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Wurzweiler Care Café

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Community Based Support

At our top-ranked Wurzweiler School of Social Work based in Manhattan — the heart of New York City, we not only teach our students the importance of community involvement and the power of transformation, but we also offer them a way to practice it. Care Café is our community-based program providing psychoeducational pop-up support ‘cafés’ throughout the NY metro area. Care Café was born from our mission to provide outreach and involvement in the health of our communities. As the needs of our community are changing rapidly due to COVID -19, so is our outreach, crisis response, support, and interventions.

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The Care Cafe

Wurzweiler Care Cafe offers tools and hope to help you better negotiate challenges and move towards your full potential. Our respectful, responsive presentations and sensitive support empower you for healing and growth. Delivered in a friendly, comfortable cafe environment—full of good food plus great take-away resources and referrals.

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How Care Cafe Was Born

A letter from the Dean

How Care Cafe Was Born

I was tired and weary. Bright fall days turned to bitter rainy ones that pushed beads of cold water down my neck and into the seams of my shoes. Every day I commuted on a crowded train under bright fluorescent lights that made my inevitable headache worse. On top of having a demanding job, the presidential election was in full swing and I was bombarded by contentious news that on most days felt assaultive.

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The Spirit of Social Work in Action

Student involvement in Care Cafe

The Spirit of Social Work in Action

I first heard about the concept that has become “Care Cafe” in an early discussion with Dean Wozniak when I met her last summer. She told me about an article she’d read in the New York Times about something called “Repair Cafe”. It’s an innovative idea about community connection and sustainability...

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Schedule of Events

Schedule of Events

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