ABSTRACT Social workers and community organizers were amongst the first to respond to Black and Brown communities during the emergence COVID-19. The quick and strategic actions taken by Social workers and community organizers have helped to close the gap for marginalized Black and Brown communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grassroots online fundraising, referrals to legal services specializing in tenant’s rights, information on nearby food banks, jail support, mutual aid during social demonstrations, and invitations to social demonstrations targeted at dismantling systems of racism allowed for communities to survive. These quick and strategic actions present at least three implications for enhancing social work education. This article uses what the author has observed and experienced to summarize how social workers and community organizers were among the first to outreach to Black and Brown communities, and how they strategized and acted in ways to keep Black and Brown communities safe and economically stable while utilizing and creating new pathways to engage communities in the movement for social justice. This article concludes with a call to action in interrupting systems of racism by using skills and tools the author has utilized in organizing to enhance social work education.

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不止一种流行病：纽约市社区成员如何抗击冠状病毒和系统性压迫

摘要 在 COVID-19 出现期间，社会工作者和社区组织者是最先响应黑人和棕色社区的人之一。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，社会工作者和社区组织者采取的快速战略行动帮助缩小了边缘化黑人和棕色人种社区之间的差距。基层在线筹款、转介专门从事租户权利的法律服务、有关附近食品银行的信息、监狱支持、社会示威期间的互助以及旨在消除种族主义制度的社会示威邀请，使社区得以生存。这些快速且具有战略意义的行动至少对加强社会工作教育具有三个意义。本文使用作者的观察和经历来总结社会工作者和社区组织者如何率先接触黑人和棕色人社区，以及他们如何制定战略和采取行动以确保黑人和棕色人社区的安全和经济稳定，同时利用并创造新的途径让社区参与社会正义运动。本文最后呼吁采取行动，通过使用作者在组织加强社会工作教育时使用的技能和工具来中断种族主义体系。