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On February 14, 2018, a 19-year-old gunman walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and opened fire, killing 17 students and faculty members, and injuring 18 others.
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Spend any time talking to Chelsea Bowers, MSW ’17, and her passion for helping others is crystal clear.
The graduate of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is the director of public affairs for City Net, a nonprofit in Orange County focused on ending street-level homelessness.
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According to the latest data available, in 2017 the United States received an estimated 139,801 affirmative asylum applications from individuals such as these:
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There are moments in many people’s lives when a medical matter changes everything. A debilitating injury. A mental health crisis. A move into hospice or palliative care. An organ transplant.
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One virtue of big data is that it can unlock patterns that bring important insights about helping vulnerable children and families. Numbers, it is said, do not lie.
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Black History Month is a celebration of the accomplishments of African Americans, and a time for recognizing the central role that African Americans played in U.S. history.
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Interpersonal violence is inherently a social phenomenon, meaning it spreads through networks. Perhaps adaptive and positive behaviors like mindfulness could also be spread virally?
This is the theory that inspired Robin Petering, PhD ’18, and Nicholas Barr, PhD ’18 to develop MyPath, a violence reduction intervention for youth experiencing homelessness.
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In April of 2018, Isaac Ford Jr., MSW ’12, attended the National Association of Black Social Workers Annual Conference in San Diego, California. He was excited to be a part of the 50th anniversary celebration, partake in seminars and workshops, and meet new people.
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At her first lecture on campus since joining USC in July 2019, President Carol L. Folt opened her master class on resiliency with praise for the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
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When Suzanne Wenzel, interim dean of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, was informed that she had been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), she was humbled.