Social Workers Speak » Diary of a High School Social Worker http://www.socialworkersspeak.org NASW Communications Network - Social Workers speak out on television, movies and other media Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:07:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Video: NASW Member Talks to “Precious” Director Lee Daniels! http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/hollywood-connection/nasw-member-talks-to-director-about-mariah-carey-social-worker-depiction-in-precious.html http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/hollywood-connection/nasw-member-talks-to-director-about-mariah-carey-social-worker-depiction-in-precious.html#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:39:22 +0000 GWright http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/?p=494 BrendaWadeLrg

Brenda Wade

Brenda Wade, NASW member and a social worker for Baltimore City Public Schools, saw  Oprah Winfrey interview singer Mariah Carey about her role as social worker Mrs. Weiss in the film “Precious.” Wade said the film excerpts she saw made her concerned social workers would be unfairly portrayed in the movie.

Wade is deeply committed to the social work profession. She is executive director of Achievement Services Inc., a nonprofit that seeks to empower young people. And she writes the blog “Diary of a High School Social Worker.”

So Wade wrote director Lee Daniels. To her surprise he contacted her. Social Workers Speak! interviewed Wade about her experience:

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