Macro Social Work Student Association
Overview
The Macro Social Work Student Association (MSWSA) is an organization that motivates and inspires MSU School of Social Work students of all levels in macro social work practice through networking and community building.
Our Purpose
Our goals are to develop leadership skills, increase opportunities to network, socialize and build community, and to advise the School of Social Work.
Specifications
To be a MSWSA member, students must be accepted by MSU, and be in good standing with the university.
Association for Community Organization & Social Action
The Association for Community Organization & Social Action (ACOSA) purpose is to develop a geographically diverse network of and for macro-practice social work undergraduate and graduate students in order to:
- Share and augment macro practice knowledge
- Maintain self-awareness of macro practice as a minority method in the social work field
- Share our work with the rest of the social work field.
Leadership and Contact Information
- Contact your BSW, MSW, or PhD representative at rso.mswsa@msu.edu
- Or contact your BSW representative, Camyrn Nauta, at nautacam@msu.edu
- MSW representative, Grace Kennedy, at kenne602@msu.edu
- PhD representative, Joana Lampe, at lampejoa@msu.edu
- And MSWSA faculty advisor, Gina Tremonti Gembel, at tremont3@msu.edu
Upcoming Events
We have monthly meetings with guest speakers including an in-person gathering at the end of the semester. More details to come.
Profiles of MSWSA Representatives
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PhD Representative Joana Lampe
Joana is an international student from Germany and in her third year of her doctoral program at the School of Social Work at MSU. Her research centers around parental health care access as child maltreatment prevention, with a secondary interest in the decolonization of and anti-racist content in social work education. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures with her partner and her Australian Cattle Dog Elsa.
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MSW Representative Grace Kennedy
I am in my second year of the OCL advanced standing MSW. I spend a lot of time as an intern for Rep. Edwards in the House of Representatives, where I provide constituent services and record and learn about legislative initiatives. I am also an Advocacy Scholar and spend my free time serving the University Lutheran Church (ULC) via my role as a Student Associate to One Community (campus ministry) and singing in the Senior Choir (church choir).
I am most passionate about the LGBTQ+ community, specifically in the pursuit of justice and reclamation of space in religious or otherwise spiritual spaces concerning the experience of religious trauma and spiritual abuse. Other interests broadly include the study and work of human rights advocacy and violations exposure, public policy, sexuality (in terms of sex empowerment and relationship violence awareness), interpersonal and intrapersonal boundaries, empathy, international relations, and global social work.
A couple of fun facts include my love of/obsession with the color pink, crafting (most recently learning how to quilt), jigsaw puzzles, reading, poetry, hot-tubbing, walking, my dogs, thrifting, and watching TV.