Ibrahim receives social justice advocacy award

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Farah Ibrahim, a professor in the counseling program at CU Denver’s School of Education and Human Development, recently received the Reese House Social Justice Advocate of the Year Award from the Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ), a national professional organization, during the American Counseling Association’s annual convention.

She was selected for the award because of her service to public schools focusing on social justice and cultural responsiveness over her academic career, and specifically for the new school counseling educational curriculum that she developed in 2010, designed to close the achievement gap, using a service learning model.

The award is named for Reese House, who started the Education Trust, as an avid proponent for confronting and addressing the achievement and opportunity gap in public education.

Also during the March conference, Ibrahim presented “ACA Code of Ethics and Social Justice” during a panel discussion on Integrating Social Justice into the New ACA Code of Ethics and “Infusing Social Justice and Cultural Responsiveness in Group Counseling Training,” which discussed how she helps counseling students build trust among group members, understand their cultural identities, privilege and oppression.