Newly Elected International Association of Social Work With Groups: Board Member-at-Large

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Thank you, International Association of Social Workers With Groups (IASWG.org) for this tremendous vote of confidence by my global colleagues. I am encouraged. I also congratulate Dr. Erin Nau, LCSW and Karla Herrera, LCSW. I am excited to be working with you! More good news to come!

“I come in peace: loving-kindness leadership” ~Shelita Birchett Benash

I just experienced my first International Association of Social Work with Groups Board meeting as one of the newly elected board members-at-large. what a fantastic meeting! we were so warmly welcomed. I am excited to collaborate with other IASWG members and the social work profession on the important work needed to engage the social work’s own method of group work practice. I recognize this meaningful opportunity to assist in building bridges across the micro-mezzo-macro continuum.

I am aligned and breathing deeply into my mindfulness meditation practice. In my social work community engagement work, I seek to embody my leadership style and practice. open heart, open mind, and open hand: I come in peace with loving-kindness leadership. these are core values that keep me grounded in love. despite emotional turbulence swirling around me, i refuse to close my heart, my mind, or my hands to giving and receiving god’s grace. I’m sitting with the beauty of what i just experienced and the dedicated social workers from across the globe that i connected with as part of iaswg.org. gratitude. more to come.