This year's annual Equity, Justice, and Inclusion Lecture took the form of a panel discussion featuring four social workers at different stages in their careers speaking about the complexities of serving others as men of color in the field. Our panelists include:

  • Michael Grinnell, MSW ™16, LCSW, Post-Graduate Fellow at Williams College Integrative Wellbeing Services
  • Gregory G. Groover, Sr., DMin, MDiv, MSW, Pastor, Historic Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Josh McNeil, MSW ™15, LCSW, Behavioral Health Clinician at Brigham and Women Hospital
  • Desmond Upton Patton, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor of Social Work, Columbia School of Social Work
  • Moderated by Professor for Macro Practice Tiziana Dearing

Following the panel discussion, we honored the recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Awards, Tanya Sharpe, PhD ™07, and Lamar Polk, MSW ™09.

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