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Honey Mahogany (MSW '09) spoke to KQED on her activism and the power of individuals to make change.Read more about 'We Have to Keep Fighting': Honey Mahogany's Activist Roots Run Deep

Ambassador Attallah Shabazz, the eldest daughter of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X Shabazz, gave an online address on Friday, August 21 as part of Berkeley Social Welfare's welcome events for new and returning students.

A producer, writer, and diplomat who has spoken throughout the...Read more about "I can't stop now": Ambassador Shabazz speaks to Berkeley Social Welfare

Berkeley Social welfare is honored to announce a gift of $250,000 to establish an endowed fellowship for MSW students, particularly students specializing in mental health.

The donors — an MSW alum from the class of 1979 and her husband — have made gifts to Berkeley Social...Read more about 0,000 gift establishes new fellowship for MSW students interested in mental health

"Racism is everywhere, and racism is inherently violent and lethal," Kerrison said. "There are too many people that have been clamoring about this for centuries." Assistant Professor Erin Kerrison and other...Read more about Erin Kerrison in Daily Cal: "‘Racialized dehumanization’: UC Berkeley experts weigh in on criminal justice"

“There’s a pervasive de-valuing of Black people's lives and Black people's bodies in general and Black women in particular.” Tina Sacks interviewed by Today.com about...Read more about Tina Sacks in Today: "What is implicit bias? The invisible racism that makes Black women dread the doctor's office"

Alum Fernando Cheung (PhD '91), who has served on Hong Kong's Legislative Council since 2004, writes about the...Read more about NYTimes Op-Ed by Alum Fernando Cheung (PhD '91): "Why Did Hong Kong Delay Its Election — by a Year?"

"I expect the people who have the least in our society to delay pregnancy because of the economic and health effects of COVID-19." Anu Manchikanti Gómez and other experts...Read more about Anu Manchikanti Gómez in The Atlantic: "How the Pandemic Will Affect America’s Population"

"The leap to truancy court as opposed to identifying why this child isn't coming to school is a special kind of punishment reserved for Black students."
Assistant Professor Erin Kerrison speaks to Yahoo...Read more about Erin Kerrison on the over-policing of Black students: Case of teen jailed for missing online classwork shows how schools and courts oppress Black students

Dr. Park Neung-hoo, Minister of Health and Welfare of South Korea, has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award. UC Berkeley's Haas International Award Committee bestows this award annually to a Cal alum who is a native, citizen and resident of a...Read more about Park Neung-hoo (PhD ‘98) honored with Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award

"The reality is we never had the same risk of contracting the illness." Assistant Professor Tina Sacks on the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on lower-income communities of color.Read more about Tina Sacks in SF Chronicle: "Coronavirus data show growing disparities in income and race in Bay Area"

"What would be a better use of our time, what would be a better way to devote our energy, instead of into panic, would be about collective health, collective safety and collective joy." Assistant Professor Erin Kerrison imagines a future without police....Read more about Erin Kerrison on Berkeley Talks: Imagining a future without police

Professor Jill Duerr Berrick has received funding from UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) and the Peder Sather Center...Read more about Professor Jill Berrick awarded funding for comparative research project on post-foster care young adulthood in the U.S. and Norway

As the country moves toward reopening — and with it some sense of “normalcy” — UC Berkeley researchers said simply returning to normal isn’t enough. Rather, they said, dismantling structural racism must be part of any reopening strategy.

During a livestreamed Berkeley Conversations event...Read more about Tina Sacks, Osagie Obasogie, and others on "Race, Law, and Health Policy"

My Dear Haviland Community--

Today marks Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day when slavery finally ended in the United States on June 19, 1865 -- two months after the Civil War ended and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. For over 150 years, Juneteenth has been celebrated in...Read more about Dean Linda Burton's Juneteenth message

The relationship between our social welfare and criminal legal system is marked both by tension and collaboration. Social workers, in particular, must coordinate efforts alongside a host of state agents, including police officers. At this moment, both front-line crisis workers are confronting an...Read more about Event video: "Community Surveillance in the Time of COVID-19: Civilian, Social Worker, and Police Officer Adaptations for Staying Safe"

Every summer for the last six out of seven years, Lecturer and Training Consultant for the Latinx Center of Excellence Luna Calderón has led MSW students in the Sin Fronteras program. Designed to improve students’ Spanish fluency and train them in culturally responsive social...Read more about Without Borders: Virtual Study Abroad

Affiliated faculty member Osagie Obasogie looks at some of the structural factors that have allowed police violence to persist. "One of the perspectives that public health can...Read more about Osagie Obasogie on CBS News: "Police brutality goes 'beyond individual bad apples,' professor says