't keep us out together but sometimes we have to you know break

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to let our clients know we understand and at the end of the day we're human so like I said if you

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have a social worker counselors like colleges therapists whatever please please please give

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them their flowers because it's not easy because they are going through things as well as well as

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willing to help you and I'll never forget in my social policy class my professor told me and all

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the other all my other classmates that in order for you to help someone you have to help yourself

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first so you have to help yourself before you can be willing to help others and since that day I

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was able to you know sit with a counselor be able to figure out what's going on with me because

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as a social worker you got big shoes to fill and you have to make sure you're straight before you

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can fix anybody else's life and help them in the ways that they need help with so play your cards

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right but also keep in mind before you do anything you have to make sure you're good like I tell you

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all the time if you're new here sometimes we might have to 5 10 15 20 25 30 the hour whatever

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just have a mirror conversation or to just soak in what's going on to make sure that we're okay to

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have that mirror one on one or whatever conversation like they've been like listen up let it all out

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you know social workers play a significant role in addressing social issues such as injustice

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and advocating for systematic change to improve the lives of many groups they strive to uphold

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ethnic standards and culture sensitivity and their practice realization the diverse and needs

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of background of their clients social workers encourages and research policy development and

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community outreach to address board social issues and to promote social justice overall social

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workers are compassionate professional commitment to fostering positive change and creating a more

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equality instability society now like for me to be a school social worker I want to work with middle

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school or high school children for me I have to make sure that I'm creating a safe space period

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that's number one rule you have to create a safe space for your clients because they're the ones

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that are willing to come to you about anything and it's our duty to make sure that they are getting

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the justice and help that they deserve because like I said it's hard at times to provide the

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needs that they need but we're social workers of course we have to do that because that's what

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we signed them for that's what we made a decision for once we went through all these undergrads

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grad school and even to be doctors and we're so on and so on even a lot of social workers

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has even opened their own practice to be able to help them and have others underneath them to help

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their clients as well it's not easy it's not easy and a lot of people think oh social worker

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oh only time to see a social worker is like within on tv or not really um in the presence

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we're there you just can't point us out and I and I've seen that on tiktok a lot of social workers

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be like sometimes people when you're recognizing especially when it comes to us black social workers

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in training and social workers black social workers period so as a african-american woman

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like myself that's going to be a social worker I'm advocating for all black children whatever

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school I work for I'm advocating for them because I'm wants to make sure that they're getting

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the justice that they deserve regardless how big or small their issue is they deserve to have a voice

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and they deserve to get the help that they deserve and the reason why I said middle school or high

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schools because middle school they just got out of military school and they're preparing for high

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school and at times that's where you get to identify who you are you get a sense of who you are you get

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to see who are your friends you're gonna see what you like what you don't like you got to see you get

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to see what's for you and what's not for you and as you go to high school it's like all right it's

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right here I'm preparing for college trade the world period and as a person like myself that dealt

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with things in middle school as well as preparing for high school I noticed that a lot of children

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at those ages between the ages of 11 going on to 18 19 deal with depression deal with anxiety deal

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with a lot of things that they should not be dealing with but it happens because at times you

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know how children are sometimes children's are sometimes children are bullies sometimes you have

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to do things to fit in and I will always want to advocate to my future clients that I deal with my

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students was I want to put this in more want to mode this in their head is to be comfortable who you

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are and if a person doesn't like you for who you are then they don't need to be around you I learned

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that in middle school you have to be comfortable within your skin and you have to be comfortable

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of what you believe in and what you stand for yes at times people don't believe what you believe

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and that's okay but it's really it really always had me so messed up where people were bully people

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for just being who they are and like who they are and all the stuff that you know back then when

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we were younger and I was younger all the stuff that we like that people didn't like now it's a

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trend like being people like I don't understand people be like being weird doing weird stuff and

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then everybody like oh I'm aware of it sounds like that I'm like huh like I'll never forget y'all like

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if y'all haven't listened to the bully episode I never forget when I was gonna bully this with

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being smart not like you know being smart out the mouth being smart brain lies and it just

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it it always just triggered me because I'm like what you want me to be done you know people people

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just don't you know children they don't know what to say but I feel like once you're in middle school

