Intersectional Injustice

Abstract

In the Spring 2023 issue of Advances in Social Work, we are pleased to present 12 papers written by 44 authors from different regions of the U.S. and Finland. Ten empirical studies and two conceptual/advocacy pieces offer new perspectives and findings on emerging areas of social work practice, policy, and education. The title of this editorial, “Intersectional Injustice,” is borrowed from the lead article by Leotti, Sugrue, Itzkowitz, and Williams who point out the contradiction between social work’s core value of social justice and our complicity as a profession with state intervention in the lives of marginalized families through the current foster care system. Leotti and colleagues invite readers into a critical conversation about how to work collaboratively with families (as happened during the pandemic) with a focus on supportive and preventive interventions rather than relying so heavily on out-of-home placements.