This three-part webinar series explores the impact of anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies on clinicians and patients from BIPOC communities, and provides practical strategies and insights to improve clinical practice, challenge stereotypes, and advocate for policies that promote health equity.
The Center on Immigration and Child Welfare Initiative shares in the collective feelings of grief, uncertainty, and disillusionment in the wake of last week’s 2024 election results. We are deeply troubled by the incoming Trump administration’s promised policy agenda that directly threatens the safety, wellbeing, and futures of millions of children in immigrant families and other vulnerable communities.
For more than a decade, immigrants and their families have been the target of increasingly punitive policies, xenophobic rhetoric, and baseless myths. The CICW was born out of a response to this harmful sociopolitical environment that has endangered the foundations of child protection and well-being, and we remain deeply committed to the fight for a humane immigration system and immigration policies that protect children and families regardless of immigration status.
We are inspired by and stand in solidarity with our fellow advocates, partners, and communities who share in this work with us; and we look to the future with a renewed resolve to surmount these impending challenges and create a country where children of immigrants thrive in their families and communities. The CICW stands with immigrants and marginalized groups as we continue to mobilize for social justice, build power within our communities, and put forth practice-informed research, trainings, and policy work to ensure that all individuals’ rights are protected, regardless of immigration status.
Members of the CICW Research Workgroup will present at the upcoming 2025 SSWR Annual Conference in January, including:
This online workshop will review how to conduct mental health assessment and write reports to support immigration relief cases.
On October 8th, 2024, Berkeley Social Welfare and CICW co-hosted a powerful documentary film screening of, All We Carry, directed by Cady Vogue, which follows a family’s extraordinary journey as they flee persecution from narcotraffickers in Honduras and endure months in US detention. Upon release, they are sponsored by a synagogue in Seattle and move into a borrowed beachfront home, all while they await their asylum verdict. Over three years, the family navigates countless life-altering and every-day moments where memory, joy, and grief collide.
CICW Director, Dr Kristina Lovato, moderated a panel discussion in which local social service providers and faith communities shared strategies for advocating for, and promoting, immigrant rights and justice. The panelists included:
Students, faculty, and community members enjoyed this timely discussion on promoting immigrant’s human rights amidst the current socio-political climate.
This ISS International Conference will explore issues related to children on the move, family based care, the future of child protection and social work, and more.
The UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare and the CICW will host a film screening and panel discussion of the documentary All We Carry, which follows a Honduran family’s extraordinary journey as they flee persecution from narcotraffickers, endure months in US detention, and await their asylum verdict in Seattle. We invite all in the Bay Area to join us for this special event! More info here.
This webinar will celebrate the release of Girasol’s newly translated Kʼicheʼ version of their Trauma Workbook for Unaccompanied Minors/Teens and discuss language diversity of Indigenous communities, roots causes of displacement of Indigenous people from Guatemala and Mexico, and language justice.
The 21st Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference will bring together leading experts for policy and legal analysis, and discussion of key immigration issues in the U.S. It will feature Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration as the keynote speaker.
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