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that's when your majority level should develop and you should know you know right from wrong but

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it takes time for people when it's okay it's all right but as a future school social worker I'm

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always gonna mold into my students is that no matter what's going on always remember that don't

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be afraid to be who you are don't be afraid to speak your piece because you're human at the end of

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the day and your life matters who gives a crap what I don't like about you and it's my duty to make

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sure that you remember that you are important you're special in everything in that nature

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and I'm going to serve you with the justice that you deserve especially if I don't care how big or

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small the issue is I don't care how many issues come my way impacting my students I will be that

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social worker that's going to be there for children and I hope they remember that as they go on within

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there if their college careers trades military with whatever the case may be I always told myself as

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I entered undergrad and social worker that I must put an impact on the children because I'll never

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forget like I said my counselors that was at my middle school put an impact on me to the point

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where they created a group to help young black girls know that they're comfortable who they are

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it's okay to be different it's okay to be you know it's okay to be different period but always remember

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that you are important and don't let nobody sell you short don't let nobody tell you all the nasty

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things about you whatever tell nasty stuff to you be strong and they taught me how to be comfortable

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I am because we all had you know self-esteem and stuff like that and I'm telling you them

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counter-philism social workers of therapists and psychologists are the ones that are there to help

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you that's why I don't I don't hate nobody that works especially in the education system as well

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as the teachers every little staff member whoever because it's hard it is hard and within this

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generation it's very hard because now social media plays a big part and as a black social worker

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and trainer I'm going to make sure that they know the difference between real life situations

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that's going on versus the internet and trolling and doing things just for cloud okay so why are

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black social workers important but baby let me tell you black social workers are important because

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we play a crucial role in addressing the unique challenges faced by black individuals families

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and communities we bring a deep understanding of the historical and systematic factors that

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contribute to social equality in racial discriminations by us impacting the cultural complex approach

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with us as black social workers we can connect with our clients and provide a meaningful support

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and advocate for their needs within the social service system we are the ones that are able to

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to pursue help and ensure that black voices are heard and that are served to address every situation

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they have when it comes to culture social and economic issues within the black community us as

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black social workers are the ones that are able to advocate within social justices social justice

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challenging obstacles structures and work towards systematic change that will promote

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equality and empowerment for black individuals in the community now like I mentioned within the

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black community every time I think every class I took so far was in my undergrad we always had

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discussion on would you feel comfortable having a social worker counselor therapist whatever the

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case may be to advocate for you and I always said yes because we understand each other like the back

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of our hand and there's no offense to the other race but I feel like they wouldn't understand us

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for us and they wouldn't understand everything we go through they would not understand why things

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happen like within the community that's another thing too that also I forgot to mention when it

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comes to school community plays a big role because a lot of children you know they're coming from all

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over where I'm from and from Baltimore you have the city you have the county you got like deep in

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the trenches in the city you got the language lifestyle in the county you know you got all this

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stuff these narratives and stuff that people are saying but it's like at the end of the day

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sometimes your community don't define who you are and I always like I always said that even when I

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was in high school I always say you know I'm from Baltimore I'd like what's the school in the county

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my first year high school half of my year high school they transferred back in the city it didn't

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define who I was because at the end of the day no matter where I'm from it's not going to find who

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I am with them when it comes to like if I'm from the city or county and where I'm from you could

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tell who's from where you could tell who is from the city and who's from the county but I always

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tell people don't let your community define who you are because at times that's not true you know

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like I said I went to school in the county you know and even though I was born in the county

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were raised in the city I don't let that define me I don't let that define me because

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I'm a different type of person I'm a different type of breed you know like certain people that

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grew up in the hood they don't let the hood define who they are because they grew out of that you

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know people would be like oh you can take a person out of the hood but you can't take the hood out

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of them yeah that's true but you're not going to let that define me like sometimes you have to show

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that side but you gotta be careful because people will be like oh every little thing you do they

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try to define that as you and I'd be like I don't make no sense because it's like nowadays things

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change when I was little you know people didn't really want to be in the county they want to be

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in the city and then I'm old is like people in the city want to be in the county it's like huh

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what's going on like you know some people want to figure till they make it and I'd be like you know

