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For Black social workers, anxiety and depression are on the rise

  • Written by Carmen Reese Foster, Interim Online MSSW Program Director, Assistant Professor of Practice, Director of Alumni Affairs, University of Tennessee
For Black social workers, anxiety and depression are on the riseA woman raises her fist during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Queens, New York. Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images

When George Floyd was brutally murdered in the summer of 2020, a wave of activism spread throughout the country.

People protested. Anti-racism books became bestsellers. Diversity, equity and inclusion jobs increased by 55%,...

Read more: For Black social workers, anxiety and depression are on the rise

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