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Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare at The CUNY Graduate Center
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Official account for the PhD Program in Social Welfare at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Learn more here https://gc.cuny.edu/socialwelfare and stay updated at our LinkTree https://linktr.ee/gcsocialwelfare
@igraywill.bsky.social is posting on the ground updates about his experience at the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise in Rotterdam & Utrecht, where he & Professor James M. Mandiberg presented a working paper & are promoting their recent publication #10EMESconf
I bought a copy of Laville's book, "The Solidarity Economy," the other day & had a fascinating conversation with him about the history & origins of EMES, & his long standing interest in the relationships between economies & democracies. Really enjoying his plenary remarks. #10EMESconf
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Curious about the PhD Program in Social Welfare at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social? Come to our virtual open house on Wednesday, 11/19/25 5:30-7pm ET. RSVP at www.gc.cuny.edu/even...
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This Wednesday, 11/5/25 from 2-4 pm: join us for the November Coffee Connection in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02. Featuring coffee by Justice Brews!
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Read Dr. Miller's dissertation here: academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/6097

Miller, Melva M. (2025). "The Jamaica Now Leadership Council: A Study of Stakeholder Participation in the Revitalization of Downtown Jamaica, Queens". [Doctoral Dissertation: CUNY Graduate Center]. CUNY Academic Works.
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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(1) As the government shutdown continues, SNAP benefits are expected to pause starting Saturday, Nov. 1, which may impact many in our CUNY community.
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Watch this inspiring video on Dr. Melva M. Miller's (Social Welfare, 2025) journey towards her doctorate.
Alumna Melva M. Miller shares her journey of earning a doctorate in Social Welfare from the CUNY Graduate Center with the goal of creating lasting change in her hometown of Queens www.gc.cuny.edu/news/doctora...
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Wednesday 11/5/25 from 2-4 pm: join us for the November Coffee Connection in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02. Featuring coffee by Justice Brews!
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Doctoral candidate Ashleigh Washington recently published this short essay at @ssrc.org, drawing from her research on New York City Administration for Children Services (ACS)'s quiet deployment of AI tools & long-standing practices of biomedical surveillance. Check it out!
Biomedical Surveillance in the Child Welfare System
Over the past several years, New York City’s Administration for Children Services (ACS) has been one among many child protection agencies to introduce AI tools. In this essay based on her research 2024 Data Fluencies Grantee Ashleigh Washington looks at how ACS’s tactics, including use of algorithms, create a tech-enabled biomedical surveillance apparatus targeting the most disadvantaged families.
just-tech.ssrc.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From op-eds in major newspapers to journal articles, books, & digital projects, we are proud of the scholarly work of our @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social students produce. Stay tuned for more posts featuring recent publications. In the meantime, enjoy this essay co-authored by @igraywill.bsky.social.
In the current social media vibescape this has felt more of a LinkedIn thing to share, but earlier this month an introductory chapter I co-authored for a special issue of the journal Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance was published. Here it is: doi.org/10.1080/2330...
Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise in Social Work and Human Services: Recasting the Historical Evolution of a Global Phenomenon
This introductory article to the special issue, Social Innovation, Social Enterprise, and Social Entrepreneurship (SE/SI) in Social Work and Human Services, positions SE/SI as embedded in the profe...
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
TOMORROW: Wednesday 10/29 from 3-4pm in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02: Join us for a conversation on oral history, friendship, and social movement research with faculty member Dr. Benjamin H. Shepard, where he'll discuss his latest book!

@commonnotions.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Day 1 of the NYC Public Interest Technology Pop-Up was great. Check out Day 2's demos from 2-6pm! Attaching a screenshot of how to locate it in The Oculus.

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@beta.nyc
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Helping staff this awesome space today (Climate w/ @asrc-gc.bsky.social ), tomorrow (Innovating For Inclusion), & Wednesday (Community Engagement), with @beta.nyc, @cunypitlab.bsky.social . Check out the schedule & come by, or watch the stream at twitch.tv/cunypitlab! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I'm hosting the 10/29/25 talk from 3-4pm at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social in the @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social space. It'll be a fun conversation about a good book and a very interesting nexus of activism and scholarship. Come check it out if you're around.
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Quite love these CUNY billboards in the subway stations. What a great institution - and a great equalizer.
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Start getting ready for the ASA 2026 Annual Meeting, and learn more about our host city, New York! Preview the city’s living sociology in this piece by Van C. Tran @vanctran.bsky.social and Philip Kasinitz @cunygcsociology.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/3WLn48k
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Congratulations to our @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social students who are presenting in Denver this week at @cswe.bsky.social's 2025 Annual Program Meeting. What a lineup! View the full schedule at
cswe2025.eventscribe... #CSWE25
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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This is going to be so much fun.
Rebooting the City starts here! For 11 days, we’re turning a storefront in The Oculus into a living lab—part gallery, part workshop, part future commons. Expect hands-on demos, data storytelling, visioning games, participatory art, community mapping, and more.

📆 Oct 27 to Nov 6
🔗 nycpitpopup.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Wednesday 11/5/25 from 2-4 pm: join us for the November Coffee Connection in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02. Featuring coffee by Justice Brews!
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Wednesday 10/29 from 3-4pm in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02*: Join us for a conversation on oral history, friendship, and social movement research with faculty member Dr. Benjamin H. Shepard, where he'll discuss his latest book!

@commonnotions.bsky.social

*See gc.cuny.edu/news/bui...
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Congratulations to our @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social students who are presenting in Denver this week at @cswe.bsky.social's 2025 Annual Program Meeting. What a lineup! View the full schedule at
cswe2025.eventscribe... #CSWE25
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Catch the author of ON ACTIVISM, FRIENDSHIPS, AND FIGHTING at two New York events this fall!

10/29 at The CUNY Graduate Center from 3-4pm @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social

11/8 in High Falls, NY at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social

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October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
📢 Out now! 📢

In The Loop Volume 5(2), the October 2025 issue of our official newsletter! Read it at socialwelfare.common...

#CUNY #TheGraduateCenter #SocialWork #PhD
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October 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM