Associate Professor of Practice
Simmons University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Carly Burton, MSW is an associate professor of practice at the SocialWork@Simmons program. Burton is active in the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers serving as Treasurer of the Political Action for Candidate Election Board. In that role, she works to increase civic engagement and political participation among social workers. In addition, she serves as a volunteer at Samaritans, a suicide prevention organization in Boston. Burton works with the Grief Support Services Team, facilitating support groups for people who have lost loved ones to suicide. Prior to coming to Simmons full time, Burton worked in public policy advocacy in Massachusetts with the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. Her efforts included advocating for greater funds to support immigrant survivors of domestic violence and increased ESOL and citizenship services. Subsequent to that, she worked at MassEquality, where she had the opportunity to spearhead a legislative campaign to pass non-discrimination protections for the transgender and gender non-confirming community of Massachusetts. She also worked in electoral politics while at MassEquality, striving to help elect progressive people, including social workers to our local and state governments.
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Saturday, November 12, 2022
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM