How can the child welfare system be more supportive of both LGBTQ+ youth and LGBTQ+ adults who are exploring adoption? Hear from #VCUSSW faculty Alex Wagaman and our in-the-know alumni working at Equality Virginia, Voices for Virginia's Children (Allison G.) and UMFS. bit.ly/LGBTQ-adoption

A lot of teachers build their classroom policies around the ways they imagine students taking advantage. I know I used to. Limiting bathroom because students might go all the time. Not taking late work because students might cheat. Etc. 1/5

Very thoughtful & thought provoking chapter from the Advocates for Richmond Youth! @blkragematters Alex Wagaman Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College Jama Shelton (@pagingdrjama.bsky.social) Gary Mallon Routledge Books

"Eviction records keep individuals and families locked in a cycle of poverty; force people to live in unsafe housing; and cause homelessness and a host of other collateral consequences." americanprogress.org/issues/poverty…

Join #VCUSSW’s Alex Wagaman, Advocates for Richmond Youth & other social work researchers/practitioners @ 1 p.m. ET 11/19 for Housing Access for Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness. bit.ly/2XDhRVi. 1.5 CEUs. Co-sponsors: University of Houston social work college & SSWR.

Congrats to our 2 #VCUSSW associate professors, Maurice Gattis and Alex Wagaman! Learn more about their work at bit.ly/SSW-Gattis and bit.ly/SSW-Wagaman.

Join #VCUSSW Assistant Professor Nicole Corley, Ph.D., for the opening reception of And, Ain't I a Mother? An Art Exhibition Exploring Black Motherhood Through Collage at @VCUarts' The Anderson gallery. Show runs till June 4. [email protected], (804) 412-8549. 1/2 🧵

Evictions are violence. #stopevictions #housingisahumanright

Join us for this exciting free webinar "Intersectional insights: The why and how of peer supports for young people" #peersupport GSSW U of Denver Jama Shelton (@pagingdrjama.bsky.social) Alex Wagaman ROBIN PETERING PHD @sarahNarendorf Danielle Maude Littman, PhD (she/her) @ste eventbrite.com/e/intersection… @Eventbrite

Some good news! Preventing & Ending LGBTQI+ Homelessness & Housing Instability included in Executive Order on Advancing Equality for LGBTQI Individuals The White House Joe Biden Department of Housing and Urban Development bit.ly/3QY6pdD

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JSWE is happy to announce the 2022 award winners for Best Qualitative article. Excellent work, authors! @DparrishParrish CSWE Alex Wagaman Rutgers University School of Social Work VCU Social Work Keith J. Watts, PhD, MSW @gioiacono81 @Dr_dardeee @DrMegPaceley Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

Congrats to #VCUSSW faculty Alex Wagaman & Jacob Goffnett + #VCUSSW Ph.D. alum Keith J. Watts, PhD, MSW. Article details: vcussw.info/JSWE21. Learn more about their work at vcussw.info/Wagaman; vcussw.info/Goffnett; vcussw.info/Watts

How can social work academia shift to embrace PAR? New article in Journal of Community Practice ! I could not be more humbled by the collaboration with Anna Ortega-Williams Kimberly Bender Alex Wagaman & Drs. Ramona Beltran & Laura Wernick tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… As always - email/DM for PDF!

10/27 – CSWE’s #CSWE2023: #VCUSSW’s Angela Matijczak, Ph.D. candidate; E. Bickford, M.S.W. student; Aaron Kemmerer, Ph.D. candidate; Florence Martinez, M.S.W. student; contributor: Alex Wagaman. vcussw.info/APM2023-12

Jan. 12 – SSWR’s #SSWR2024: Alex Wagaman, #VCUSSW assoc. prof.; Maurice Gattis, #VCUSSW assoc. prof.; Aaron Kemmerer, #VCUSSW doc candidate; Paola Roldan, #VCUSSW doc student; Kelci Straka-Mai, #VCUSSW M.S.W. student. vcussw.info/SSWR2024