The Social Work Policy Network remains committed to sharing key news updates, policy changes, action opportunities, events & more - with content particularly focused on social justice, equity, and systemic change.

March is Social Work Month. Thomas Benjamin, Senior Program Coordinator at the Rutgers School of Social Work's Center for Research on Ending Violence speaks with Dr. Sandra Edmonds Crewe, Sojourner Truth Social & Racial Justice Visiting Professor at Rutgers School of Social Work. Dr. Edmonds Crewe discusses this year's Social Work Month theme, Compassion + Action, and the work she is accomplishing at Rutgers. 

Danielle L. Beatty Moody, Associate Professor & Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Multilevel Racism and Life Span Health and Aging, was nominated by her peers for election into the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (ABMR), and the motion received enthusiastic and unanimous support.
 

The Social Work Policy Network remains committed to sharing key news updates, policy changes, action opportunities, events & more - with content particularly focused on social justice, equity, and systemic change.

Shari Botwin has provided expert testimony in high profile cases including against singer R. Kelly

Rutgers School of Social Work will be represented at the National Association for Social Workers New Jersey (NASW-NJ) Annual Conference from March 30-April 1, 2025 by a number of presentations and learning opportunities being hosted by our faculty, staff, and alumni. 

The Social Work Policy Network remains committed to sharing key news updates, policy changes, action opportunities, events & more - with content particularly focused on social justice, equity, and systemic change.

Julie Koivunen, PhD, has taught as a lecturer in the School of Social Work since 2008. In addition to teaching, her work at Rutgers has included serving as a research analyst at the Institute for Families and the Center for Research on Ending Violence where she has worked on projects with the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women, the State Office of Victim Witness Advocacy, the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and the Office on Women’s Policy and Research, Support, Employment, Education and Training.

The Social Work Policy Network remains committed to sharing key news updates, policy changes, action opportunities, events & more - with content particularly focused on social justice, equity, and systemic change.