Student Groups

 
 

Social work and public health students at Brown can join and participate in wide range of student-led groups. These groups allow students to build connections with those with similar interests. The groups also provide opportunities to build leadership skills.

 

Student Coordinating Council (SCC)

SCC is the student-led governing body of the Brown School. SCC oversees school-wide events and aids in facilitating activities hosted by other student groups.

 

Advocacy and Learning for Public Health Action (ALPHA)

We are a group of students motivated to promote public health awareness, knowledge, and action through education and advocacy in the Brown School and larger St. Louis Community.

 

African Students of SW Association (ASSWA)

To provide a network for both African and non-African GWB students interested in Africa and to increase awareness of African issues.

 

American Indian Student Association (AISA)

AISA is open to all students, both Native and Non-native.  We seek to create a safe and supporting environment and community for members.  We also seek to promote the diversity of the Brown School through education and information about Native American culture and history.  In addition, we want to bring awareness to current social, educational, and health issues currently faced in Native communities.  Through this cultural sharing, we hope to learn more about ourselves and each other and also share our experiences and culture with the Brown community.

 

Clinical Practice Social Organization (CPSO)

CPSO is dedicated to help clinically focused students optimize their experience at Brown through events and meetings that develop networks for students both nationally and locally and that help students navigate their curriculum to reflect their specific interests.

 

Committee on Immigrants Rights and Issues (CIRI)

Raise awareness at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work as well as the broader Wash U and Saint Louis community about immigrant issues. Connect interested students with opportunities to serve and work for justice with immigrant communities.

 

Community Arts Initiative (CAI)

To build awareness of the role of art in social work and public health practice by creating community connections and providing educational opportunities.

 

Environmental Social Work Initiative (ESWI)

To build awareness, knowledge, and practice skills at the nexus of environmental and social problems; to engage the Brown School Community in environmental social work and thus establish social work as a field of practice; and to establish the Brown School as a leader in this field.

 

Gerontology Student Association (GSA)

Provide an arena for students, regardless of concentration, to become aware of issues surrounding older adults as well as to provide an environment that encourages intergenerational gatherings.

  

International Student Association (ISA)

To promote an inclusive environment and foster a sense of cultural awareness.

 

J-Connect

J-Connect aims to enrich the Brown School community through connecting all students to Jewish and Israeli culture in the context of working with Jewish communities and Jewish clients and by connecting development opportunities in St. Louis and beyond.

 

Jesus, Justice, and Poverty (JJP)

Jesus, Justice, & Poverty is a group of ethnically and culturally diverse Brown students that meet together to explore and bring awareness of Biblically-based teachings on social justice through scripture studies, community service, forums, speakers, and social activities.  The group is OPEN TO ALL members of the Brown community who are interested in seeking to understand the values of the Christian faith.

 

JD/MSW Society

The JD/MSW society and Washington University seeks to foster dialogue between the Washington University School of Law and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work through promoting the JD/MSW program, enhancing relations with JD/MSW graduates, and providing opportunities for professional growth.

 

Korean Student Association (KSA)

KSA's mission is to assist Korean students and scholars at the Brown School and to share the Korean culture and social issues with the Brown School community.

 

NOSOTROS

NOSOTROS is dedicated to increasing the community's awareness of Latino specific social issues and culture.

 

Outlook

Outlook is a group for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) students and straight allies. Outlook's mission is to support LGBT students and to foster awareness and understanding of LGBT issues at the school, and in the larger community.

 

Public Health Initiatives in Epidemiology (PHIE)

To engage the Washington University community in the application of coursework knowledge to epidemiological research, and in turn, to apply this learned information about public health in community outreaches across the greater St. Louis area.

 

School Social Workers (SSW)

The mission of the School Social Work student group is to educate the Brown School community about the field of school social work, support students interested in the field of school social work and keep them informed and connected, and to engage Brown School students in community and professional development activities related to education and school social work.

 

Social Workers without Boarders (SWWOB)

Social Workers Without Borders is committed to the international dimensions of social work through the cultivation of globally minded curriculum, research, and action.

 

Society of Black Student Social Workers (SBSSW)

The mission of SBSSW is to BUILD, BROADEN, and MAINTAIN a sense of community service, responsibility, understanding and togetherness among Black students and our allies.  We promote awareness of issues impacting the local, national, and international Black community by providing activities that focus on a strength based perspective of black culture.  The organization is OPEN TO ALL Brown School members interested in promoting awareness of issues impacting the local, state, national and international black community and/or working with the Black population.

 

Stand United for Veterans (SUV)

As a student organization here at the Brown School of Social Work, our goal is to develop opportunities to support Veterans by hosting social events, volunteering in the community, and inviting guest lecturers to present on issues related to Veterans, military service members, and their families. 

 

Students for Change (SFC)

To promote social justice within the Brown School and larger community through service and education.

 

Violence Against Women Awareness (VAWA)

The mission of the Violence Against Women Awareness Student Group is to educate the Brown School community on issues of gender violence as well as to connect and engage Brown students in campus and community efforts to end gender violence.

 

Voices For Children (VFC)

VFC seeks to respond to and meet diverse community needs that will improve the life conditions of children, youth, and their families through community service, education and charitable-giving.

 

 
 
 

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