This week's guest features Luisa Lopez, MSW. She is the Executive Director of the Latino Social Work Coalition & Scholarship Fund. Based in NYC, the Coalition has been around for 24 years to increase Latino and bilingual social workers in our community. The Coalition offers scholarships, professional development, networking and community building.We discuss the Social Work Workforce Act. The act is addresses the shortage of social workers. The bill if passed would remove the LMSW exam in New York State. We discuss the status of the bill. We discuss Social Workers for Justice which is holding a virtual rally on March 31st to address these issues. For more information and to sign up for the virtual rally, go to socialworkersforjustice.orgFor more information about the Latino Social Work Coalition, go to there website Latinosocialworkcoalition.org. Follow the Coalition on Instagram at @latino.socialwork.coalition Follow the podcast on Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesocialworkrantspodcastTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/socialworkrantsThe podcast is sponsored by Bas Moreno Consulting providing financial counseling and education for people of color in the sandwich generation who are struggling with their finances while caregiving. For more information go to Basmorenoconsulting.com.
