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A conversation about social work and never stepping in the same river twice

Erin Segal, Thick Press publisher, first met Julie Altman, a professor of social work, in 2015 at a gathering of the Global Partnership for…

14 min readAug 31, 2023

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On blue paper in all caps, the words: I’m also working to inculcate some of the, what some people may call soft skills, into our students. Things like hope, curiosity, courage, creativity, imagination, patience, humility, differentiating a sense of personal, professional, and organizational responsibility, and the capacity to embrace uncertainty and ambiguity.

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Thick Press

An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping: Call for Writing and/or Images

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13 min readSep 27, 2022

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An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping: Call for Writing and/or Images

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Thick Press and Catherine Fairbanks in conversation about empathy

Catherine Fairbanks is an artist and nurse. Thick Press is a collaboration between Julie Cho, a graphic designer, and Erin Segal, a social…

15 min readOct 17, 2021

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Thick Press and Catherine Fairbanks in conversation about empathy

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From chaos to ecosystem: A tool for social change

Threats to democracy, a pandemic that highlights the need for better-distributed resources, police brutality, “racial reckoning,” violence…

8 min readOct 14, 2021

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From chaos to ecosystem: A tool for social change

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“I got curious”: A conversation about anti-racism and clinical social work practice

Two social workers in conversation about anti-racism in the context of clinical practice. Erin Segal MSW PhD is the publisher of Thick…

8 min readDec 1, 2020

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The words “instant sociology” in a font that looks like hand lettering

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We Have To Survive To Transform the World: A Healing Justice Digital Archive

For almost two years now, we (Erin and Julie, of Thick Press) have been collaborating with Richael (folk healer) on an open-ended…

8 min readSep 8, 2020

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Printed papers that read: We want to archive more brilliance from this movement — won’t you celebrate with us?

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What does a project about death, care work, and feelings have to do with the Green New Deal?

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10 min readFeb 11, 2020

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What does a project about death, care work, and feelings have to do with the Green New Deal?

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Thick Press

Thick Press

Publishing unusual books about care work and the work of care. A collaboration between a social worker and a graphic designer.

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