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This article examines the elusive concept of safety in liberal arts classrooms which are often contoured by a plurality of social, cultural, political, psychological, historical, and discursive forces and performances. Using select principles from adult education and social work with groups as an organizing metaphor, the article discusses the classroom as a large group, the changing student body, and, especially, the impact of diversity and inclusivity in liberal arts settings. Because the aim of liberal arts education is usually to promote independent and critical thinking, open-mindedness, and greater communication and decision-making skills, its goals foster, to a great degree, citizen engagement that empowers persons to participate in collective actions toward greater equality and justice in communities both locally and globally. Classroom safety is essential to these aims because it increases opportunity for free, critical, and independent thought necessary for progressive, egalitarian, and justice pursuits. The article explores safety, including dialogic practices and reflection on relations of power within the classroom, for its significant role in fulfilling liberal arts aspirations. ; Cet article examine le concept problématique de la sûreté dans les classes où se donnent des cours de formation générale, souvent entourées d'une pluralité de performances et de forces sociales, culturelles, politiques, psychologiques, historiques et discursives. En utilisant des principes de choix de l'éducation aux adultes et du travail social en groupes comme métaphone organisationnelle, définissant ainsi la salle de classe comme un grand groupe, nous discutons de l'évolution de la population étudiante et, surtout, de l'effet de la diversité et de l'inclusivité dans des installations où l'on dispense la formation générale. Puisque l'objectif principal d'une formation générale consiste habituellement à promouvoir la pensée indépendante et critique, l'ouverture d'esprit et de meilleures aptitudes en communication et en prise de décision, ces objectifs intermédiaires encouragent, jusqu'à une certaine mesure, la gestion du citoyen qui autorise les gens à participer à des actions collectives qui mènent à une plus grande égalité et justice au sein de communautés, tant à l'échelle locale que planétaire. La sûreté des salles de classe est essentielle pour réaliser ces objectifs, car elle augmente la possibilité de générer une pensée libre, critique et indépendante, nécessaire aux activités progressives, égalitaires et justes. Cet article explore la sûreté, incluant les pratiques dialogiques et les réflexions sur les relations de pouvoir dans la salle de classe, pour son important rôle qui consiste à réaliser les aspirations d'une formation générale.

Summary This article introduces the area of nutritional social work, beyond the scope of food security and food injustice, from a critical, anti-oppressive and ecofeminist lens. The goal was not to present concrete frameworks but to initiate a discussion surrounding the relevance of nutritional social work and point in a number of possible directions for incorporation of this subdiscipline into social work praxis. Findings Nutritional security is an instrumental component of food security, as complete nutrition requires more than just enough energy for every human being. This purposeful combining of food security with nutrition security underscores the need to consider these two issues together, requiring integrated social and health outcomes, as well as cohesive community, policy and development goals aimed at eliminating food insecurity and malnutrition. These considerations need to involve the questions of availability, accessibility (both economically and geographically), cultural practices and sustainability that form the cornerstone of food justice efforts. Applications The article highlights the potential contribution of nutritional social work to direct practice, community action, policy development, research and social work education, as it illuminates the pivotal role that nutritional security plays in relation to multilevel considerations of food insecurity, all the while ensuring all people, through participatory, democratizing, power-sharing and equity-creating processes, have access to nutritious foods.