The City of Boston’s new $2.5 million marketing campaign meant to rebrand Boston as a current, diverse, and “all inclusive” city has caught the attention of many Bostonians of color, including BU School of Social Work’s assistant professor Phillipe Copeland. In a BU Today story, “Rebranding Boston: New Marketing Campaign Portrays a City That’s More […]
Professors Dawn Belkin Martinez and Linda Sprague Martinez take a novel approach to their research on effective mental health interventions for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color) youth and young adults. The project, titled “YPAR (youth-led participatory research), Activism, and Organizing as a Mental Health Intervention for BIPOC Youth: Building the Case for Practice Informed […]
BU School of Social Work Clinical Assistant Professor Phillipe Copeland weighs in on the pushback against critical race theory (CRT) as states across the US seek to ban CRT from public education. Excerpted from “The Privilege to Push Against Progress” by Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: When you put the emphasis on outcomes and look at the […]
BU’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has awarded Assistant Professor Robert Eschmann an NIH KL2 grant for “Resisting Racism: An Investigation of the Effects of Racism on Health and Wellbeing, Protective Mechanisms, and a Technology-based Intervention.” The $298,000 two-year award will fund an investigation of the barriers to responding to racial microaggressions, and the […]