Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign

Social Workers
in the
Movement to End Poverty

"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time.
But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together."
Lila Watson

Mission
Poverty is the defining common condition faced by social workers. It is the single largest impediment to the fulfillment of our mandate to help and to heal. Many social workers have been involved in movements to end poverty since the beginning of the profession. In October 1998 social workers members of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union hosted the founding meeting of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) at Temple University School of Social Administration.

Today we work as members or allies of PPEHRC member groups as well as with social and human service workers in schools, communities, organizations, and agencies to develop new approaches to practice, research, education, and action. Specifically, we:

Study the ways that social work and social welfare can both promote and unintentionally impede the realization of the mission of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC)
Conduct training sessions on Economic Human Rights and related approaches to practice, social welfare, policy, and research
Infuse these perspectives into formal social work literature, educational curricula, and the policies of social work related organizations
Provide internships and field placements in collaboration with PPEHRC member groups
Conduct and disseminate research, publications, and other materials related to PPEHRC's mission as it can be advanced by social and human service workers
Study and support the programs and initiatives of PPEHRC member groups that involve the fields of social work and social welfare
Promote ongoing networking and discussion among social and human service workers and others who wish to support PPEHRC's mission.

For more information: socialworkers@economichumanrights.org or socialworkers@economichumanrights.org

A project of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign

Social Workers in the Movement to End Poverty

Social Workers
in the
Movement to End Poverty