Practical, socially conscious courses for professionals ready to create real change.
If you’re ready to deepen your impact and take your practice to the next level, you’re in the right place. Our courses are built for social workers, therapists, counselors, advocates, and human service professionals who want to do the work—really do the work—of creating equity and empowerment in their communities.
We keep it real with socially conscious, equity-focused, and culturally affirming education that helps you:
- Tackle systemic challenges with confidence.
- Build stronger, more meaningful client relationships.
- Bring actionable, justice-centered approaches to your practice.
- Lead the way in creating inclusive, healing spaces.
Our training is grounded in real-world experience, social justice movements, and the tools you need to navigate today’s complex challenges. Whether you’re just starting or have years under your belt, these courses are designed to meet you where you’re at and help you show up for your clients in powerful, transformative ways.
Join the professionals who are doin’ the work!
Social Identity, Positionality & Defining Racism
In this course, we look at racism as a system and our positions within that system, with an emphasis on social, economic, and political power. We explore racial identity development and characteristics of dialogue about race and racism. We utilize a variety of learning methods with a focus on theory and action.
Racism Has Always Existed in the U.S.
In this course, we look at the history of racism in the U.S., beginning with settler colonialism, genocide of Indigenous Peoples, and slavery of Africans, with an emphasis on how laws and policies have been used to institutionalize racism. We emphasize Indigenous and African resistance to white supremacy. We explore historical trauma and recognize it as an ongoing sociopolitical process. We utilize a variety of learning methods with a focus on theory and action.
Offered through the University of Houston
Graduate College of Social Work
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White Supremacy, White Privilege, Racism & Oppression in Social Work
In this course, we look at the systems of whiteness, white supremacy, and white privilege/advantage, with an emphasis on why and how they were created and are maintained. We examine how white supremacy and racism show up within social work and are perpetuated by social work, both historically and present-day. We challenge the concept of cultural competence and look at ways to work for social change, not social control. We utilize a variety of learning methods with a focus on theory and action.
Offered through the University of Houston
Graduate College of Social Work
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Social Movements, Black Liberation, Black Power & Social Work
In this course, we look at major social movements against racism and oppression and connect them to social work, specifically highlighting the community-based work of the Black Panther Party. We situate Black power and Black liberation within social work to these larger movements and explore Black social workers who have been excluded from mainstream/White social work education and history. We take an intersectional approach and look at Black LGBTQ+ activism and Black disability. We discuss what social work today and in the future would look like if the emphasis was on Black liberation. We utilize a variety of learning methods with a focus on theory and action.
Applying Critical Race Theory & Intersectionality in Practice
In this course, we look at critical race theory and how to use it in practice. We break down the concepts of color-blind racism and the myth of meritocracy and look at how they show up in social work and related disciplines. We explore intersectionality as a framework to understand how oppression operates and how we can use this framework in our practice. We utilize a variety of learning methods with a focus on theory and action.
Offered through the University of Houston
Graduate College of Social Work
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Racial Justice and Anti-Oppressive Practice
In this course, we explore how to engage in racial justice and anti-oppressive practice. We look at how to do this work at the individual level, within organizations, and at the policy level. We review dangerous myths of why the racial wealth gap exists and ways to address it. We look at the impact of current social movements, such as Black Lives Matter. We examine how challenging antisemitism and Islamophobia are essential to this work. We explore questions to ask ourselves to help guide our work. We utilize a variety of learning methods with a focus on theory and action.
Offered through the University of Houston
Graduate College of Social Work
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Liberatory Practice
In this course, we explore ways to engage in liberatory practice. We look at anti-racist, anti-oppressive, decolonial approaches, with specific examples from folks doing this work in clinical, community, and policy practice areas. We identify barriers to liberatory practice and discuss supports needed to engage in this work. We utilize a variety of learning methods with a focus on theory and action.
Be Prepared for Backlash… Where Do We Go From Here?
In this course, we examine the multiple forms of backlash to racial justice work, with particular emphasis on the workplace, all situated within larger political and systemic factors. We explore ways to challenge organizational racism and how to prepare and cope with the backlash that is sure to come. We look at where we are going in our future liberatory practice and begin to conceptualize a future that centers Blackness, Indigenous Peoples, abolition, and more. We utilize a variety of learning methods with a focus on theory and action.
Why They Love Our Courses
“This is the CEU we all need! Charla and Shimon are excellent facilitators of difficult conversations about racism, whiteness, white supremacy, privilege and oppression and the impact on social work practice. This course allowed me to examine my White identity, further develop my critical pedagogy and deepen my understanding of these topics. The course materials and discussion sparked deep reflection and immediate action. Every social worker should take this course!”
Kim R.
Fall 2022 Participant
“I had the opportunity to experience dynamic learning with Shimon and Charla through this learning package! The content and points of reflection & discussion were literally life-changing! I literally learned so much more in this course than I did when being exposed to American & Social Work history in my university experience. Shimon and Charla offer accessible, relevant, ENGAGING content that centers the lived experiences of marginalized identities whilst providing practical tools on how to engage in social justice, resistance & liberation in daily Social Work practice. If you have the opportunity to engage with these courses, I would highly recommend it to you. Being able to learn from Shimon and Charla has forced me to explore and commit to concrete ways of living that authentically reflect activism, scholarship & solidarity in my community. As a result of this course, I have made the decision to join the National Association of Black Social Workers and to earn a PhD in Social Work to foster my involvement in Black liberation & social justice. Join me in learning.”
Kelley Hollie, LMSW
Clinician & Professor
I wish everyone in social work could take these classes. It has been a transformative experience for me, and it is impacting how I show up in my own job at my School of Social Work, my own clinical practice, in my community in terms of increasing my involvement in community action, and in my own personal life.”
Ann A. Hartman LCSW
MSW Distance Program Coordinator
School of Social Work
University of Maine