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The Jordan Institute's blog features the voices of students, staff, faculty and alumni on current events, new programs, big ideas, elevating what matters to them as they work to make change for families in North Carolina and beyond.

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Taking Action Against Immigrant Family Separations

Dec 19 · Daniela Ceron

Taking Action Against Immigrant Family Separations

On October 28, 2019, the Jordan Institute for Families – in collaboration with the UNC School of Social Work Latinx… Continue Reading

Hope Has Many Names

Aug 16 · Rebecca Martinez Fitzgerald

Hope Has Many Names

I want you to know that I have been doing therapy with some of the bravest, most resilient people on… Continue Reading

Language Inequity and Mental Health Care

Aug 5 · Rebecca Martinez Fitzgerald

Language Inequity and Mental Health Care

Language as a Financial Barrier: Language Inequity Restricts Refugees’ Access to Mental Health Care North Carolina’s Triangle is replete with… Continue Reading

Refugee Resettlement at Risk

Jul 22 · Rebecca Martinez Fitzgerald

Refugee Resettlement at Risk

The Trump Administration might effectively halt a program allowing displaced people from to enter the United States as refugees, according… Continue Reading

Camps, Cages and Immigration Policy

Jul 22 · Rebecca Martinez Fitzgerald

Camps, Cages and Immigration Policy

Camps and Cages: Volatile Immigration Policies Threaten New Americans’ Mental Health More people around the world have been displaced from… Continue Reading

Informed Work through a Racial Equity Toolkit

Apr 22 · Allison De Marco, MSW, PhD

Informed Work through a Racial Equity Toolkit

Using a racial equity toolkit to inform program, service, and policy-making We often talk about using a racial equity lens… Continue Reading

A Place of Second Chances

Feb 22 · Melissa L. Villodas, LMSW

A Place of Second Chances

On February 18, 2019, four residents from Benevolence Farm, a re-entry program for formerly incarcerated women, visited the Social Innovation… Continue Reading

Facing Poverty

Mar 22 · Todd Jensen

Facing Poverty

Some families in our communities don’t know if they will have a meal today. Others will be unable to retain… Continue Reading

Answering the Call

Mar 9 · Morgan Jeter

Answering the Call

When Barbara Leach’s phone rings, she never knows what the need will be on the other end. Barbara manages the… Continue Reading

The Transformative Potential of Environmental Justice

Mar 9 · Travis Moe

The Transformative Potential of Environmental Justice

Humanity has, collectively, a budget of about twenty more years of carbon emissions at current rates before we pass the… Continue Reading

Our Voices

Jan 29 · Travis Moe & Sarah Verbiest

Our Voices

The Jordan Institute for Families has decided to start a blog. We know, what’s the point? We get it. When… Continue Reading

Fatherhood 2.0

Jan 29 · Paul Lanier

Fatherhood 2.0

Fathers in North Carolina, and across the United States, are experiencing a slow, but revolutionary upgrade in roles, expectations, and… Continue Reading