Professor Terry Mizrahi was honored by the Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP) at their 20th anniversary celebration held in May at the Museum of the City of New York. Professor Mizrahi, was recognized for her continued contribution in transforming the New York City Child Welfare System. CWOP is a grass roots community organization that advocates for children and families involved with the child welfare system.
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Silberman Professor Martha Bragin Addresses UNICEF Symposium on the Impact on Children’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being
UNICEF and the Government of the Netherlands, the World Health Organization, USAID, along with Silberman School of Social Work and other governmental and non-governmental organizations held a symposium on children’s mental health and well-being in protracted armed conflicts from May 26-28, in The Hague.
Professor Abramovitz on the Settlement House Advantage
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Mimi Abramovitz. Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Policy at Silberman School of Social Work presented her research on the Settlement House Advantage to an audience of more than 150 members of the non-profit community who gathered at Baruch College on May 27, 2015. Authored by Dr. Abramovitz the informative new report, The Settlement House Advantage: Overcoming the the Odds contains the voices of 3,000 New Yorkers who give the place.-based settlement house service model high marks. The launch was keynoted by Lilliam Barios-Paoli, NYC Deputy Mayor or Health and Human Services. The full report is available here.
Belle and George Strell Executive Leadership Fellows Program Launched
The Belle and George Strell Executive Leadership Fellows program was launched with a breakfast reception at the Silberman School of Social Work on Friday, April 17th. The fellows program, made possible by an endowment from Hunter alumna Joan Depontet and a grant from The New York Community Trust, will identify and prepare promising MSW high level managers with the potential to take on key leadership roles in human service organizations in New York City.
Clinical Practice Students Awarded CSWE-SAMHSA Minority Fellowships
Michael Serrano, and Julia Pichardo, Advanced Standing clinical practice students in the MSW Program, have received Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Recent Events of Concern to All
These are indeed are trying times.
The murder on Monday night of Ana Charle, Director of the Project Renewal Homeless Shelter in the Bronx, is deeply disturbing and sad for all of us, but particularly upsetting to social workers.
Hunter College Community Honors Public Safety Officer Killed Last Year in East Harlem Building Explosion
The Hunter College community celebrated the life of Sgt. Griselde Camacho, a seven-year veteran of the college’s public safety force who was killed in a building explosion in East Harlem on March 12, 2014.
Sgt. Camacho’s mother, Carmen Quinones, and son, Jaser, among others, attended a plaque unveiling ceremony at Hunter College’s East Harlem campus…Read more.
Silberman Doctoral Student Receives NIMH Award
Jagadisa-devasri Dacus, a student in the Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare, has received a dissertation research grant (R36) from the National Institute of Mental Health. His study is entitled Identifying the Mental Health Strengths and Resiliencies of Black MSM in New York City who Maintain HIV-Seronegativity. This highly competitive funding mechanism is intended to increase the diversity of the mental health research workforce by providing support to individuals from diverse backgrounds who are underrepresented in mental health research. Mr. Dacus, who received his MSSW from Columbia University School of Social Work in 1999, plans to defend his dissertation in 2016. His faculty sponsor is Professor Deborah Tolman.
Silberman Welcomes Ayanna Ferguson
Ayanna Ferguson has recently joined school to coordinate our School’s contribution to the All In East Harlem initiative. In this newly created position, Ms. Ferguson will facilitate professional collaborations, partnerships and relationships between Silberman faculty and students and community organizations and coalitions throughout East Harlem. Ms. Ferguson, a licensed social worker, received her master’s degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she was a graduate assistant in the E. Franklin Frazier Center for Social Work Research, conducting research on international social issues affecting the African Diaspora. Before joining Silberman, she managed policy research on behalf of the Children’s Defense Fund while working to engage federal officials to support and strengthen federal child welfare and education policy.
Aymer Delivers Keynote Address at Maryland Alumni Conference
Associate Professor Samuel Aymer delivered the keynote lecture, entitled Beyond Power and Control: Understanding Partner Abuse Through Multiple Lenses, at the University of Maryland’s School of Social Work Alumni Conference in Baltimore on March 6. Professor Aymer’s scholarship focuses on intimate partner abuse and the intersection of race and culture relative to psychotherapeutic work with African-American men living in the urban environment. At Silberman, Professor Aymer teaches Clinical Practice with Individuals and Families, Human Behavior in the Social Environment and Social Work Practice Learning Lab.