Featured image by Andy Rain for New York Times To Our Beloved Community: George Floyd’s last words “I can’t breathe” continue to reverberate across the world instigating powerful protests calling for justice in the wake of his killing. Projections of Mr. Floyd’s words on buildings, graffiti portraits, and the words ‘Black Lives Matter’ boldly painted … Continue reading School of Social Work Response to George Floyd’s Death and Black Lives Matter Protests
George Floyd, #SayHisName
Featured Image by Laura Breiling In light of the recent events surrounding the horrific murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, we are re-posting this Statement from NASW Massachusett's Chapter. The original post was posted May 29th, 2020 by Jamie Klufts and can be viewed HERE. We fully support this statement and want to share the … Continue reading George Floyd, #SayHisName
BSW Program Coordinator, Cyndi Amato MSW, Talks about Her Social Work Heroes
March is National Social Work Month, and in celebration of this, we’re posting weekly prompts to our Instagram and Facebook to which we hope you respond! Here, we’ve included an outline of the upcoming prompts alongside associated hashtags. In addition to the hashtags, please don’t forget to tag our pages in your posts! Facebook: … Continue reading BSW Program Coordinator, Cyndi Amato MSW, Talks about Her Social Work Heroes
Trauma-Informed Social Work: A Radical Health Experience
Lara Nordenson is a second year MSW student in UNE's MSW program pursing the Certificate in Trauma-Informed Care . A little about Trauma: Trauma is a hidden epidemic affecting 90% of individuals who seek public behavioral health services (SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health solutions). It's life-shaping and impacts not only the individuals, but families, communities and service systems. … Continue reading Trauma-Informed Social Work: A Radical Health Experience
How to use ART in social work practice
Are you an artist? Or perhaps you just really enjoy art.... Are you looking to find a way to blend your creative interests with your desire to help people? Well, you've come to the right place! Get your Masters in Social Work at UNE and the Applied Arts and Social Justice Certificate! Unique among social … Continue reading How to use ART in social work practice
