Social Work Oppression Summary

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The mission of the social work profession is to maximize human potential and help populations living with oppression meet basic needs (National Association of Social Workers [NASW], 2015). Sadly, one of those populations is the student body in public schools. Students in households living with limited resources and depending on the school meal program are oppressed on different levels. To determine the levels of oppression, the author analyzed literature reviews from three different sources and interviewed an advocate for the students and a student living with oppression, Ultimately, a reflective summary of how the perspective of the author changed about the population of students enrolled in the National School Lunch Program is necessary to

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