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even if you was born in the suburb it's okay it's all right you don't gotta play you know play like

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you a city girl or you a hood boy whatever the case may be it's okay to be different it's okay

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you know at times I feel like your community do not define who you are regardless you know

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you born and raised there cool don't let define you because like like I say I'm from I'm from

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Baltimore people be like oh you live in the gutter you come from what they say body more like I hear

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the most craziest things and I don't let that define me because I know what I'm a part of it I know

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what I'm not a part of yes I love my city born and raised here love it but some of the stuff y'all

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saying to stop me that's not me that's not in my everyday life I'm everyday living no okay so when

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it comes to us black social workers like things like that we are wanted we're able to let our

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clients know our students what I'm know like look don't let that define you like don't let that do

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that to you because people are just crazy people are really pretty crazy and I'm gonna tell you how

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us black social workers have an impact on us all people us black social workers can make a significant

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impact on our community by just being there within the cultural um comparisons like I just made the

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empathy and the skills that we have to address a unique of us black people in the for our individuals

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in the communities like through the culture side of things we're there for support service support

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that we can help our clients navigate the system barriers that also heal them for historic trauma

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and build resistance by being the voices by being the voice for our community and advocating for them

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within the policies and research us black social workers can put a huge effect on to the systematic

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change and challenges the root causes of social justice by our presence within the field by also

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having that service as well as the source of inspiring and empowerment we're offering a responsible

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role that that mows us for our clients to be role models in the sense of letting them know that

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someone's here someone's able to help you especially with an income in the community

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black social workers play a very very very deep role when it comes to promoting social justice

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like I'm mentioning empowering and healing within the black communities as a whole as a big whole

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so when it comes to how does black people in social workers intertwine with each other we do

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because we understand each other most of us social workers out here has dealt with the things that

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our clients are going to tell us that we'll be like I understand and I'm gonna tell you

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you things that I did but I'm gonna tell you what you're gonna have to do you know and also as a

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social worker therapist client with a therapist counselor all that we have to make sure that

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we don't make it about us because this is about our client we can give them our insight but we

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cannot tell them what we'd like you can't tell them how we just can't make it about ourselves

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that's just the whole thing don't make it about ourselves we have to be there to mow our clients

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that we're here for them regardless of whatever going on we're here for them especially when it

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comes to black community us as a black community has to sit together we have to especially for the

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generation growing up and coming up in this world no matter what type of industry you're going into

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nursing lawyer teacher engineering whatever case may be I hope that we're able to mow our children

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not even just you know as near as social worker counselor step is everybody that's going to hbc

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use that are part of the black community please make sure you mow the generation under you make

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sure you let them know that it's okay we're here we understand we're going to be there for you with

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open arms don't be afraid that's why I want to be a social worker because that's where at times

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you know at times they they don't have nobody to talk to outside of school and most of time a lot

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of children gravitate to their teachers counselors and other staff members and social workers things

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like that because they understand them and they have a safe space you know because you know outside

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of your house once you know most children know of their house school maybe their work environment

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and maybe like sports whatever sometimes we have to be the ones that are able to be there for us

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be there for our children especially mentors have got to mention they play a very very very

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very big role mentors coaches whatever the case may be anything impacting with a child

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we have to make sure that children understand that they are important they're very important

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and they're very precious and we have to make sure that nobody and nothing comes against them

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or try to play them because this is a crazy world it's very crazy and I would be hurts to see one

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of mine be affected and that's why we have to have people that are willing to do the excreta

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for children because they need it and that's where social workers come into play counselors mentors

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therapists because we know how the brain works what the brain can take what it's not going to take

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and what they need to make sure that they don't have to go through this so that's when it comes

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to play when our black socials when our black social workers most of the time needed baby we

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need it at all times black social workers they say are often we're often most of the time needed

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within the community yes at all times when it comes to systematic racism economic economic issues

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and social justice issues that are impacted within black individuals and their family

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going back to the community it's the clues within their neighbors with the high rates of

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poverty crime access to health care education and historical events black social workers

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we play a crucial role within the setting within a school where we can support black

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students facing all types of struggles within academics in the crime justice system we're able

