Social Work Students Demand Compensation for Unpaid Work Hours
Washington Square News • By Carmo Moniz • April 19, 2023 • "Mia Halsey, a second-year student at NYU’s Silver School for Social Work, spends over 20 hours each week providing counseling and social services to people accused of crimes in the public defense system."
Social Work Students Call For End to Mandatory Unpaid Internships
Daily Trojan • By Tomoki Chien • April 12, 2023 • “Graduate students in the Dworak-Peck School of Social Work are petitioning the University to compensate them for unpaid internships required by the master’s in social work program, staging a walkout on Tuesday afternoon in support of the cause."
University of Texas Students Holding Rally to Get Social Work Internship Hours Paid
KVUE • By Eric Pointer • April 11, 2023 • "AUSTIN, Texas — A national effort to get social workers paid during their required field work hours is coming to Central Texas. Students are required to get hundreds of field hours and, oftentimes, that work goes unpaid. As a way to combat this, a group of UT students are planning a walk-out and rally on campus to bring awareness to the issue."
Paid Social Work Internships Part 2 FED UP – Beth Wagner, Claire Mancuso, Natalia Norzagaray & Parham Daghighi
Doin’ The Work • Host Shimon Cohen, LCSW • February 20, 2023 • "In this episode, I talk with Beth Wagner, Claire Mancuso, Natalia Norzagaray, and Parham Daghighi, all MSW students at the University of Texas – Austin and members of the group FED UP, which is organizing for paid social work internships. This episode is Part 2 of a two-part series on social work students organizing for paid internships."