Each year, Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) offers three scholarships to a City Year member or alumnus who provided at least one year of service to City Year. Texas-native Erika Gaitan ’13 was selected from an international pool of candidates for a BUSSW “Give a Year” Scholarship for outstanding academic merit and commitment […]
“This is really about asking the question: ‘To what extent do youth have power and agency to inform the policies impacting them?’” Professor Linda Sprague Martinez told Currents about her new project “Barriers to Wellness: Voices and Views from Young People in Five Cities.” Sprague Martinez set out to engage youth people in the identification […]
Dr. Melvin Delgado, Professor of Macro Practice and Co-Director, Center for Addiction Research & Services recently published a new book as part of a series. The book is entitled Urban Friendships and Community Youth Practice. It appears in Oxford’s Social Justice and Youth Community Practice series of which Melvin is the Senior Editor with a group of editorial advisors […]
I developed an interest in macro social work through my previous work in psychiatric research as a financial & program manager. I was involved in grants management as well as the development of health-focused psychological interventions for inpatient populations. The experience sparked my interest in the macro-level aspects of program planning, implementation, and evaluation. I […]