This is the first textbook to address the specific but polymorphous needs of women of color. With the help of guest authors, Gutierrez and Lewis provide an excellent framework through which social workers can more effectively aid women of color in their ongoing struggle against systemic oppression.

Replete with narrative case studies illustrating the application of empowering methods at different phases and levels of practice, "Empowering Women of Color" serves as both blueprint and toolbox for one of social work's most pressing tasks: enriching the lives of women of color.

Preface Part 1: The Empowerment Approach to Practice 1. Empowerment: A Model for Practice 2. Empowerment Techniques: Engagement and Assessment 3. Empowerment Techniques: Practice with Individuals 4. Empowerment Techniques: Practice with Families 5. Empowerment Techniques: Practice with Groups 6. Bringing an Empowerment Perspective into Organizational Practice 7. Empowerment Techniques: Practice with Communities 8. Endings: Evaluation and Termination Part 2: Understanding Women of Color 9. The Sharing of Power: Empowerment with Native American Women, by Christine T. Lowery 10. Staying the Path: Lessons about Health and Resistance from Women of the African Diaspora in the United States, by Edith Lewis 11. Empowerment with Latinas, by Lorraine Gutirrez and Zulema Suarez 12. Empowerment: Asian-American Women's Perspectives, by Gwat-Yong Lie 13. Empowering Lesbian and Bisexual Women of Color: Overcoming Three Forms of Oppression, by Larry Icard, Teresa Jones, and Stephanie Wahab References Index