Columbia University School of Social Work

Today at 5PM, Dr. Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes, a developmental psychologist, will give the 2021 Lin Lecture on the impact of COVID-19 and racial unrest on the virtual learning experiences of Black youth. More info: https://bit.ly/3k0VPTo

When MSW students enter their field internships, they are immediately challenged with the need to bridge professional and personal identities, manage crises, emergencies, and ethical dilemmas, and work with clients and colleagues experiencing structural racism and oppression. In this episode of Social Impact LIVE, host Richard Hara sits down with Associate Professor of Professional Practice Yamile Martí and adjunct professor and 2016 alumna Anna Balakrishnan to talk about the rationale behind a new course they are piloting for first-year students. The course aims to provide tools they will needprofessionalism, self-awareness, ethics, and an anti-oppressive frameworkto handle the complex realities social workers face in their day-to-day interactions.

Join us today for a conversation with Prof. Yamile Martí and alumna Anna Balakrishnan on a new course they have developed to prepare first-year students for field work with anti-oppressive practice. More info: https://bit.ly/2NxWQG4

Black History Month shouldn’t be treated as though it is somehow separate from our collective American history, said President Barack Obama in a 2016 speech. In this episode of Social Impact LIVE, host Richard Hara sits down with current MSW student and the first-year coordinator of the School’s Black Caucus Allana John-Charles to talk about what Black History Month means today, and what she hopes it will mean in future. They will discuss why it is just as important for white Americans to learn Black history, and how celebrating Black history all year long would contribute to the nation’s healing.

Join us TOMORROW at noon for a discussion with #CSSW MSW student Allana John-Charles, a first-year coordinator of the School's Black Caucus, on what #BlackHistoryMonth means today and what she hopes it will mean in the future. More info: https://bit.ly/3tyVL1v

#CSSW Prof. and Director of The Social Intervention Group (SIG) Nabila El-Bassel offers three ways to make vaccine distribution more equitable in an op-ed for New York Daily News: https://bit.ly/2OcBhvh

Congrats to #CSSW Professor Neeraj Kaushal! Her book, "Blaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement," is the runner-up for the Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award! More on Prof. Kaushal's timely investigation into today's anti-immigrant politics and common misconceptions about modern immigration here: https://cup.columbia.edu/b/blaming-immigrants/9780231181457

Join us tomorrow for a conversation on voter mobilization with Sarah Jamgotch, a #CSSW student leader of Social Work Votes, and #CSSW Assistant Prof. Rob Hartley, who just published a paper for the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival on the impact that voter suppression among marginalized communities had on the 2016 election. Please note: This episode will take place at 1:30 PM EST instead of our usual start time at noon. More info: https://bit.ly/37mlIIY

Join us today at noon for a conversation on the takeaways from a recent conversation with Ibram X. Kendi and how Columbia University can become an antiracist community. More info: https://bit.ly/3jUxQ7v

For the last five years, #CSSW has recognized the second Monday in October as #IndigenousPeoplesDay. This year, it is particularly important that we celebrate the history and culture of Indigenous peoples, who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 (the topic of a University webinar tonight found here: https://bit.ly/36U7vCR). We encourage our community to spend some time today exploring the educational resources of the Lenape Center, an organization we partner with on a number of occasions including field placements, a forthcoming course in the Spring, and graduation (pictured here).

Congrats to the 9 #CSSW community members recognized at tonight's NASW NYC Chapter 2020 Leaders of the Profession Awards Gala!

Social Impact LIVE is Wednesday this week. Tomorrow at noon, we'll be joined by #CSSW Prof. Desmond Patton and GS sociology student Jarrell Daniels to discuss SAFElab's Digital Arrest project, which uses virtual reality to show how law enforcement officials use social media to police Black and LatinX youth. More info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-impact-live-digital-arr

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday September 29, for a discussion with two #CSSW faculty members on their efforts to create space at Columbia University for difficult conversations about race and for individual and collective healing. More info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-impact-live-framing-an-

The Latino Leadership Institute & #CSSW are hosting an Electoral Activism Training Academy tomorrow. Learn how to mobilize the community, get out the vote, build a message, and handle media. Hear from experts in the community to prepare for the 2020 elections. More info: https://bit.ly/2RZwcVD

We are excited to welcome back to #CSSW and the Latino Leadership Institute pastor, author, and social justice advocate Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II for a talk that will address the themes at the core of our joint Social Work Votes campaign. More info and registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reverend-barber-civil-rights-v

Natosha Dobbins, a #CSSW student and co-leader of the CSSW Action Lab's Action for Black Lives initiative, will help facilitate an open panel discussion on activism and community engagement for young organizers on September 16th, 2020. The noon panel is part of a two-day Anti-Racism Virtual Summit. More info: https://globalsocialwelfaresummit.com//activism-organizin/