1. How can social workers apply the liberatory consciousness framework to understanding privilege and oppression?
2. This week, you were introduced to the liberatory consciousness framework. For this
week’s discussion, find one current event or news item related to stigma, discrimination, or oppression. Make sure that you are evaluating the source & its origins and the author for potential or existing bias by following the ACT UP method provided on the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIXJvhYls_Y&t=55s
Then, please write a brief discussion board post in which you do the following:
- Summarize the news item or issue in one sentence (provide a link if relevant) and describe what you were able to find out about the author and/or publication in
- terms of bias and reliability.
- Then, select one of the aspects of the liberatory consciousness framework – awareness, analysis, action, or allyship – and discuss how that aspect of the framework allows you to think differently or in new ways about this news item.
- How can the framework help you think differently about this news item or your
- response to it?