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Toni Bell: Documenting Impact
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Toni Bell: Documenting Impact

The Hidden Burden: Creating a Social Justice Practice While Avoiding Burnout
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The Hidden Burden: Creating a Social Justice Practice While Avoiding Burnout

5 Impacts of a Transformative Social Change Degree
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5 Impacts of a Transformative Social Change Degree

Racial Trauma Among the BIPOC Community
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Racial Trauma Among the BIPOC Community

BY CHARLOTTE REDDEN HAMILTON, PH.D., LPC/S, DEAN, COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

A Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh
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A Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh

BY LILITH LESLIE CHEUNG, M.A., DOCTORAL STUDENT IN TRANSFORMATIVE SOCIAL CHANGE AND CHARLOTTE REDDEN HAMILTON, PH.D., LPC/S, DEAN, COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Necessity of Critical Race Theory
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The Necessity of Critical Race Theory

To combat rampant misinformation about Critical Race Theory, we take a closer look at what it really is and why it’s vital to creating a more equitable future in the United States.

The Clouded Contours of Change
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The Clouded Contours of Change

As nagging economic and social instability have many Americans worried, two researchers seek to understand the obstacles we face and determine what must be done to help.

What Is Integrative Social Work?
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What Is Integrative Social Work?

Course Spotlight: Disaster, Trauma, and Crisis Intervention
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Course Spotlight: Disaster, Trauma, and Crisis Intervention

The shift from ally to accomplice
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The shift from ally to accomplice

2020 has kept the fight for racial justice in the forefront. Finding ways to enter the conversation and move forward are key for a humane future.

More, More, More!
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More, More, More!

Overconsumption’s roots can be traced through our evolutionary development, but today this tendency is ensuring survival of no one—especially our planet.

Transformation amid turbulent times
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Transformation amid turbulent times

Change management principles usually applied to businesses provide a course of action for a nation facing the turmoil that 2020 has created.

A Community Beyond Policing
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A Community Beyond Policing

As calls to demilitarize and defund police departments grow across the country, how might social workers and public health experts step up and work together to help heal a broken system?

From empty promises to policies and action
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From empty promises to policies and action

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, companies flocked to social media to say they were listening and would do better. Their business practices suggest otherwise.

The early old bird gets the worm
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The early old bird gets the worm

How we listen to and care for our elderly sets the tone for how we listen and care for our future.

A letter from our president on being a better ally and agent of change
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A letter from our president on being a better ally and agent of change

Humanizing Villains
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Humanizing Villains

Crime culture is inextricable from popular culture. Why are we so interested, and should we be?

A colorblind future
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A colorblind future

Are the machines making us better, or are we making them worse?

The time we all became homebodies
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The time we all became homebodies

What has our time at home awakened during the lockdown—besides reminding us that time is a construct?

Conspiracy theories: a booming business
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Conspiracy theories: a booming business

Somehow, the age of information seems to have left us less informed than ever before, and it has created the perfect environment for conspiracies to thrive.

A Corporate Coming-of-Age
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A Corporate Coming-of-Age

Companies seeking to remain inclusive, diverse, and competitive should view generational turnover as an opportunity for reflection and organizational growth.

Profit vs. Progress
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Profit vs. Progress

From Armistice Day to Veteran’s Day – And Back Again
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From Armistice Day to Veteran’s Day – And Back Again

Removing the masks of mass incarceration
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Removing the masks of mass incarceration

Once upon a hashtag
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Once upon a hashtag

Despite foreign influences infiltrating political campaigns and social media posts undermining truth, creating positive social change is still possible with online storytelling.

Our Silenced Soldiers
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Our Silenced Soldiers

When one in four confirm they’ve experienced sexual trauma while serving in the military, what can mental health professionals do to help?

Justifiably Maladjusted
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Justifiably Maladjusted

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., preached that we must be maladjusted to the bigotry and racism in our society. Find out what that means today.

Rather be certain than right?
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Rather be certain than right?

Faculty member Linda Riebel, Ph.D., discusses why—today more than ever—we must understand the dangers of the illogical “self-sealing doctrine” in religion and politics.

Video recap: Experiencing humanity
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Video recap: Experiencing humanity

Green burials, home funerals: Closure for end-of-life care
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Green burials, home funerals: Closure for end-of-life care

Saybrook psychologist questions the normalcy of eating meat
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Saybrook psychologist questions the normalcy of eating meat

The obsolete office
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The obsolete office

Today’s work environment requires leaders who can adapt, innovate, and inspire in the interconnected global economy.

More than a thousand words
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More than a thousand words

A first of its kind study abroad excursion to Berlin, Germany gave five members of the Saybrook community a closer look at how the global immigration crisis is affecting individuals, families, and entire communities.

The Balloon
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The Balloon

Election 2016: Politics in the age of polarization
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Election 2016: Politics in the age of polarization

Envisioning transformative social change
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Envisioning transformative social change

How Saybrook University scholar-activists can bring about positive social change visions, strategies, and solutions for the world.

CIMHS webinar available online: Can ACA improve the status of the U.S. healthcare system?
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CIMHS webinar available online: Can ACA improve the status of the U.S. healthcare system?

The importance of gender equity
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The importance of gender equity

Embodied racism
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Embodied racism

“Racism is located in your body.”

Marginalization: The Pendulum Swings Both Ways
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Marginalization: The Pendulum Swings Both Ways

Empowering marginalized women through digital storytelling
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Empowering marginalized women through digital storytelling

Exploring Emergent change
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Exploring Emergent change

Psychology still needs to take Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s advice
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Psychology still needs to take Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s advice

The benefits of adversity are very, very real
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The benefits of adversity are very, very real