Dr. James Huguley, associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work and Dr. Ming-Te Wang, professor in the School of Education, have received a $4 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for their project “School Just Discipline Project: Reducing Racial Disparities and Promoting Positive School Climate.”  Read more.

CRSP will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a virtual event featuring esteemed scholar and White House Champion of Change Haben Girma, on February 2^nd, 2022 from 4:45 to 6 p.m. Her talk is titled: “Disability Justice: A Conversation with Haben, the Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.” The lecture is open to the public and those wishing to attend can register online. The event is also the inaugural Florence Gibbs Momeyer Endowed Lecture. Read more.

The Child Welfare Workforce Excellence Fellows (CWWEF) program offers specialized training and funding up to $24,375 to eligible students. The fellowship is available in the 2022-2023 academic year to full-time, second year MSW students and incoming Advanced Standing students. Find more information and apply today!

MSW alumna Janet Guyer is empowering women to help break the cycle of poverty by helping start a village savings and loan group in a community in Malawi. Read more.

The pandemic has created a great need for tutors to combat learning loss. Partner organizations Westinghouse Middle/High School, Oak Hill, The Corner, Weil Elementary and others are looking for volunteers to serve as tutors. This is a weekly commitment of 1-2 hours and training will be provided. If you are interested please email Carrie Finkelstein and specify the age group you would like to work with (cgf18@pitt.edu).