Ada Deer
CSSW connection: Ada Deer received her MSW from our School in 1961, the first Native American to do so. In 1998, in recognition of her contributions to Native American advocacy and scholarship, she was inducted into our School’s Alumni Hall of Fame; and her name is on the board of donors that graces our building’s lobby.
Path to political involvement: After earning her BSW and MSW degrees and serving as a school social worker in New York and Milwaukee, Deer, a member of the Menominee Tribe in Wisconsin, entered politics at the grassroots level, becoming the spokesperson for her tribe when their federal recognition was in danger of being “terminated.” Termination of Indian tribes meant that all members would be required to live as ordinary American citizens, and the tribe would lose its right to self-government, various federal supports and protections, and most crucially, members’ rights to their land. Deer went to Washington, DC, as Menominee Tribe’s represent
Jeanette Takamura
CSSW connection:Jeanette Takamura served as the School of Social Work’s dean, the first woman to do so, from 2002 to 2016. She is now a professor at the School in addition to being dean emerita, teaching courses on federal policy.
Path to political involvement: Though she began her career as a practicing social worker serving youth and families, Jeanette Takamura was soon called to serve in government first at the state, and then at the national, level with the goal of advancing policies and programs in aging, health, and related areas. In her native Hawaii, she became involved in Hawaii state government, serving as the chief operating officer of the Hawaii State Department of Health and then as the Director of the Executive Office on Aging within the State of Hawaii’s Office of the Governor, covering aging, health, and long-term care programs for the state.
A social worker sees a dog chained up in the bitter cold without food, water or shelter in the yard of a client s home.
But because she is concerned about violating the patient s privacy or is afraid of retaliation, the worker might not report the case of potential animal abuse to authorities.
A bill that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently signed into law aims to change that.
House Bill 33, which takes effect April 6, requires all social workers and veterinarians to report suspected animal abuse to authorities. The law also mandates that authorities such as animal control officers and dog wardens report animal and child or elder abuse to social services professionals, to create a system of cross-reporting.
Springfield police leaders criticize reform bill: ‘Getting it done fast was more important than hearing from people’
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
Posted Jan 17, 2021
3/16/2020 -Springfield- Springfield police commissioner Cheryl Clapprood speaks during a meeting at City Hall. In the rear is is Mayor Domenic Sarno. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD Three weeks after the state enacted a major police reform bill, city police say they are left in an awkward position of waiting to find out exactly what reform will look like.
Springfield Commissioner Cheryl C. Clapprood and the heads of the department’s two unions each said this week that they welcome police reform in general. But they questioned how the law is being rolled out, and worried about a number of uncertainties not stipulated within the bill’s 129 pages.
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Aaron Mostofsky, the son of a judge and part of the mob of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol building, sits in the Rotunda on Jan. 6.
The mythology that the force compelling Americans to support Donald Trump was their economic anxiety a fragile myth already called into doubtrepeatedlyover the last four years was irrevocably shattered by last week’s raid on the Capitol as Trump beckoned his followers to march.
Rioters chanted, “Hang Mike Pence.” They built nooses. They graffitied “Murder the media.” They repeatedly called Black officers the n-word. One held as his banner the Confederate flag. One man allegedly threatened to kill Nancy Pelosi. The less extreme said they were there as patriots who “bleed red, white, and blue,” fighting to take back what was stolen from them.