Black Contributions to Social Welfare & Social Work

Justin Harty, a University of Chicago doctoral candidate and licensed clinical social worker, will speak about historical efforts to address anti-Blackness and racism in the profession of social work.

Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice Symposium

Social work has a complex history of upholding White supremacy alongside a goal to achieve racial justice. Moreover, our profession simultaneously practices within racist systems and works to dismantle them. In the wake of a fervent #BlackLivesMatter movement and persistent racial disparities in key social welfare institutions, these paradoxes have come to the forefront of […]

Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice Symposium

Social work has a complex history of upholding White supremacy alongside a goal to achieve racial justice. Moreover, our profession simultaneously practices within racist systems and works to dismantle them. In the wake of a fervent #BlackLivesMatter movement and persistent racial disparities in key social welfare institutions, these paradoxes have come to the forefront of […]

Book Talk Focusing on Mass Incarceration

Virtual CA, United States

Virtual event featuring author Reuben J. Miller, a sociologist studying mass incarceration and former chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago.

Spring Quarter Town Halls With Dean Segura

Virtual CA, United States

Dean Gary Segura will share updates and answer questions at a series of town halls for doctoral students (May 12), undergraduates (May 13) and master's students (May 20).