Thursday, February 13, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
3:00 – 4:15 PM ET
Zoom
.5 CEs are available for this event
This event is presented in partnership with the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care and the National Alliance of Public Health Students and Alums.
Join the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) at the BU School of Social Wok (BUSSW) for The Attack on Immigrants’ Rights, the third event in the Beyond 2025 Critical Conversation series. As immigration policies continue to shift, many individuals and families face increasing uncertainty. This session will provide critical insights into the legal and social challenges facing immigrant communities and equip attendees with practical strategies for advocacy and support.
Mojdeh Rohani, executive director of the De Novo Center for Justice and Healing, and Prof. Luz M. López, CISWH director of global social work, will lead a discussion about legal fraud prevention, and essential resources and best practices for supporting individuals who are navigating complex immigration issues.
Social workers and healthcare providers play a crucial role in supporting immigrant communities, and this session will highlight strategies for professional solidarity, advocacy, and self-care.
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About the Speakers
Mojdeh Rohani (MSW’09)
Executive Director, De Novo Center for Justice and Healing
Mojdeh Rohani serves as the executive director at De Novo Center for Justice and Healing where she works with survivors of torture, war trauma, gender-based violence, and human trafficking. She is also a consultant and board member for various organizations, including the Massachusetts Attorney General Immigrant Advisory Council. Rohani is the former chair of the Training and Education Group of the Africa Global Mental Health Institute.
Prior to her executive director role, Rohani was a lecturer at BUSSW and co-designed and directed the Building Refugee and Immigrant Degrees for Graduate Education (BRIDGE) program.
Prof. Luz Marilis López
Director of Global Social Work, CISWH; Clinical Professor and MSW/MPH Dual Degree Director, BUSSW
As the director of Global Social Work at CISWH, Prof. López works in Nicaragua in collaboration with the Superemos Foundation’s domestic violence program, a Boston Medical Center and Dorchester House medical brigade, and the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Estelí (UNAN-FAREM), conducting workshops on violence prevention, education, and trauma care. In Uganda, Prof. López collaborates with the social work program at Makarere University to address the mental health needs of immigrants, refugees, and displaced persons—many survivors of war and sexual violence.
Prof. López is a faculty affiliate of the Boston University Center for Forced Displacement and collaborates in their Border Studies Program at the border of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and Mexico.
She is also an advisory board member of the National Hispanic & Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network, and serves as director of the dual degree program in social work and public health (MSW/MPH) at BUSSW.