Alicia Mendez
@alicitadelfina.bsky.social
Research Assistant Professor studying intergenerational trauma, posttraumatic growth, and child sexual abuse prevention. See also: movie buff and amateur ice cream maker.
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I'm a professor at the flagship university for the fourth whitest state in the US. Over 80% of our students are white.
The biggest barrier to access here is that due to lack of state funding, we have top 10 highest tuition per capita of public unis in the country.
We also have a food pantry.
The biggest barrier to access here is that due to lack of state funding, we have top 10 highest tuition per capita of public unis in the country.
We also have a food pantry.
oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
July 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm a professor at the flagship university for the fourth whitest state in the US. Over 80% of our students are white.
The biggest barrier to access here is that due to lack of state funding, we have top 10 highest tuition per capita of public unis in the country.
We also have a food pantry.
The biggest barrier to access here is that due to lack of state funding, we have top 10 highest tuition per capita of public unis in the country.
We also have a food pantry.
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If you do basic needs work in higher education, you quickly come to realize how fucked the fundamentals of the economy are... particularly for young adults
I'm a professor at the flagship university for the fourth whitest state in the US. Over 80% of our students are white.
The biggest barrier to access here is that due to lack of state funding, we have top 10 highest tuition per capita of public unis in the country.
We also have a food pantry.
The biggest barrier to access here is that due to lack of state funding, we have top 10 highest tuition per capita of public unis in the country.
We also have a food pantry.
oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
July 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you do basic needs work in higher education, you quickly come to realize how fucked the fundamentals of the economy are... particularly for young adults
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"In this way, Medicaid isn’t just a safety net for the poor—it’s an invisible subsidy for everyone. When it shrinks, costs don’t disappear. They move to households, employers, local governments, school systems, ERs, jails. Everyone pays."
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
The Word Games That Enable Medicaid Cuts
We don’t call it Medicaid in many states, and we use euphemisms for what are in reality cuts. That endangers the system, a health care regulator writes.
prospect.org
June 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"In this way, Medicaid isn’t just a safety net for the poor—it’s an invisible subsidy for everyone. When it shrinks, costs don’t disappear. They move to households, employers, local governments, school systems, ERs, jails. Everyone pays."
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
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"Legality is a construct of the state, not a reflection of justice...These words don’t liberate us, they reinforce the idea that worth and safety must be earned within structures that were never meant to protect us in the first place."
Read our full statement here: upendmovement.org/2025/06/12/u...
Read our full statement here: upendmovement.org/2025/06/12/u...
upEND Demands the Abolition of ICE and Immigration Detention - upEND Movement
Family policing abolition includes immigrant justice, and upEND demands the abolition of ICE and an end to immigrant detention, deportation, and surveillance.
upendmovement.org
June 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Legality is a construct of the state, not a reflection of justice...These words don’t liberate us, they reinforce the idea that worth and safety must be earned within structures that were never meant to protect us in the first place."
Read our full statement here: upendmovement.org/2025/06/12/u...
Read our full statement here: upendmovement.org/2025/06/12/u...
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Further evidence that the "child welfare" system actually cares very little for children's welfare.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Florida child welfare agency calls ICE on teen migrant in foster care, sparking criticism
‘If this is a policy decision, it is a huge deal.’
www.miamiherald.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Further evidence that the "child welfare" system actually cares very little for children's welfare.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Tell me your pet’s name with a gif:
June 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Tell me your pet’s name with a gif:
Strongly suggest this read, we have been doing social work ed a disservice for so long. If now is not the time to redirect our curricula, then when?
“if we take seriously our stated commitment to social justice...full-spectrum education isn’t just pedagogically practical – it’s a moral imperative.”
“if we take seriously our stated commitment to social justice...full-spectrum education isn’t just pedagogically practical – it’s a moral imperative.”
In this new piece, I reflect & invite your thoughts on the urgent need to reclaim full-spectrum, not methodologically siloed, MSW education. I share ideas and models already in use, explore barriers to doing this work, and invite an exchange about what’s working in your own SW training experiences.
Re-Embracing Full Spectrum MSW Education: Responding to Crisis by Returning to Our Roots
With the close of this academic year, I’ve been reflecting on what makes social work not only distinct but urgently essential, especially now. In earlier posts, I shared thoughts on how our field uniq...
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June 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Strongly suggest this read, we have been doing social work ed a disservice for so long. If now is not the time to redirect our curricula, then when?
“if we take seriously our stated commitment to social justice...full-spectrum education isn’t just pedagogically practical – it’s a moral imperative.”
“if we take seriously our stated commitment to social justice...full-spectrum education isn’t just pedagogically practical – it’s a moral imperative.”
Nearly nothing makes me roll my eyes more than an academic listing their annual accomplishments. Buuuut I am 37 weeks pregnant, in “early labor,” and still exercising, teaching, nesting, and moving projects forward. Pregnant people are amazing. Cis men could NEVER.
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Nearly nothing makes me roll my eyes more than an academic listing their annual accomplishments. Buuuut I am 37 weeks pregnant, in “early labor,” and still exercising, teaching, nesting, and moving projects forward. Pregnant people are amazing. Cis men could NEVER.
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I’m very proud of this point-counterpoint between me and Jessica Pryce. The papers give a good understanding of our very different views of this system and where our efforts should be focused. Plus, all of the articles in this issue are open access through the summer!
journals.sagepub.com/home/fis
journals.sagepub.com/home/fis
June 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’m very proud of this point-counterpoint between me and Jessica Pryce. The papers give a good understanding of our very different views of this system and where our efforts should be focused. Plus, all of the articles in this issue are open access through the summer!
journals.sagepub.com/home/fis
journals.sagepub.com/home/fis
seeing Bloc Party tonight. they’re kicking off their American tour in Boston. always love attending a concert solo. ♥️ date yoself.
