Maggie Carrasquillo Director of Training of The Bronx Defenders’ Social Work Practice    Being a defense social worker can be a lonely world. That’s what one participant shared with me during a lunch break at our inaugural Defenders Academy: Social Work Edition last November. Social workers and advocates often work in the most human, complex, and emotionally charged parts of defense work in criminal, housing, immigration, and family courts. We fight alongside … Continue reading Showing up together: honoring and building community in defense social work