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UConn School of Social Work Faculty and Ph.D. Students to Present at SSWR 2025

University of Connecticut

Room: Grand Ballroom C, Level 2 Author: Chenglin Hong, PhD, MSW, MPH Presentation: HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among People Involved in the Criminal Justice Systems in the United States: A Systematic Review Friday, January 17, 2025 Time: 9:45 a.m. Room: Cedar B, Level 2 Author(s): Kathryn Libal, PhD ; Yvonne Mbewe, LCSW ; S.

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NASW Member Voices: A Voting Rights Victory from the Supreme Court

Social Work Blog

By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA The United States Supreme Court on June 8 made an important and unexpected decision by rejecting Alabama’s gerrymandered redistricting map that grossly diluted the Black vote. In order to achieve that objective, social workers and other social justice advocates have to become fully engaged in the 2024 elections.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

After my MSW, my goal is to work in the criminal justice system, practicing social work in a juvenile detention center. I have always been passionate about criminal justice reform and lowering our country’s recidivism rate through rehabilitative practices. Charlotte M. Kinlock Endowment Fund in Social Work.

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NASW Member Voices: It is crucial Democratic Coalition that delivered Midterm Elections Successes Must Stay Intact for 2024

Social Work Blog

By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA. It is especially heartening that the youth voters, Gen-Xers included , were fully engaged in the 2022 Midterm Elections. It goes without saying that it is important that the social work profession remains engaged with the pro-democracy coalition. About The Author.