Program Co-Director Claudio Martinez & Local Journalist Awarded Funding for News Outlet Serving Communities of Color
Claudio Martinez, a program co-director at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), is teaming up with journalist Yawu Miller to develop a news outlet that fills a critical information gap for communities of color in the Greater Boston area. Their outlet will focus on community issues including politics, public policy, community development and race, as […]
2022 BRIDGE & MSW Pathway Graduates Celebrated at Ceremony Featuring Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara
Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) celebrated its BRIDGE and MSW Pathway program graduates at a reception and ceremony at the George Sherman Union Terrace Lounge on Thursday, December 8, 2022. The ceremony featured a special address from Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara, as well as remarks from Pathway co-directors Dean Jorge Delva and […]
The Bay State Banner: BUSSW’s BRIDGE Co-Director Claudio Martinez Pushes for Debt Cancellation & Reduced Loan Dependency
In light of the pandemic, student loan payments were suspended until May 1, 2022. In a recent op-ed however, BRIDGE Co-Director Claudio Martinez says this extension fails to answer the underlying problems related to student loan payments. Marginalized communities, especially black women, face high rates of student loan debt which often exacerbates conditions of poverty. […]
BU Today: Cassandra Clay (SSW’79) Joins BU’s Board of Trustees
Cassandra Clay (SSW’79), private practice counselor, former BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) professor and clinical practice chair, and early contributor to the Building Refugee and Immigrant Degrees for Graduate Education program (BRIDGE) was recently elected to Boston University’s Board of Trustees. “While this is a challenging time for higher education, it is also an […]
Photo Gallery: BRIDGE Graduation 2019
On December 3rd, five students graduated from BUSSW’s BRIDGE Program, an MSW pre-admission preparatory course for first- and second-generation immigrants and refugees. This year’s students and their families come from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. All have worked in social work settings […]
BRIDGE Graduation on Dec. 3rd Features Julia Mejia, Boston City Councilor at-Large, as Speaker
BUSSW celebrates the achievements of the school’s five newest BRIDGE Program graduates on December 3rd at a special ceremony featuring Boston City Councilor at-large Julia Mejia as the guest speaker. Mejia, who grew up in Dorchester after her family emigrated from the Dominican Republic, is a social justice advocate and founder and CEO of the […]
Alexis Agrinsoni (‘15)
As a Disaster Relief Manager for the American Red Cross in Los Angeles, Bridge Graduate Alexis Agrinsoni (‘15) Empowers Vulnerable Communities.
Catherine Medina-Perez (BRIDGE’15)
Catherine Medina-Perez (BRIDGE’15) remembers working as a tutor to help a student at John F. Kennedy elementary school in her Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. The student was not only learning new information, but doing so in a language that was foreign to him as an immigrant from the Dominican Republic. “His parents didn’t know […]
BRIDGE Graduation 2018
The BRIDGE Program at BUSSW is a unique, longstanding MSW-prep program that supports immigrants and refugees as they pursue a graduate social work education. We applaud the extraordinary efforts of this year’s BRIDGE graduates, whose diverse cultural and professional backgrounds will be an asset to any community they choose to serve. […]
BUSSW’s Groundbreaking BRIDGE Program Graduates 14 Students from Around the World on Tuesday, December 4
The Building Refugee and Immigrant Degrees for Graduate Education Program, BRIDGE, is designed to give immigrants and refugees access to a graduate social work education, as well as develop critical cultural competencies within the human services workforce. This year’s graduating class is comprised of students from across the globe. Some were born in the USA from […]