The joint effects of COVID-19 and the racial reckoning during the pandemic have led to significant impacts on the mental health of Black mothers who are also at risk for exposure to violence at home. Profs. Jennifer M. Gómez from BU School of Social Work and Robert Ty Partridge from Wayne State University explore if […]
Prof. Jennifer M. Gómez from BU School of Social Work reflects on her contributions to the recently published book ‘This Era of Black Activism’ in an interview with BU Experts’s Medium. The book, which includes a 20-year-long review of how Black activism has evolved and changed, features sections from scholars, researchers, and activists from across […]
Join BUSSW Prof. Jennifer M. Gómez and award-winning author Koritha Mitchell for a reading and discussion of Gómez’s book, “The Cultural Betrayal of Black Women & Girls: A Black Feminist Approach to Healing from Sexual Abuse.” Following an introduction to cultural betrayal trauma theory (CBTT) and a brief reading from her book, Gómez will join Mitchell in […]
Susan Lovett, a former lecturer at BU School of Social Work, talked to All Things Considered, an NPR program that aired on GBH, about providing meditation and mindfulness resources to marginalized communities through the Hands to Heart Center. Lovett draws on her experience as a social worker to use yoga as a coping strategy, helping […]