Social work researchers share lessons learned during a tumultuous year shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, protests against racial injustice, and unprecedented outbreaks of anti-Asian bias.
Whether it was New Yorkers’ ability to “crush the curve” of COVID, or the response as protesters across the country and around the world united against anti-Black racism—we have proven the potency of acting together in the name of social justice and mutual regard….
Equitable access to vaccines should be a human right. I suggest four strategies to ensure that vaccine distribution and access to testing, treatment, and care reaches underserved communities…
The ongoing COVID crisis provides a strong rationale for addressing the struggles of Americans at the bottom of the economic ladder. But the goal cannot be simply to meet the temporary need…
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent uprisings sparked by ongoing racial violence at the hands of police and white vigilantes have exposed some of the deepest and most persistent inequalities in our society….
Young people need an abundance of support if they are to be part of the post-pandemic economic recovery and able to create positive futures for themselves and their families….
Supporting anti-racist research, and ensuring the research produced by our community leads to anti-racist policies that reduce inequalities, will continue to be a priority….
The collective pain of 2020 has made us pay attention—to the suffering of our neighbors, friends, and strangers; to the way we are all interconnected; and to what we value as a society….
It is my hope that the upheaval we’ve all experienced will push us to see and respond to the world as it is rather than stubbornly holding on to what we would like to believe it to be. We have an opportunity to be bold….
The pandemic has had an impact on adolescents of different racial/ethnic backgrounds in three major areas: 1) changes in their social connectedness; 2) experiences of stigma and discrimination; and 3) mental health outcomes….
[T]he most significant development of the past year lay in reducing the barriers for accessing services through telepractice and pharmacy-based partnerships. [M]ore individuals have been able to receive treatment….
While the impact of the pandemic on Central Asia and Eastern Europe has not been so severe in terms of deaths, in these regions as elsewhere the pandemic exposed a lack of preparedness in the public health and emergency sectors….
While the most common form of discrimination consisted of verbal harassment and racial slurs, respondents also described having been excluded from activities, verbally threatened or physically assaulted, and denied services when shopping or using public transportation….
During our first year, the Action Lab adopted the three-pronged approach of education, practice, and research through anti-racist and anti-oppressive lenses. We are constantly challenging ourselves to define what it means to do activist research….