The Responsibility is Ours: Social Workers, Action, and Solidarity

March is nationally recognized as Social Work Month, and all in the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) and Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) community are welcome to join this special hybrid event, to be held immediately following an in-person networking opportunity from 9-10 a.m.

Anchored in this year’s Social Work Month theme of Compassion + Action, a virtual presentation will be offered via Zoom, broadcast live in the Cohen Auditorium for in-person attendees. For those interested in joining remotely, a Zoom registration link is available in the YCSC Outlook calendar.

Scroll down for more information about additional events and activities offered by the YCSC in collaboration with YNHHS in honor of Social Work Month 2025.

Social Work Month Events & Activities

A combination of in-person, hybrid, and virtual events and activities have been organized collaboratively by representatives of the YCSC and YNHHS in honor of Social Work Month this year. In addition to the following events, trivia questions will be posted via YCSC Internal Announcement weekly, with chances to win prizes.

March 13: 9:00-10:00 a.m. (In-person only)

Networking opportunity with colleagues from the YCSC and YNHHS at 230 South Frontage Road, in the Cohen Auditorium

March 13: 10:00-11:00 a.m. (Hybrid options)

Virtual presentation: The Responsibility is Ours: Social Workers, Action, and Solidarity with speaker Luis Alvarez-Hernandez, PhD, displayed live in the Cohen Auditorium and available via Zoom

March 18, 10:00-11:00 a.m. (Fully virtual)

Virtual in-service training: Understanding and Recognizing Human Trafficking with speakers Genesis Polanco and Dante Petti via Microsoft Teams

March 26, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Fully virtual)

Virtual in-service training: Creating Space for Healing with speaker Laura Cotto, LMSW via Microsoft Teams