News
GSSW in the News
BC Social Work Faculty Collaborate on Social Innovation Study
JUNE 26, 2013
Get and give help. Consider small changes as well as big ideas. Build on strengths but consider moving outside of your comfort zone. Be ready. And be bold.
These suggestions for achieving success in social innovation are among the findings of a recent study co-authored by two Boston College faculty members on Massachusetts’ status as a leader in social innovation, which addresses social needs by blending entrepreneurship and practices from business with social work’s expertise in non-profit management and commitment to social justice.
Graduate School of Social Work Associate Professors Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes and Stephanie Berzin, directors of GSSW’s Center for Social Innovation, and their co-author Luis de Zengotita compiled the study through interviews with 23 leaders of human service agencies who had spearheaded different types of social innovation initiatives. More about the study of social innovation in Massachusetts »
GSSW in the News
Forum Showcases Model Programs to Aid Vulnerable Young Adults
JUNE 19, 2013
BC Social Work Associate Professor, Stephaine Berzin, co-organized a forum on campus earlier this month to discuss the issue of housing for vulnerable young adults aging out of the foster care system. The forum featured agencies and housing programs from across the state with a record of success in serving this at-risk population. More about the Forum on Housing for Vulnerable Young Adults »
Events
5th Annual Pinderhughes Diversity Lecture
MARCH 25, 2011
8:30–11:00 a.m.
Murray Room, Yawkey Center
Featured Speaker: Dr. Jack Kirkland, Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Topic: "The Black Masses—Permanently in Poverty—Slavery—Depression—Recession—as Far as the Eye Can See. Unless…"
RSVP by March 11, 2011, to Serena Heartz at heartz@bc.edu or 617-552-0866
Dr. Jack Kirkland, an internationally known scholar on the African-American family, has lectured extensively on multiculturalism and economic development. He joined Washington University as co-founder, and later director, of the African American Studies Program. He has served as Community Development Director for the Peace Corps in Latin America, Director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, and as a consultant to mayors of several cities. Dr. Kirkland has been recognized for his efforts in bringing together people of diverse cultural backgrounds to work on behalf of youths at risk.
1.25 CEU hours. Breakfast buffet.
