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She serves victims of trauma and violence in Boston

Charlene Luma, who graduated from the School of Social Work in 2005, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award on Feb. 1. Luma will be honored at the annual Equity, Justice, and Inclusion Lecture and Distinguished Alumni Award Celebration.

COVID-19 made the hunger crisis worse. She’s working to keep people fed.

Project Bread, a nonprofit that works to end hunger in Massachusetts, has served millions of meals to children during the pandemic. Its president, BCSSW graduate Erin McAleer, has been named a Bostonian of the Year by Boston Globe Magazine.

30 BCSSW researchers will showcase their work at the annual conference for the Society for Social Work and Research

The conference, held virtually, will run from Tuesday, Jan. 19 to Friday, Jan. 22. Register now to attend.

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“To solve the most intractable problems of our day—and of tomorrow—we must draw upon a diversity of disciplines and partner with those who actually experience the problems. Only then can we create and scale up appropriate evidence-based interventions.”

Gautam N. Yadama, Dean of Boston College School of Social Work

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