Social Work Student Walkout at UGA Sparks Payment Debate
Athens Banner-Herald • By Nikolai Mather • April 11, 2023
“Elise Colquitt, a social work student in her second year at the University of Georgia, told the Athens Banner-Herald that the practice of social work is founded in the principles of social justice.
‘We have a code of ethics that we have to abide by,’ she said. ‘Whenever we're working with clients, we abide by these values. We highlight the dignity and worth of a person.’
But on Monday, Colquitt said her colleagues wanted to highlight their own dignity and worth. That afternoon, about three dozen social work students walked out of the UGA School for Social Work in support of Payment 4 Placements.
P4P is a national organization seeking to raise awareness of the unpaid labor many social work students perform.”
