BUSSW & BCSSW Present Events in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Part of the Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative
The BU and BC Schools of Social Work will partner in honor of Hispanic Heritage with two compelling virtual events, part of the Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative, a groundbreaking effort to champion social progress powered by science, and a call to action for all of us to work together to tackle our nation’s toughest social problems.
Boston College School of Social Work:
Responding to COVID-19 in the Community: Reflections from Chelsea’s Colaborativa
Featured Speakers: Gladys Vega, Dinanyili Paulino, Rocío Calvo
Learn about the resilience of the Chelsea, Mass. community — an early epicenter of the coronavirus in the state — during a discussion highlighting La Colaborativa, a local organization that led the humanitarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monday, October 18, 2021
6-7 pm ET
Virtual
1 CEU
Boston University School of Social Work:
Resisting Neoliberalism: Critical Reflections From Latin American Social Work
Featured Speakers: Melisa Campana Alabarce, Gianinna Muñoz-Arce
Social workers in Latin America have a long history of working in partnership with communities in the movement for social justice. Emerging from the shadows of Neoliberalism, individuals, families, and grassroots organizations are joining together to create new social forces and communities of care. This presentation aims to provide an overview of the role of social workers in the struggle for feminism and abortion rights in Argentina and a new national constitution in Chile.
Thursday, October 28, 2021
5:30–7:00 p. ET
Virtual
1 CEU
The Grand Challenges initiative focuses on three primary areas including Achieving Equal Opportunity and Justice. BUSSW Dean Jorge Delva, Rocío Calvo of Boston College School of Social Work, and Martell Teasley of the University of Utah lead the effort to address racial and social injustices, deconstructing stereotypes, dismantling inequality, and exposing unfair practices that will lead to the full social, civic, economic, and political integration of these marginalized groups.
Learn more about the Grand Challenges for Social Work here.