May 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
seeing Bloc Party tonight. they’re kicking off their American tour in Boston. always love attending a concert solo. ♥️ date yoself.
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Coming June 2025: Special Issue on the Future of Child Welfare in Families in Society
Abolish or Reform?
🔍 Highlights include a point–counterpoint between:
Dr. Alan Dettlaff
Dr. Jessica A. Pryce
Plus, articles from:
Dr. Brenda Jones Harden
Dr. Autumn BlackDeer
Dr. Darcey Merritt
…and more!
Abolish or Reform?
🔍 Highlights include a point–counterpoint between:
Dr. Alan Dettlaff
Dr. Jessica A. Pryce
Plus, articles from:
Dr. Brenda Jones Harden
Dr. Autumn BlackDeer
Dr. Darcey Merritt
…and more!
May 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Coming June 2025: Special Issue on the Future of Child Welfare in Families in Society
Abolish or Reform?
🔍 Highlights include a point–counterpoint between:
Dr. Alan Dettlaff
Dr. Jessica A. Pryce
Plus, articles from:
Dr. Brenda Jones Harden
Dr. Autumn BlackDeer
Dr. Darcey Merritt
…and more!
Abolish or Reform?
🔍 Highlights include a point–counterpoint between:
Dr. Alan Dettlaff
Dr. Jessica A. Pryce
Plus, articles from:
Dr. Brenda Jones Harden
Dr. Autumn BlackDeer
Dr. Darcey Merritt
…and more!
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insurreciton welfare. probably first of many examples
U.S. to pay nearly $5 million to family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt
U.S. to pay nearly $5 million to family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt
Babbitt was fatally shot by police while climbing through a window into the House speaker’s lobby deep inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
wapo.st
May 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
insurreciton welfare. probably first of many examples
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I literally teach my social change students that engaging in movement work is simply a matter of showing up and letting people put you in leadership roles.
May 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I literally teach my social change students that engaging in movement work is simply a matter of showing up and letting people put you in leadership roles.
"Sow a small seed of rebelliousness, and you will reap a harvest of freedoms." Quote from Bad Mexicans written by
Kelly Lytle Hernández.
Kelly Lytle Hernández.
April 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"Sow a small seed of rebelliousness, and you will reap a harvest of freedoms." Quote from Bad Mexicans written by
Kelly Lytle Hernández.
Kelly Lytle Hernández.
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What relatively short video resources have you found helpful for teaching about fascism & authoritarianism? This won’t be extensive inquiry into the topic, but will provide a basic understanding in a class where this isn’t a focal topic - given current events
April 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What relatively short video resources have you found helpful for teaching about fascism & authoritarianism? This won’t be extensive inquiry into the topic, but will provide a basic understanding in a class where this isn’t a focal topic - given current events
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Want a good review of this whole "mutual academic defense compact," #MADC, universities standing up together thing? Want your colleagues and neighbors to get it? This is a good read.
April 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Want a good review of this whole "mutual academic defense compact," #MADC, universities standing up together thing? Want your colleagues and neighbors to get it? This is a good read.
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THEY HAVE DEPORTED A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD BIRTHRIGHT CITIZEN
This is why I have no patience anymore for people playing games with this stuff.
This is why I have no patience anymore for people playing games with this stuff.
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
THEY HAVE DEPORTED A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD BIRTHRIGHT CITIZEN
This is why I have no patience anymore for people playing games with this stuff.
This is why I have no patience anymore for people playing games with this stuff.
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(One of) the latest 4-alarm fires for higher ed. Social work, accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, needs to GET ON THIS. Thoughts, @cswe.bsky.social? And SW faculty followers? NADD members?
Trump’s goal is to manipulate accreditors to force colleges and universities to do his bidding & punish them when they resist. He is weaponizing the accreditation process. This order is another example of the Trump administration’s attempts to control higher education. @aaup.bsky.social @aft.org
Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
April 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
(One of) the latest 4-alarm fires for higher ed. Social work, accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, needs to GET ON THIS. Thoughts, @cswe.bsky.social? And SW faculty followers? NADD members?
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Join us next week to learn more about the abolition movement within social work. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Join us next week to learn more about the abolition movement within social work. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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What's that line about staying neutral itself being a position? That stance, and moreso complying, may destroy higher ed more thoroughly than the federal administration. Also: our students are watching.
What even is a university for, and will leadership at the University of Minnesota fight for it? My latest from @startribune.com. (Gift)
Opinion: If Trump comes for the University of Minnesota, will its leaders fight or fold?
I don’t know what happens next, but there’s plenty to do.
www.startribune.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
What's that line about staying neutral itself being a position? That stance, and moreso complying, may destroy higher ed more thoroughly than the federal administration. Also: our students are watching.
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
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"Predictors of political participation of U.S. social workers: the mediating effect of confidence" - OPEN ACCESS
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Predictors of political participation of U.S. social workers: the mediating effect of confidence
What factors are associated with social workers’ political participation, and how does political confidence mediate those relationships? To answer this question, data were collected in 2020 through...
www.tandfonline.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Predictors of political participation of U.S. social workers: the mediating effect of confidence" - OPEN ACCESS
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Harvard has a multi step plan for fighting back! Every university should develop one so they don’t comply!
This should be the template for every university’s website: let the public know what they gain from research and what they stand to lose.
www.harvard.edu
www.harvard.edu
April 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Harvard has a multi step plan for fighting back! Every university should develop one so they don’t comply!