4/20: MSW Student Mae Petti (SSW’21) Co-Leads Workshop ‘Supporting LGBTQ+ Survivors’
MSW student Mae Petti (SSW’21) joins bilingual counselor and advocate Hazell Imbert to present “Supporting LGBTQ+ Survivors,” a workshop for students, staff and faculty at Boston University.
Held in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the workshop is hosted by BU’s Queer Activist Collective (“Q”) and Sexual Assault Response & Prevention Center (SARP) and led by the Violence Recovery Program at Fenway Health, where Petti is an intern through her MSW field placement.
BU Q describes the workshop as a space to “discuss the needs and challenges of LGBTQ+ survivors of sexual and/or domestic violence.” The workshop will discuss “unique barriers that LGBTQ+ survivors of sexual assault face, as well as best practices to support survivors so that the community has tangible ways to support queer and transgender survivors mindfully and intentionally.”
DATE & LOCATION
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 – 6-7pm ET | Virtual (Zoom)
DETAILS & REGISTRATION
This event is open to BU students, staff and faculty. Closed captioning will be available.
Content warning: The content in this workshop will mention sexual violence, domestic violence, and anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.
For more details and registration, go to tinyurl.com/QSupportSurvivors.
PRESENTERS
Mae Petti (SSW’21)
She/her/hers
A second-year clinical social work major in the BU School of Social Work on-campus MSW program, Petti is an active community leader at the School and in broader arenas of social work and social justice. Describing herself, Petti says, “I am passionate about racial justice and being a witness to people’s stories. Before coming to BUSSW, I was working in a county emergency department in Oakland, California where I helped establish a screening program for HIV/Hepatitis C. I realized while working with patients that I loved hearing their stories and wanted to find a profession where I could do that on a daily basis.”
“Since starting my MSW, I have become more involved in macro social work by joining the Student Union and advocating for students on faculty committees. I help run the BIPOC student group and currently serve on the NASW-MA board as the MSW student representative. I hope to combine the clinical and macro skills I learn at BUSSW as I look forward to my career. With the world being in an uncertain time, I hope that I can help be a guide to this program and all that it has to offer.”
Hazell Imbert
She/her/ella
From BU Q: “Hazell is a bilingual counselor and advocate at the Violence Recovery Program at Fenway Health. She studied forensic psychology at The College of Saint Rose and completed her graduate degree in Forensic Mental Health Counseling at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Hazell is currently an LMHC in New York State and is working towards licensure in the state of Massachusetts. She is passionate about working with marginalized communities, particularly survivors of trauma.”