The New York Times featured BUSSW alum Rebecca Minor (SSW’15), a licensed clinical social worker who works with trans youth, in an opinion piece by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich focused on defining gender during a pandemic lockdown. Excerpted from “How Do I Define My Gender if No One Is Watching Me? Without a public eye, who are we?” (The […]
Dear members of the BUSSW community, Once again, racism has claimed another victim. On Sunday, April 11, 2021, a Black man named Daunte Wright, 20, was shot and killed by police in the city of Brooklyn Center, approximately 10 miles outside of Minneapolis, MN. This latest crime was committed while the trial of Derek Chauvin, […]
At Boston Medical Center (BMC), the region’s largest safety-net hospital, when patients are diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent home to quarantine, they often have concerns that reach far beyond their symptoms. How will they get food and medicine if they can’t leave the house? What if they fall behind on their rent and utilities? These […]
In an article published by BU Today, BU School of Social professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm shares her personal experience with anti-Asian racism during COVID-19 and results from her recent study on the impact of discrimination on mental health. School of Social Work Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm says that almost 70 percent of young Asians who […]