Social Work Student Association is excited to be supporting the Women's Center's "Take Back the Night" initiative! Here is information from the Women's Center about how to get involved:

I hope everyone is having a great semester. We're getting in touch with you because you've expressed interest in volunteering for Take Back the Night on Thursday, April 25th. For more information on Take Back the Night, visit our Wordpress.

If you are interested, please fill out this Volunteer Form, where you can see different tasks we need help with, as well as the mandatory volunteer training date (March 28th from 2:30-4:00 PM) and other info.

If you identify as a survivor of gender-based harm, and are interested in being a speaker during The Survivor Speak Out and March, please email us separately so we can give you more information. This is a role where you will be asked to speak at a microphone (using a prepared script) and/or lead the march with a megaphone, as well as, reading out a scripted speech before the march begins. 

This is a great event, message, and group of people and we are really hoping to have some good SWSA representation there so please consider coming out to volunteer or show your support!

Feel free to reach out to the Women's Center at womenscenter@umbc.edu with any questions!

Are you interested in becoming a Board Member of the Social Work Student Association (SWSA) for the 2024 2025 school year?  Please nominate yourself by emailing Dr Ekas (aekasm@umbc.edu)

All Social Work Student Association Executive Board positions are open for next year and the positions include:

• PRESIDENT
• VICE PRESIDENT
• SECRETARY
• TREASURER
• PUBLIC RELATIONS
• SERVICE CHAIR

 To become a Board Member you need to… 

• have a minimum 2.5 GPA in order to serve;
• commit time weekly to meetings and services events;
• be a social work major; and
• be an active SWSA member

Please send your name, the position you are interested in, your current year (freshman, sophomore, etc.), and 2-3 examples of what you would like to accomplish in that position to Dr. Ekas at aekasm@umbc.edu no later than March 15th.

All active members will be sent a ballot via google forms and the voting period will be from March the 25^th -  29^th.

Feel free to contact any of the current board members with any questions about positions or Dr. Ekas about the election process.