School of Social Work’s Growing Together as Allies Lecture Series
Upcoming Speaker Series Events
Greta Singer Clinical Lecture
Aligning the Social, Political and Clinical Facilitating Environments—an Interpersonal & Relational Psychoanalytic Approach to Community and Clinical Practices in API LGBTQ+ Communities
Hybrid Lecture
April 1, 2025
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Edison Science Hall 201 and Live on Zoom
2 Clinical CEs (must be present for the entire lecture)
Debrief
April 4, 2024
11:40 a.m.–1 p.m.
Edison Science Hall 201
Past Events
Greta Singer Lecture: Intersectionality and Liberatory Healing Practices
Hybrid Lecture
March 19, 2024
4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Hybrid Debrief
March 22, 2024
11:40 a.m.–1 p.m.
Presenter: Rhea V. Almeida, Ph.D., M.S., LCSW
What 10 Years of Activism Taught Me as a Black Disabled Macro Social Worker
Zoom Lecture
Nov. 28, 2023
4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Presenter: Vilissa Thompson, LMSW
Advancing Anti-racism Through Intergenerational Conversations
March 6, 2023
Clinical Practice Utilizing an Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppressive, and Intersectional Approach
Allen E. Lipscomb, Psy.D., L.C.S.W.
Associate Professor and Director of MSW Programs and Director of Minority Male Mentoring and Student Success Allies Program at California State University Northridge
Power and Possibility in Latinx Communities: Intergenerational Conversations
December 9, 2022
Pa’lante: Fostering Resilience in Latinx Communities/Mental Health
Jesselly De La Cruz, D.S.W., M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Executive Director at Latino Action Network Foundation
Gender, Disaster and Recovery in Puerto Rico: Reflections on Struggle, Solidarity and Social Work
Hilda P. Rivera Rodriguez, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Associate Professor at University of Puerto Rico School of Social Work
Latinx Natural Support Systems Revisited: Community Assets and Social Work Practice
Melvin Delgado, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Professor at Boston University School of Social Work
Voices for Change: Voting, Advocacy, and Action
Fall 2021
Social Workers, the Vote and US Democracy
Terry Mizrahi
Professor at Hunter College School of Social Work, Co-Chair of the National Movement to Advance Macro Practice in Social Work, and Co-Chair of the National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign
Mimi Ambramovitz
Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Policy at Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work and Co-Chair of the National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign
Living Beyond the Trauma of Racism: #IamHer
Anjanette Young, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
President/CEO of Café Social Work and author of 30 Days Until the Finish Line
The Strengths of Black Families
Denise McLane-Davison M.S.W.
Associate Professor of social work at Morgan State University and founding researcher and archivist of the National Association of Black Social Workers, Inc. (NABSW)
Supporting Systems and Communities in Achieving Racial Equity: A Groundwater Analysis
Joyce James
President and CEO of Joyce James Consulting