Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Dr. Tami Gouveia, director of the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH) at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) shared her response to the 2024 U.S. presidential election in a recent interview with the Boston Globe. The article asked several Boston-area women how they’ve responded to the election and their expectations for the future heading into another Trump presidency. Dr. Gouveia shares her experience leading the Massachusetts’s chapter of the Women’s March in Washington in 2017, and how women’s responses eight years later have changed.
Excerpt from “Trump is back after winning more women’s votes. Some fear it’s a sign the country has moved backward on #MeToo and more,” by Anjali Huynh:
“What I see now is continued passion and compassion that’s going to translate into strategic action. That’s why I think we’re not seeing as strong of a reaction — we anticipated that this could happen and we’re figuring out what the most effective ways of responding are going to be.”