The Association of Black Social Workers-Columbia University Chapter (ABSW-CU) serves to promote the welfare and survival of the Black community, by centering on the foundation of Black liberation. Black social workers, and like-minded individuals, advocate and mobilize with the purpose that black unity must be predicated upon a national movement to organize and develop the Black community. ABSW-CU anchors itself upon the principles of Community and Safety, Intellectual Pursuit, Fruitful Engagement, Unity, and intergenerational healing.