A Macro Social Work Career Focused on Voting Rights - Episode 3 (Social Work Amplified Podcast)

Описание: Advocacy organizations make huge impacts in the social policy arena. Episode 3 of the podcast features Molly Broadway, MSW, who works at Disability Rights Texas as a HAVA Trainer and Technical Specialist focusing on voting rights.

Molly received her Masters Degree in Social Work from Texas State University. She works with Disability Rights Texas as the Training and Technical Support Specialist for Voting Rights. This role allows her to travel all across the state to provide voting rights trainings for community members and election officials, as well as provide no-cost accessibility inspections of voting polls. Over the last twenty years, Molly has worked in various roles serving the disability community. She has served as a job coach, house parent, advocate, case manager, mentor, and inclusion transition specialist. While at Disability Rights Texas, Molly has brought statewide and national attention to the Disability Rights Texas HAVA program through her collaboration with community groups to improve local voting accessibility, and advocacy for statewide, systematic change.

Macro social work provides social workers with a variety of career opportunities. Listen to episode 3 of the podcast as Molly discusses the history of Disability Rights Texas, the ways that Disability Rights Texas is making a difference regarding voting rights for people with disabilities, and the reasons why she chose to pursue a career in advocacy and macro social work practice. Come and learn about another type of social work career in advocacy!

The Social Work Amplified Podcast is hosted by SPEAK. SPEAK stands for Social Policy, Education, Advocacy, and Knowledge. SPEAK's mission is to amplify the voices of social workers in politics and social policy by providing resources, increasing students' political engagement and facilitating networking opportunities. SPEAK would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Simmons Sister Fund at Texas Women's Foundation.

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