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Here’s how police violence affects the mental health of young Black adults

Assistant professor Robert Motley has found that Black people aged 18 to 29 experience an increase in anger, depression, and hypervigilance when they are exposed to police violence that is perceived to be motivated by racism.
Rev. June Cooper

This graduate turned the oldest nonprofit in Boston into a thriving agency that fights homelessness

As the executive director of City Mission Boston for the past 20 years, Rev. June Cooper has developed programs to teach people how to improve their lives and tackle complex social issues like racism and poverty.
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‘I think programs like the Black Leadership Initiative should be everywhere’

Students reflect on why they chose to join the BLI, a new program that prepares social workers to tackle some of the biggest problems facing Black communities.

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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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