Community Engagement

The KU School of Social Welfare is committed to strengthening partnerships in Kansas, the Kansas City metro area and nationally.

The KU School of Social Welfare engages with communities in Kansas, the Kansas City area and beyond. Through academic programs, research, events and community resources, the school works together with community partners to address needs and solve programs.

Learn more about community engagement efforts — including practicum education, public scholarship and civic engagement — for social work students, alumni, faculty and staff, and community members.

Community Engagement Resources

Practicum Education

Practicum education is part of the curriculum for the BSW and MSW programs. The School of Social Welfare's Practicum Education Office works with over 500 affiliated practicum agencies to provide an enriching practicum experience.

Practicum Education

Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration

The Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration (CCEC) adds capacity to the School of Social Welfare's community engagement. CCEC advances our values and vision in community-university efforts at KU.

Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration

Continuing Education Events

Toni Johnson Center for Racial and Social Justice

The Toni Johnson Center promotes an educational environment engaged in racial and social justice. Through faculty scholarship, community programming and the Toni Johnson Scholars program, the center supports students, is as a catalyst for critical dialogue, and expands service, teaching, and research on race and intersectional social justice.

Toni Johnson Center for Racial and Social Justice

Public Scholarship

The Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration's public scholarship work connects researchers and communities for transformative engagement with the KU School of Social Welfare's valuable research.

Public Scholarship

Faculty Profiles

Research Centers

Civic Engagement

Explore civic engagement resources, including a guide to advocacy organizations and resources to support voter education, registration and participation.

Civic Engagement

Community Engagement Events

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Community Engagement Stories

Community Care Days at the KU School of Social Welfare

Finding Community and Compassion: A look at Community Care Days at the School of Social Welfare

Each semester, a series of events aims to counter the strains of academic and personal duties. Laura Ramirez, an associate professor and coordinator of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council, collaborated this year with Hazel Rogers, the new student support coordinator, to bring these events to life.

Social Welfare assistant professor Tadeo Weiner Davis said both short and long term change require engagement in the policy and electoral realm.

Social Welfare assistant professor wants research to inform future community organizing, social movements

For Tadeo Weiner Davis, urban politics and policy issues continue to be a focus for him as an assistant professor of social welfare at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. He dedicates his research to learning more about community organizing and social movements, urban politics, and the dynamics of race and class in urban settings.

Toni Johnson Scholar directors Joonmo Kang and Claire Willey-Sthapit.

Social Welfare selects 14 students for Toni Johnson Scholars Program in 2024-2025

Scholars for racial and social justice receive mentoring and professional development opportunities dedicated to enhancing community, retention and success.

Social Welfare fall research events aim to facilitate important discussions

Research events cover self-care in election season, a pilot program to train social work students in supporting survivors of domestic violence, and faculty research on gender-affirming care.

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