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The grant will fund a paid internship program that will match students with 艾可直播 community-based providers offering behavioral health services to Black and Latinx populations.
Josue Velasquez Higueros, MSW鈥24, recently received the Consuelo W. Gosnell Memorial Scholarship for his longstanding commitment to working with Latinx communities.
Elsie Taveras, the chief community health and health equity officer for Mass General Brigham, discussed MGB鈥檚 United Against Racism initiative at the annual EJI Lecture and Distinguished Alumni Awards Celebration.
The award recognizes educators who have inspired their former students to achieve greatness.
Taveras, the inaugural chief community health and health equity officer for Mass General Brigham, will discuss the health system鈥檚 multi-million-dollar initiative to combat the impact that racism has on patients, staff, and the wider community.
As part of her new role, the founding director of the Latinx Leadership Initiative will work to address barriers to the delivery of equitable, culturally-competent, and clinically-appropriate behavioral healthcare.
The Latinx Leadership Initiative prepares bilingual and bicultural social workers to collaborate with Latinx communities to create solutions to complex social problems.
A project to be launched by BCSSW and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health aims to address the issue by working with health care professionals at the community level.
The professors bring a combined total of more than 50 years of experience to teaching, research, and clinical practice.
Researchers in the School of Social Work have received a two-year, $395,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation鈥檚 Evidence for Action program to find out.
Melissa Bustillo, Musa Kamara, Aanandita Shrestha, and Vincent Sweeney will work for state and local agencies in 艾可直播 this summer, helping public officials tackle key issues such as education, immigration, and substance use disorder.
鈥淲e need you now more than ever,鈥 keynote speaker Desmond Upton Patton told the newly minted social workers in their diploma ceremony. 鈥淭he time for justice is always right now.鈥
A two-year, $500,000 grant from 艾可直播 Children鈥檚 Hospital will fund a partnership between BCSSW and 艾可直播 Public Schools to provide mental health services and support to Black and Latinx children.
Yvonne Casta帽eda, a part-time 艾可直播member in the School of Social Work, hopes that people who read Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety come to realize 鈥渢hat change is possible, that grace is possible, that healing is possible.鈥