January 19, 2021
The UP College of Social Work and Community Development denounces with full force the unilateral abrogation by the Department of National Defense of its agreement with the University of the Philippines that police and military operations cannot be done in UP campuses without prior notice. This agreement has been in force since 1989.
The CSWCD community congratulates Prof. Sylvia E. Claudio, MD, PhD. for her reappointment as Dean of the College of Social Work and Community Development as approved by the UP Board of Regents. Prof. Claudio’s second term as CSWCD Dean is effective from the 26th of November 2020 to 25th of November 2023. Dean Claudio started her first term in 2018 to 2020. She was the sole nominee during the 2020 CSWCD Dean Selection Process.
On June 26, 2020, three young social workers were among the twenty participants of the Pride March in Mendiola, Manila, who were illegally arrested and detained by the Manila Police District. They are Rogelio Feguro Jr., Nehemiah Hipos and Kim Vinzar Samina who provide psychosocial services at the Children’s Rehabilitation Center.
