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Queer Community Alliance
Feb 7, 20212 min read
QCA February Message - Self-Care Under the Rainbow
Happy New Year from the Queer Community Alliance! For all our returning students, we hope you had a relaxing winter break. And for our...
Organization of African American Students in Social Work
Feb 7, 20211 min read
OASIS February Message
The Organization of African American Students in Social Work would like to welcome all the new students to University of Maryland at...

Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
Feb 7, 20211 min read
RPCV February Message
Are you a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer? Join us at our next RPCV meeting on Friday, February 12 at 12:15pm. Swing by to chat, network,...

Anti-Oppression Work Group
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Timeline: History of Anti-Oppression and Anti-Racism at SSW
Option to download timeline as PDF below Link to Task Force Report: https://www.ssw.umaryland.edu/media/ssw/diversity-and-inclusion/FINAL...
Jinwoo Chung, Robyn Haim & Albert Soo
Feb 7, 20214 min read
Visions of Liberation: Structural Oppression and the Achievement Gap
The following work has been condensed for publication. To read the full-length paper, please contact Robyn Haim at robynsh2@gmail.com...
Allison Kirsch
Feb 7, 20213 min read
Awakening
I may be one of tens or hundreds of thousands of white people in the United States who got definitively educated during 2020 on the harsh...
Steven Isaacson
Feb 7, 20213 min read
Vaccines, Disability, and Oppression
We find ourselves in the middle of a pandemic that we were not prepared for. As we think about how to best make public health decisions...
Omayra Kazi
Feb 7, 20212 min read
Dr. Kimberly Saunders - A Tribute
Dr. Kimberly Saunders began serving as the Assistant Dean of Admissions at the School of Social Work in July of 2016. She was no stranger...
Eva Bialobrzeski
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Capitalism and Mental Health
As we approach month 12 of the pandemic, I can’t help but think how our capitalist system has only made life more difficult for so many...
Anna Britton
Feb 7, 20213 min read
Unity or Accountability?
There is a fierce debate currently happening around the storming of the Capitol on January 6th as well as the Trump presidency more...
Steven Isaacson & Anna Britton
Feb 7, 20212 min read
Room for Debate - A Question of Tactics: Storming the Capitol
"For" by Steven Isaacson History teaches us that concessions are only won by workers when we stand up and demand them. What occurred at...
Mavlyn Bazil
Feb 7, 20213 min read
Your Voice Matters
Over the past few months, we citizens of the United States along with citizens of other Nations around the world, have had a lot to...
The Disruptor
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Recent Article in The Baltimore Brew By SSW Faculty
Rather than leasing rooms, Baltimore should buy motels to house homeless people February 2, 2021 by Lauren Siegel, Jeff Singer, and Adam...

The Disruptor
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Call for Submissions & Art - March Issue Theme Prompt
The theme of our next issue, coming March 15th, is the social work profession. We are looking for short commentary, about 300 words, on...
Anna Britton & Madison Haas
Feb 7, 20215 min read
Fair Pay for Incarcerated Laborers - DEI Committee submits testimony in support of SB 194
Did you know the furniture we use at the School of Social Work was built by workers making as little as 17 cents an hour? The University...
The Alliance of Anti-Racist Social Work Practitioners
Jan 28, 20211 min read
The Alliance December Message
The Alliance of Anti-Racist Social Work Practitioners (The Alliance) was founded by UMB SSW students in Fall 2016 based on students'...
Anti-Oppression Work Group & the Alliance
Jan 28, 20213 min read
Students For Critical Pedagogy
bell hooks describes to us in Teaching to Transgress that our education should be liberatory through self-actualization in the classroom...
Jennifer Blue, Queer Community Alliance
Jan 28, 20213 min read
QCA December Message
Hello from the Queer Community Alliance! We’ve been off to a bit of a slow start this year, but we are up and running now and committed...
Latinx Unidos for Community Healing & Awareness
Jan 28, 20211 min read
LUCHA December Message
Hola a Todxs, We are Latinx Unidos for Community Healing & Awareness or best known as LUCHA! We are proud to be a part of the first issue...
International Social Work Organization
Jan 28, 20211 min read
ISWO December Message
With the events of 2020, it is important now more than ever to connect with others for support. This is the goal of the University of...
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