By Kimberly Moore, Director Care Café Today, January 17, 2022, we celebrate the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as we engage our communities on this special Day of Service. Although remote, the Wurzweiler School of Social Work’s online MSW program students engage in Care Café…
By Dr. Tara Gensler Adjunct Professor Programs in Special Education Dr. Tara Gensler Living through the past two years amidst a pandemic that for some reason does not want to relent has taught us all many important lessons. The trajectory that we had initially thought our previous being was on and…
These articles by Prof. Daniel Pollack, along with many of his other works, can be found in the Yeshiva Academic Institutional Repository (YAIR). “ Public safety and health and human services: How a Midwestern city took a hard sociological look following police-involved shootings” in Policy…
By Kimberly Moore Care Café Director As we continue our efforts to support community awareness around Domestic Violence prevention and critical work with vulnerable populations, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, Wurzweiler’s Care Café co-hosted a Wellness Check-in gathering with the members of W.A.R.M (…
Testimony given before the Committee on Veterans (held jointly with the Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction) on Mental Health Services for Veterans in Response to COVID-19, and Alternative Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): 11/17/2021. (To hear this, open the…
On Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, Wurzweiler School of Social Work inducted 16 students and three honorary members into the Tau Epsilon chapter of Phi Alpha. They were surrounded by faculty, administration, staff and peers during an interactive virtual ceremony into this esteemed organization that honors…
By Kimberly Moore, Director Care Café On the crisp Tuesday morning of November 16, 2021, Care Café had the privilege of serving the members of the Central Harlem community. In partnership with the Williams Institutional Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Health Ministry and Board of Social ...
Joyce Roberson-Steele On Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, Joyce Roberson-Steele, Field Program Coordinator at Wurzweiler and a Ph.D. student, presented “Considering Intervention Strategies for Black Older Adults and Substance Use During COVID” at the 9th Annual Black Doctoral Network Virtual Conference. “I…
On behalf of Wurzweiler’s Care Café, Happy Veteran’s Day! As social workers, we are moved to action when we engage with our community. In our travels, we meet some of the most spiritual, knowledgeable, and influential people of our time. This is one of those times. Today, we highlight our first ...
Dr. Laurie Blackman and Dr. Kathryn Krase, along with three Wurzweiler students—Joyce Roberson-Steele, Annette Clarke-Jones and Latoya Attis—and Dr. Donna Wang of Springfield College presented a poster at the Gerontological Society of America’s 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, “ Disruption to ...