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A woman wearing a mask and a white lab coat sits at a table covered in a colorful tablecloth, pills, and packages of medication

Ahealth professional surrounded by medication at one of the clinics for sex workers. (Image: Toorjo Ghose)

Sex workers’ rights

A Fulbright award augments Toorjo Ghose’s work to document and support the social movement happening among sex workers in India against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kristina García

SP2’s Roberta Iversen on labor history and innovating for the future
Left: Roberta Iverson; right: book cover titled What Workers Say.

Images: Courtesy of SP2

SP2’s Roberta Iversen on labor history and innovating for the future

In her new book, Iversen proposes that a different future could be possible in areas such as civic engagement and infrastructure for the benefit of both workers and their communities.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Dorothy Roberts’ ‘Torn Apart’ spotlights inequities in foster care
“Midday,” WYPR Radio (Baltimore)

Dorothy Roberts’ ‘Torn Apart’ spotlights inequities in foster care

PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts discusses the release of her book “Torn Apart,” which argues that the nation’s child welfare system deprives Black families of fundamental rights and should be dismantled.

Who, What, Why: Tyra Moore on her commitment to mental health care for Black Americans
Headshot of Tyra Moore in an office

Tyra Moore, a doctor of social work candidate at the School of Social Policy & Practice, recently won the Joy Award from the Boris L. Henson Foundation for her commitment to mental health care for Black Americans. (Image: Jordan Lynam, Lynam Up Media)

Who, What, Why: Tyra Moore on her commitment to mental health care for Black Americans

The doctoral student in the School of Social Policy & Practice received the Joy Award from the Boris L. Henson Foundation and is writing a dissertation on teen parenting within the foster care system.

Kristina García

Programs pilot guaranteed income for artists
Marketplace (NPR)

Programs pilot guaranteed income for artists

Amy Castro of the School of Social Policy & Practice comments on a universal basic income program for artists.

Takeaways from one of the largest surveys of Philly renters
Philadelphia Inquirer

Takeaways from one of the largest surveys of Philly renters

Cypress Marrs of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that, as the federal government moves on from the emergency resources it provided to households during the pandemic, the housing crisis is far from over.

$12.5M in new scholarships to enrich student population diversity at the School of Social Policy & Practice
Gianni Morsell (left) and two other people smile for the camera at Commencement.

Social Justice Scholar and May graduate Gianni Morsell, pictured at the SP2 graduation (left to right) with SP2 alumna Sarah Jones and SP2 Class of 2023 student Kira Kerkorian.

$12.5M in new scholarships to enrich student population diversity at the School of Social Policy & Practice

The resources will provide unprecedented support for graduate students in social work, social policy, and nonprofit leadership
Why closing the ‘boyfriend loophole’ would be a huge deal
New York Magazine

Why closing the ‘boyfriend loophole’ would be a huge deal

Susan B. Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that about half of the intimate-partner homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by an unmarried partner.