Join us online to celebrate the book Broken : Transforming Child Protective Services - Notes of a Former Caseworker with author and professor Dr. Jessica Pryce. We are delighted that Dr. Pryce will be conversation with Social Worker and host of That Social Work Lady Podcast, Wanda Olugbala. We encourage Social Workers, Educators, Anyone that cares about our youth to join us and learn from the insight in the book.
This link is for a free ticket to attend the virtual event. You may join with a copy of the book by purchasing it with us at this link https://www.sourcebooksellersonline.com/broken-transforming-child-protective-services-by-j.html If you have a question please add it to your registration or email it to alyson.sourcebooksellers@gmail.com.
About the Book:
Dr. Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and, in this long overdue book, breaks it down from the inside out, sharing her professional journey and offering the crucial perspectives of caseworkers and Black women impacted by the system. It is a groundbreaking and eye-opening confrontation of the inherent and systemic racism deeply entrenched within the child welfare system.
Pryce started her social work career with an internship where she was committed to helping keep children safe. In the book, she walks alongside her close friends and even her family as they navigate the system, while sharing her own reckoning with the requirements of her job and her role in the systemic harm. Through poignant narratives and introspection, readers witness the harrowing effects of a well-intentioned workforce that has lost its way, demonstrating how separations are often not in a child’s best interests.
About the Author:
Jessica Pryce is on Faculty at Florida State University’s College of Social Work. For the past fifteen years, she has worked in child welfare from multiple angles, including direct casework, research, teaching, training, and policy development. She has trained over 150 child welfare organizations where she empowers professionals to reimagine their role and their work. She currently lives in Florida where she partners with child welfare leaders who are working on system-wide culture shifts and organizational change. Pryce holds an MSW from Florida State University and a PhD from Howard University.
Fellow Dr. Pryce : Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesspryce/
In conversation:
Wanda Olugbala is a mother, writer, blogger, and social worker. She is also the author of three books: If Glory Wore a Hat She Would Wear Feathers, My Grandmother’s Posture, and Mountaintop Blues. Wanda teaches that love is fear’s opposite and self-care is love in action. Wanda's helps women wage their own personal revolutions by teaching them how vital self-care is to living their lives focused on love.
Blog:https://fearfree-living.com/author/98dayjourney-2/
Podcast: https://www.audible.com/podcast/That-Social-Work-Lady/B08JJNY2DX
