The Boston College School of Social Work’s Black Leadership Initiative (BLI) and Latinx Leadership Initiative (LLI) encourage students to develop a more nuanced understanding of the challenges faced by specific populations to move closer to solutions.
The Black Leadership Initiative (BLI) is a unique program taking an Afrocentric approach to social work practice. Emphasis is placed on community, collective action, cultural context, and Ubuntu- the West African concept of shared consciousness and group cohesion. Learn more: https://on.bc.edu/BLI
The mission of the Latinx Leadership Initiative (LLI) is to develop social work leaders equipped to work with the Latinx community on sustainable solutions for complex problems. Learn more: https://on.bc.edu/LLI
Video created by Ravi Jain, Office of University Communications
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