Cultivating Critical Hope

Brave Idea: Yesenia Silva Estrada graduated from GSSW’s Western Colorado MSW Program in 2017. Today, she practices as a macro social worker, serving as vice president of planning and chief of staff for Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs. As a first-generation college student born outside of United States and raised in rural Colorado, she has a unique perspective on the role of social work in cultivating critical hope during our current times.

Resources:

Yesenia Silva Estrada shares how her roots fuel a passion to help community

Critical Hope: How to Grapple with Complexity, Lead with Purpose, and Cultivate Transformative Social Change

Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Deep Center 2024 Critical Hope Policy Brief

Critical Hope for the SDGs: Advocating from the Margins for Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice in the Context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Cultivating Critical Hope: The Too Often Forgotten Dimension of Critical Leadership Development

Cultivating Critical Hope While Leading during Crisis: A Qualitative Cross-Comparative Analysis