Tag: Social Justice

Troy Wildenberg and Professor Rashné Jehangir

 |   Student Experience  

Finding confidence

Troy Wildenberg aims to empower others and build community
Social work professor Patricia Shannon and clinic founder Yussuf Shafie, M.S.W. '14, are driven to improve refugee mental health.

 |   Alumni   |   Engagement   |   HP-Sub Story   |   School of Social Work  

Places for healing

Meeting the needs of refugee trauma survivors
Photo: Alumna Belle Yaffe is a therapist with a history in special education.

 |   Alumni   |   Department of Family Social Science   |   HP-Sub Story  

A force for families

Belle Yaffe, ’70, followed her values to a career in special education and social services
Vichet Chhuon

 |   Department of Curriculum and Instruction   |   On Campus  

The teacher–student connection

Vichet Chhuon works for social justice in classrooms and communities
Tabitha Grier-Reed

 |   Department of Family Social Science   |   HP-Sub Story   |   On Campus  

We are family

Creating safe space to succeed
Jonathan Oppenheimer (in the Midway St. Paul T-shirt) with neighbors and artists next to a mural.

 |   School of Social Work   |   Student Experience  

The art of connecting

Master’s student Jonathan Oppenheimer is pursuing a dual degree in social work and public affairs

 |   Engagement  

Educational equity in action

A new resource hub will convene leaders to address achievement and opportunity gaps
Priscilla Gibson

 |   On Campus   |   School of Social Work  

Grand family

Social work professor Priscilla Gibson explores stories of kinship care
Aarinola Esther Okelola

 |   Student Experience  

Restorative spirit

Esther Okelola discovered a pathway to teach

 |   Research   |   School of Social Work  

Out-of-school suspension

A social work team takes a critical look at the effects on youth, families, and educators