Enjoying this session with @AlanDettlaff - learning how the @UHouston Social Work strategic planning process led to a vision statement that reflects a unifying social justice focus: Our vision is to achieve social, racial, economic, and political justice, local to global 
They used a strategic planning model called VMOSA (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans) ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-co… #APM19
Turning to faculty recruitment: it’s important to show up to CSWE and SSWR, talk to PhD students of color at the receptions, schedule lunches, build relationships over time #APM19
A way that @AlanDettlaff focuses the School on racial & social justice: A social justice summer reading book he selects that all the incoming students read and then the faculty reference during their courses #APM19
One way @AlanDettlaff suggests to deal with pushback around hiring faculty of color: reference social work values and the code of ethics - one of the values is social justice socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/C… #apm19
This year the school has committees on public impact scholarship and on what does it mean to be an anti-racist school of social work #APM19
Suggestion from @AlanDettlaff: To convince university leadership, go to the research showing the importance of having diverse faculty and a diverse student body #APM19
To support tenure-track faculty of color, @AlanDettlaff meets with the junior faculty monthly, protects their time re committee assignments, links them with mentors outside the School, provides faculty support & training around teaching & leading difficult conversations #APM19
As a way to focus the school on racial & social justice, the @UH_SocialWork social media focuses on stories about the impact the students, alumni, faculty are having - eg more re the public impact of a grant than about the dollar amount of the grant #APM19
Wrapping up w/ a message fr @AlanDettlaff for SW leaders: recognize the power you have, be intentional about the climate you create, move against white supremacy, and be clear that SW is a political profession w/ values we fight for as activists on micro & macro levels #APM19
