Dr. Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Clinical Psychology Professor, Rutgers University

“The Treatment of African American Clients and Families”

Dr. Monica McGoldrick, Director of Multicultural Family Institute in Highland Park, NJ
“Culture Matters: But What Difference Does It Make?”

Dr. Beverly Greene, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology at St. John's University, NY
“Social Marginalization By and Between the Marginalized: What the Same Sex Marriage Debate Hath Wrought. Implications for Mental Health Providers.”

Dr. Usha George, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University, Toronto
“Immigrants and Refugees: Settlement Issues and Service Delivery Models”

Dr. Jack Kirkland, Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis

“The Black Masses—Permanently in Poverty—Slavery—Depression—Recession—as Far as the Eye Can See. Unless...”

Vincent D. Rougeau, Dean, Boston College Law School

“Reflections on Justice and Religious Diversity: Why Living Together Is Better than Apart”

Christine Griffin, Executive Director, The Disability Law Center

“Diversity and Inclusion: When Will People with Disabilities Be Included?”

Mary Catherine Bateson, Writer and Cultural Anthropologist

“On the Work of Societal Healing: The Age of Active Wisdom”

Salome Raheim, Dean and Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work

“Race and Justice: From Analysis to Action”

Elaine Pinderhughes, Professor Ermerita at Boston College School of Social Work

Patricia Romney, Licensed Clinical and Organizational Psychologist at Romney Associates, Inc.

Vanessa Jackson, Soul Doula at Healing Circles

“Understanding Power: 21st Century Human Services Imperative”

Pam Cross, Journalist, News Reporter and Social Entrepreneur

“What Phenomenal Women Know”

Cia Verschelden, Executive Director of Institutional AssessmentOffice of Academic Effectiveness, University of Central Oklahoma  

“Bandwidth Recovery: Reclaiming Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Other ‘Differentisms’”

Renée Boynton-Jarrett, MD, ScD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, and Founding Director, Vital Village Community Engagement Network 

“An Ounce of Prevention: Building Communities of Opportunity to Mitigate Structural Inequities and Childhood Adversities”

This event was presented in partnership with YW Boston.

Cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic

Sheretta Butler-Barnes, associate professor in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis

“Ain’t I a Woman? Revisiting and Reclaiming African American Girls’ Racialized and Gendered Experiences within the Classroom”

Samuel Bradley Jr., and Tyrone M. Parchment, assistant professors in the School of Social Work, who co-founded the Black Leadership Initiative and the Afrocentric Social Work field of practice, co-hosted the 15th Pinderhughes Diversity Lecture

"Afrocentric Social Work Practice: Honoring a Legacy of Greatness"

Professor Tanusha Raniga

Professor Tanusha Raniga teaches social work and community development at the University of Johannesburg. She is a C2 NRF Rated Researcher. She is also a recipient of the National Association of South African Education Institutions Young Up and Coming Award and the University of KwaZulu-Natal Award for Outstanding Contribution to the School of Applied Human Sciences in the College of Humanities. Dr. Raniga has served as Treasurer and a Board Member of the Association for Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA) from 2010 to 2020. She is actively involved in research, primarily in the area of social protection policy and feminization of poverty and sustainable livelihoods. She has published widely in national and international journals and has presented at social work conferences. Her teaching areas include social policy and integrated social and community development.

"Developmental Social Welfare and Sustainable Livelihoods: Lessons from South African Innovations"