Honored to celebrate Howard A. Palley, Elizabeth Palley, and Marian Lief Palley on the publication of their new book, The Politics of Women’s Health Care in the United States (2nd ed.), https://ow.ly/IYML50YSA4x. 📚✨ Their work offers a powerful look at how policy shapes women’s access to health care in the U.S., reflecting decades of scholarship in social work, law, and political science. We’re proud of this important contribution to the ongoing dialogue about equity, justice, and health policy. 👏

#UMSSW Nikita Aggarwal recently presented at the 97th Annual Pacific Sociological Association Conference on community-engaged research with South Asian immigrant restaurant workers, highlighting how coercive labor practices and immigration-related stressors shape workers’ mental health and underscoring the importance of participatory approaches for understanding the lived experiences of hard-to-reach populations, https://ow.ly/2slN50YP9lS.

Huge congratulations to UMSSW’s own Nickole Scroggins and Alfred Guy for shining on the UMB Got Talent stage! 🎉 Nickole Scroggins won 2nd place with a powerful performance of “A Change Is Gonna Come” – the perfect anthem for our #UMSSW #changemakers who are working every day to build a more just and equitable world. Alfred Guy earned 3rd place by taking the audience on a beautiful musical journey with the handpan, introducing many of us to this unique and moving instrument. We are so proud of these incredible talents representing the University of Maryland School of Social Work and showing how creativity, courage, and community come together at #UMB.