Category: Racial Justice

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BUSSW Professors Receive Grant for Innovative Youth-Led Research on Racial Capitalism from BU Center for Antiracist Research

Professors Dawn Belkin Martinez and Linda Sprague Martinez take a novel approach to their research on effective mental health interventions for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color) youth and young adults.  The project, titled “YPAR (youth-led participatory research), Activism, and Organizing as a Mental Health Intervention for BIPOC Youth: Building the Case for Practice Informed […]

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WGBH: Greater Boston Interviews Prof. Hahm on “Continued Anxiety About Racism Even As Pandemic Eases”

For Asian and Pacific Islanders, the opening of workplaces, restaurants, and cities across America brings additional anxiety that others don’t face. Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm and other community leaders discussed the cause and history of Anti-Asian hate crimes with GBH News last week.  As U.S. coronavirus numbers fall and vaccinations increase, the nation’s re-opening is […]

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Boston Globe: Prof. Hahm’s Report Shows Impact of Covid-Related Anti-Asian Racism on Mental Health

A Boston Globe article on the impact of Covid-related anti-Asian racism on mental health cites Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm’s research among three new studies indicating that Asian Americans are grappling with high rates of psychological distress. Excerpted from “Asian Americans who experienced COVID-related racism report increased levels of anxiety, depression, and PTSD” (Boston Globe) by Deanna Pan: The […]