News Archive
Students
-
Growing up in Los Angeles’ Echo Park neighborhood, Yasmeen Surio, MSW ’18, did not have the best impression of the Los Angeles Police Department. Her family and friends had few positive interactions with officers.
“They were the enemy,” Surio said.
-
Those who are transitioning from active duty in the military may be eligible for employment priority status under CTAP or ICTAP. The Military Academic Center, part of the Military and Veterans Programs at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, is offering this guide to students and prospective students who may benefit from these programs.
-
For service members preparing to leave the military, these financial planning tips from the Military Academic Center, part of the Military and Veterans Programs at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, can ease the stress associated with this transition.
Transitioning from active military duty to civilian life can come with a range of unanticipated challenges. During this period of emotional, social and professional readjustment, many veterans also need support to establish a secure financial future.
-
Last year, USC launched a partnership with the Los Angeles Police Department to create the Law Enforcement Advanced Development (LEAD) program.
-
Cecilia Frausto identified a problem she came across often in her job with the Los Angeles Police Department and offered a clear, simple and easily implementable solution.
Her Southwest Division responds to an average of five domestic violence calls a day, and about 75 percent of domestic violence victims have children under the age of 18.
“The majority of juveniles who are delinquent that I have had the privilege to work with have experienced some sort of domestic violence in their household and also come from a broken family situation,” Frausto said.
-
Last year, USC launched a partnership with the Los Angeles Police Department to create the Law Enforcement Advanced Development (LEAD) program.
-
Last year, USC launched a partnership with the Los Angeles Police Department to create the Law Enforcement Advanced Development (LEAD) program.
-
Last year, USC launched a partnership with the Los Angeles Police Department to create the Law Enforcement Advanced Development (LEAD) program.
-
Breana Wiles walked into the workshop curious.
A part of a USC student-led initiative called Art Rx, the workshop aimed to bridge physical and emotional pain with art. Today’s was focused on scars.
Blue ink was rolled up and down her arms and transferred to paper. For the first time, Wiles saw the deep lines off of her body.
-
For nearly 100 days, Patrisse Khan-Cullors could not find her older brother. She and her family called the sheriff’s department every day, and were told he had been arrested, but no one could locate him.
Khan-Cullors explained that her brother had been “disappeared”: a practice in law enforcement, some allege, of taking someone into custody and having them vanish within the system.