Episode 20
Guest: Ocesa Keaton, MSW
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW
Ocesa Keaton, Executive Director of Greater Syracuse H.O.P.E., shares her organization's comprehensive approach to anti-poverty work—addressing systemic barriers at both the individual and systems levels to create real opportunity and equity. She discusses the racial wealth gap, the harmful stereotypes that surround people in poverty, and why policy work and voting are essential tools for social change. Ocesa also reflects on her own unexpected path into social work and what drives her commitment to this work.
In this episode:
- H.O.P.E.'s strategies for eliminating systemic barriers to opportunity and equity at both individual and systems levels
- The racial wealth gap in the U.S. and harmful stereotypes about people in poverty
- Why policy work and voting are essential for lasting social change
- Ocesa's personal journey into social work and what sustains her in this work
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4 years ago
Great!