Garvey was able to incorporate his morals, culture, and opinions on the oppression of African Americans through his speeches and his contributions to social welfare among his devoted followers in and outside the United States. The UNIA began in Africa and quickly migrated to America taking a comprehensive approach to African Americans' lack of self-efficacy in white men's society. As stated in the philosophical statement of the Howard University School of Social Work manual, “social workers are committed to involvement in other parts of the world as an element of their professional identity” (University, 1942), Garvey also believed in the same principle in relation to social injustice and the social well-being of people