Student Clubs & Organizations
Master of Social Work Program's Student Organizations
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Instagram:听@csun.aapiswc
Mission:听Promoting and educating on the AAPI experience , advocating for AAPI community needs, and engaging with APPI community, and with everyone, regardless of cultural background.
Board Members:听Ryoko Maeda (Chair)
Faculty Advisor:听Darlene Woo and Jose Paez
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Email:听csun.bswc@gmail.com
Instagram:听@csun.bswc
Mission:听To raise awareness on inequalities and injustice in Black communities while following social work values and ethics.
Board Members:听听Ayana Riley (Co-Chair), Taja Marbley (Co-Chair)
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Email:听csunpuede@gmail.com
Instagram: @csun_puede
Mission:听Somos 隆麻豆AV Puede! a student-lead collective centered around the Latinx experience, language, y cultura. We seek to better understand the needs of our Latinx families and communidades to assure a culturally responsive approach to community engagement and client services. We strive to develop connections, and for some, fortify our Latinx identity in a safe space for ALL MSW students. We hope to find clarity of purpose en nuestro camino into the field of social work while embracing our Latinidad. Within this space, we chose to amplify our voices and gain leadership experience. Estamos juntos en la Lucha!
Board Members:听Rosio J. Rodriguez
Faculty Advisor:听Dr. Luis Curiel
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Instagram:听@mswdocntalks
Email:听csundocsntalks@gmail.com
Mission:听Our mission is to raise awareness of social issues affecting our communities. Join us in critical dialogues & advocacy efforts! Our Docs & Talks series includes screenings of documentaries and encourages dialogues surrounding social issues and advocacy efforts. We want to amplify the voices of our Black and Brown brothers and sisters and cultivate a space of vulnerability for healing and developing resiliency for liberation.
Board Members:听Samantha Herrera Fuentes Davila, MSW
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Email:听M3@csun.edu
Visit Male Minority Mentoring (M3) Website
Instagram: @csun_m3
Phone: (818) 677-7798
Mission:听Male Minority Mentoring (M3) is committed to the success of Latino, African-American/Black, Native American, Southeast Asian, and other minoritized students. M3 is a program on campus designed to help minority males succeed in college and in their career.
How to Join:听For students interested in joining M3, they can email听or Dr. Lipscomb directly at听allen.lipscomb@csun.edu
More Information:听Using basketball pick-up games, one-on-one mentoring, focus groups and workshops on how to deal with stress, M3 helps students realize that asking for guidance, support, and mentorship is not weakness, but an important growth opportunity.
M3 was founded by Dr. Alejandra Acuna as a way to increase the graduation rate of males of color. Now under the direction of Dr. Allen Lipscomb, the program pairs undergraduate mentees with faculty and graduate level mentors to help guide students through their college experience.
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Email:听qcswcsun@gmail.com
Instagram: @csun_qcsw
Description:听The Queer Coalition of Social Workers (QCSW) at 麻豆AV is a student organization open to all of the 麻豆AV community. We host discussion groups, activities, & learning opportunities. We also produce educational content, honor queer history, & conduct advocacy efforts, all centered around LGBTQIA2S+ identities & their intersections. As social workers, we seek to promote inclusivity in our community, seek out diverse perspectives, provide accessible learning opportunities about the queer experience & allyship, & collaborate with other student & community organizations in social justice work. Within the field of social work, our goal is to address the lack of space, resources, & support for LGBTQIA2S+ social workers, allies, & clients, & empower them to collaborate, advocate, process, & envision an inclusive practice setting & approaches specific to social work. For more information, visit the听, the听听or email us at听qcswcsun@gmail.com
Board members:听Mark Abelson, Michele Bartlett, Jazmin Flores, Lily Holmes, Alison Magistrali, Camden Padilla,听KP Parks,听Shelly Rosenblatt
How to join:听Membership is open to all currently enrolled students at 麻豆AV. Voting power is limited to members who attend at least one prior meeting to voting. Members will be considered active if they attend at least 1 meeting every two months.听
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Instagram:听@csun_sws
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Mission:听The Social Work Society commits to advocating for and fostering community between all 麻豆AV MSW students using an anti-oppressive, anti-racist, anti-colonial, and intersectional lens.听
Executive Board Members:听
Tania Corona Navarro (President), Monserrat Gonzalez Garcia (Vice President),听 Tyler Duncan (External Vice President), Dan Johnson (Secretary), Jessie Ede (Treasurer), Nubia Bandek (Event Coordinator)
Cohort Representatives:听
Maria Juarez (2-24 Cohort), Sophia Rodriguez (2-24 Cohort), Wendy Ayala (O3-24 Cohort), Kandice Martinez (O3-24 Cohort), Adriana Castaneda (3-25), Kyla Rose Leynes (3-24) Allison Cardwell (23 Strong)
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Mission:听Teach-In formerly Lunch & Learn is an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to share their expertise and knowledge with our school community, and surrounding community at-large. Teach-Ins are a coalition of minds at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexual identity, ability, religion, etc. to educate and inform our school community on issues that impact and affect us all. All MSW students, faculty and staff are welcome to join and assist in forming a series of gatherings to address social justice issues at various social locations.
Faculty Advisor: Katie Mortimer
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Email:听mswwoc@gmail.com
Instagram:听@csun.msw.woc
Mission:听The MSW Women of Color Collective is dedicated to fostering sisterhood and providing safe spaces for women of color within the MSW program. Our aim is to establish a supportive community where women of color can share their lived experiences, find solidarity, and receive unwavering support throughout their academic and professional journey. Rooted in the principles of anti-racism, and anti-oppression, we actively promote cultural humility and combat anti-blackness; striving to challenge systemic inequities in the field of social work. Through collective empowerment, we aim to address challenges, promote inclusivity, and amplify the voices of women of color, working towards a more just and equitable society.听
Board Members:
- Taja听Marbley听(Public Representative)
- Kandice听Martinez听(Program Coordinator)
- Dilpreet Sidhu听(Direct Facilitator)
How to join:听Please reach out to us via email or Instagram for our Zoom link! You can also keep an eye out for meeting reminders from the SW office