1. Consider publishing an In Brief with Affilia. In Briefs offer a space for practitioners, educators, and researchers to raise and discuss pressing issues of the day or to report on new developments and innovations in a less prescribed format than a full-length manuscript.

If NYC has a homelessness problem, we should be investing in housing, homeless services, and lowering the cost of living. If we have a problem with mental illness or addiction, we should be investing in healthcare, not criminalization. We ALL want a safer NYC—not a police state.

NOW: Ana Maria Archila🦋🐺 w/ NY Working Families Party joins children in their fight to #InvestInOurNY, including schools: “It is really not too much to ask of Governor Kathy Hochul, who leads one of the richest states in the country, to make sure that the richest people in NY continue to make that a reality,

Save the Date! affilia's spring webinar "Positionality & Positioning Ourselves in Critical Feminist Social Work Research" happening on 4/29 w/esteemed panelist Drs. Olubunmi B.Oyewuwo, Ifrah Magan, & Gina Miranda Samuels. Moderated by Dr.Kelly Jackson. Northeastern Illinois University Nancy The University of Chicago Arizona State University

Registration is now open for Affilia's spring webinar "Positionality & Positioning Ourselves in Critical Feminist Social Work Research" happening 4/29 4pm bit.ly/Affilia424Webi…

Read our latest editorial: "Critical Feminism Under Critical Conditions: Violence, Silence, and Resistance" by Meg Gibson, Mery Diaz, & Sharvari Karandikar. Open access here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08…

PSC joins fellow unionists and academics in condemning the recent actions of Columbia University administration to suppress student protest on April 18. Read full statement here: psc-cuny.org/news-events/st…

Students at City College set up an encampment — the first CUNY school to do so. At least 200 people here.

"This generation of youth have spent their entire lives in fear of having guns pointed at them in schools; what a disgrace for America that is now their own schools that are pointing the guns at them." --Josh Paul, former Director, US Department of State (resigned in protest)

STATEMENT: The Professional Staff Congress calls on the CUNY Chancellor to urge the District Attorney to drop the charges against the CUNY students and employees arrested the night of April 30 during the NYPD sweep of the CCNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment. 1/3

Last night I had the honor of being inducted into #PennSP2 Alumni Hall of Fame along with 4 other distinguished alumni.

Great News from Affilia!

Read Affilia’s latest editorial “Are We Bridging the Gap? The Social Work Practice of Critical Feminism.” Free Access at this Link : doi.org/10.1177/088610…

Join us for our fall webinar “The Morning After: Context, Politics, & Critical Feminism” Nov. 19th at 2:30pm EST. A post election discussion moderated by Dr. Antonia Alvarez, with Dr. Elizabeth Beck, Resha Swanson,-Varner & Megan Fowler. Register at bit.ly/AffiliaRoundTa…. 🧵

Don’t forget to register for “The Morning After: Context, Politics, & Critical Feminism” Nov. 19th at 2:30pm EST. A post election discussion moderated by Dr. Antonia Alvarez, with Dr. Elizabeth Beck, Resha Swanson,-Varner & Megan Fowler. Register at bit.ly/AffiliaRoundTa…. 🧵

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will be headed to the blue skies soon ( link in bio). would like to follow you there too.

Great to see many of you at #SSWR2025 in Seattle & to talk about critical feminist scholarship in SW. To learn more about Affilia, visit our website & YouTube channel webinars. Co-editors Drs. Mery Diaz City Tech CUNY , Sharvari Karandikar Ohio State & Meg Gibson Renison University College

Join us for Affilia's upcoming webinar, “Putting the heart into art: Excavating arts-based research methods and critical feminisms in social work scholarship and practice, May 8th, 2-3:30 pm EDT. Register at bit.ly/AffiliaWebinar… bit.ly/AffiliaWebinar…