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to advocate for them as far as the treatment the rehab ability being there for the children

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period during times of crisis such as natural disasters or public emergencies us black social

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workers are the ones that are in charge of providing a cultural support group and resources for

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black communities that are being affected by these events overall us black social workers are

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important and needed whenever they are systematic barriers to equal opportunities for advocating

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and empowering the black community like I mentioned when it comes to school and neighborhoods a lot

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of the schools that are in these neighborhoods you'd be surprised of how good the school looks

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versus within the outside you know like outside school looks good and the neighborhood sometimes

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looks like what the hell and it's like I see why a lot of people in the black community at times

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don't want their kids going to schools in the city because most of the schools that's in the city

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are surrounded by a neighborhood that they're terrified of and I thank god every day that the

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schools that I went to I'm gonna say high school when I transferred the neighborhood was not as bad

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but like for down the line like most point elementary school it was good now I'm gonna say this

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even though at times within a community you know it could be so peaceful at times like I said

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within the new the new generation coming up we got a really really really washed up because

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in the city you know I went to a city school down the street from is like a shopping center

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and where I'm from yes you'll see dudes on the corner and stuff like that and I understand

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the fear that people have because I still fear to this day for myself but I'm not even in middle

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school or high school and I'm in college that's where it's like my college is open campus from up to

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down the whole damn block and it's a shopping center and my old high school is right down the

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street from my university I go to now I fear every day for them children as well as this as well as

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my peers at my university because it's crime everywhere and this is like you wouldn't expect

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crimes to happen to certain places especially within the private and it's so crazy because

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people think oh probably don't need to see hell no it's probably in the county too like I work in

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the mall and I see like sometimes around the mall a lot of homeless people a lot of like places that

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are so like picture perfect they'll say some of that has to go through poverty it breaks my heart

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because like it's children that's growing up seeing this and not support the parents that

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will move head to head to make sure that their kids don't go through that like for me instance

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where I live at live at my whole life down there it wasn't a lot of crime but every now and then

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you're here and your phone light up to the synapse that's what we have this is this this

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happened and it don't be so far from home and it just be like it scares you because it's like

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dang if it's happening over there it can happen over here like I said I'm from Baltimore people

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be like that's that's charm crime city not necessarily because this states that's going

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through 10 times worst shit that we're going through that's impacted with children and it

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hurts me every day I go and what we have on Instagram murder Inc on the news anything just

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hearing about something that did that's being dealt with with the child the child don't deserve that

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a child wasn't even able to live their life due to something that had nothing to do with them

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and that's the thing I think we're too bullets have no name to it they have no name to it people

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who have a shootout and then and then don't even realize they just shoot innocent people especially

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children they're very very innocent especially when it comes to within a school environment

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you want to put your children in one of the best schools ever but sometimes it's like

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those best the schools the best schools ever have their best bullshit so and then it's like

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do I want to home school my child do I want to do so I do it's like a lot and that's why us

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that are social workers counselors mentors coaches teachers whatever have to make sure

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that we conduct a safe environment for these children mentally and physically especially

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for us because we're putting ourselves on the line and it's not hard god it is hard it is hard

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sometimes we think it's not hard because what we see the outside looking in the baby the inside

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is hard it's very very hard and when it comes to healthcare have it access to healthcare

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I never forget in my policy class I never understood policy that much until I took

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it last semester and it's so crazy how and everything impacted policy within the black people

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were screwed like having access to healthcare having access to a lot of benefits were screwed

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were screwed and that's why us social workers that are working within communities nonprofit

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hospital schools communities dealing with substance abuse physical mental abuse we are the ones that

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are advocating for our community to get the resources that they need because if we don't have

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it we're screwed it's already bad enough we're screwed to get it but why be screwed enough

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and not had such as dental insurance doctor insurance the insurance period it's hard it's

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so hard y'all it makes me so emotional just talking about it because us social workers are putting

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ourselves on the line and people just think oh social workers don't make jack are you dumb

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are you dumb we make a good penny especially counselors mentors teachers like colleges

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all of that impacting on well-being we make a good penny so if you hear anybody say oh social

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workers don't make nothing oh a counselor oh a coach oh a teacher oh this they'll make much okay

