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Social Work
‘The passionate pursuit of social justice’
‘The passionate pursuit of social justice’
The School of Social Policy & Practice addresses social inequities through research.
Penn Vet dual degrees: The student experience
Penn Vet dual degrees: The student experience
The expansion of the dual degree program is timely, given the recent perfect storm of a pandemic; growing awareness of social, racial and economic inequity; and increased impact of climate change .
How child tax credits will affect American families
How child tax credits will affect American families
Social scientists Amy Castro Baker and Pilar Gonalons-Pons weigh in on how expanded child tax credits beginning July 15 as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will impact poverty, gender relations, and future policy
The world according to Walter Palmer
The world according to Walter Palmer
The educator, organizer, and alumnus discusses his six decades of activism, growing up in the Black Bottom, studying and teaching at Penn, his work at CHOP, the student strike of 1967, the Vietnam War, Frank Rizzo, Donald Trump, school choice, gun violence, the Chauvin trial, and why he thinks racism should be declared a national public health crisis.
Fighting poverty with cash
Fighting poverty with cash
Amy Castro Baker has helped deliver promising data out of Stockton, California, about the effects of giving people no-strings-attached money every month. Now boosted by a new research center at Penn that she’ll colead, more cities are jumping on board.
Toorjo Ghose receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to India
Toorjo Ghose receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to India
Ghose will be hosted by Presidency University in Kolkata as part of a project to document and teach about the strategies deployed by sex workers to negotiate the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ‘dreams and nightmares’ of immigration
The ‘dreams and nightmares’ of immigration
Author Liliana Velásquez and journalist Juan González narrated personal and collective histories of Latin American migration to the U.S. in a School of Social Policy & Practice event.
Guaranteed income increases employment, improves financial and physical health
Guaranteed income increases employment, improves financial and physical health
Results from the first year of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration show that guaranteed income drastically improves job prospects, financial stability and overall wellbeing of recipients.
Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director
Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director
In 2020, SP2 alum Sherisse Laud-Hammond was named the new director of the Penn Women’s Center, a position in which she is the first Black woman and woman of color to serve.
Understanding poverty and data
Understanding poverty and data
Regina Smalls Baker of the School of Arts & Sciences and Amy Castro Baker of the School of Social Policy & Practice explore how data can be better used to analyze and address poverty.
In the News
The Washington Post
A school district opted out of a free meals program, saying students could ‘become spoiled’
Ioana Marinescu of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that moving to a universal meal program provides important advantages for students and their families.
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Black Enterprise
Latest batch of $1400 stimulus checks includes more payments for those who filed their taxes
Ioana Marinescu of the School of Social Policy & Practice explains that job creation is outpacing the search effort that workers are putting forth. Accordingly, a decline in workers’ desire to pursue employment matters more when there are a significant number of job openings available. This is the likely situation as the economy slowly begins to reopen.
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The Washington Post
Cash payments spread from Congress to Stockton to Brazil—but notion of ‘universal basic income’ far from reality
The work on “guaranteed income” programs by Amy Castro Baker of the School of Social Policy & Practice has found a renaissance in recent years, in countries such as Finland, India and Kenya, as inequality has worsened, and in the United States, after it received a boost during the 2020 presidential primaries.
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Chronicle of Social Change
Does your agency reflect the diversity of the community it serves? Why not?
Raekwon Burton, a grad student in the School of Social Policy & Practice, wrote about the lack of diversity in the field of social work.
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Generocity
This Is Why Advocates Are Supporting LGBTQ Foster Parents in Court
Sarah Wasch of the School of Social Policy & Practice and the Field Center spoke about the “dangerous message” foster-care agencies send to children when denying applications from LGBTQ potential parents.
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