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okay all right you'll see you'll see trust me as I always like I always tell people I'm going to

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school to be a social worker for my undergrad they're like oh you ain't gonna make no money huh

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because people always think oh nurses doctors lawyers

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judges police officers they make more what no we make almost down there the same

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but that's the thing if you're passionate about something you really not worried about the cost

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of how much you're making you're worried about making a change yes you're worried about the money

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of course you gotta worry about your money because you've got bills and stuff to pay but you're really

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looking at the highlight of this is what I went to school for this is where I stress having no

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sleep this way I stress so working with no days off this is what I stress to work two three jobs

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take care of myself take care of my family whatever the case may be so I can get here and that's how

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I look at it yes I'll make sure I'm making some six figure money but I'm also making sure that I'm

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doing what I said I was going to do in display what I'm going to do work and put some ass off to

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get to where I will be in a year or two so with that being said happy social work

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to all social workers out there because baby it's not easy but I'm telling you now we're

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going to make a difference and we will make sure that our clients will get the justice that they

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deserve no matter how big or small the issue is we as social workers are the ones in control

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to navigate to make sure that our clients get everything that they want in need in the right

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way and also we have to provide a safe space for them because they have to be comfortable with us

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as well as we have to be comfortable with them take it from somebody that went to counseling

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my very first counseling session y'all I will not lie to y'all I bust down the tears because I'm

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not gonna lie to y'all we're gonna talk to somebody that don't know you from a king of paint

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and they're willing to help you

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and you get that sense of the feel the vibe from a person you get that sense of I feel safe

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and I feel like if no judgment zone here that's when it comes to place use me I'm not gonna lie to

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y'all my first counseling session with my counselor I bust out I felt comfortable with her I had

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did you know some research because you can do research on your counselors social workers I

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think don't be afraid you know do your research that's like how you pick it for a doctor you know

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hairstyle this is definitely you gotta do your research you don't want to just go to nobody and then

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do your research it's like dang what the hell I signed up for you know so it's okay do your research

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and I will be proud to give my clients and everybody the platforms that they need to make sure that

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they're comfortable with me that's nothing too the overall thing when it comes to helping people

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mentally physically we have to make sure that they do their background checking they're comfortable

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because you don't want to put yourself in a predicament where you have to work with a person

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and you don't feel comfortable with them no don't do that because it's gonna it's gonna mess you up

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it's gonna mess with your mental trust me that's like working with somebody and you just can't

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you just can't you can't deal with them okay yeah they're good with them you know handling business

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but like the way they're talking to you you have to be good all around all around the board like

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communication wise understanding me and also handling my business you can't just be good at one

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thing it's lacking in something else hell nah I refuse that goes for your doctors your nurses your

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teachers everything you want to make sure that they're all around the board good to your liking

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in what you're looking for can't half-ass shit especially within a career that's impacting with

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with making sure that your clients get everything they deserve and they're and helping them get over

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but not even get over I like to say patching closing the door on things because like I

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had my session I told my client I told my counselor straight up I don't want to say

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put it in the past but putting a seal onto the things I've been through being able to let it

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out and just put in the cap on like you know when you open up a drink and you open the cap up

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I want to put the cap back on that bottle at the top and tighten up so tight so the point

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where I can't open it no more and that's our job as social workers so to all the social

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workers out there that's an undergrad grad school all that I was so so proud of you it's not easy

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but baby it's going to work out in the end because you're doing one hell of a good job and you will

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be an amazing social worker counselor mentor therapist psychiatrist whatever the case may be

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this is your season you're going to get there and if nobody's proud of you I'm proud of you

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because we have to stick together and we have to encourage each other as well as giving each

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other our flowers okay so with that being said y'all I hope you enjoyed this episode because I did

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I hope you guys stay safe and sound you get warm a little cold the weather's a little bipolar but

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it's okay just stay stay safe period and stay cautious of what's going on give the people that

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you don't give their flowers to the most giving they flowers you know check up on your people

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do do something good for a change do something out of faith I don't leave do a surprise just

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do something good today I wish y'all enough of a peace of blessings and as always you guys will

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hear from me next Wednesday bye