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2022 UMSSW Homecoming
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Beyond the Check Boxes
Keynote Presentation
Deepa Iyer, Senior Adviser at Building Movement Project and curator of Solidarity Is
March 4, 2022
9AM-12:30PM
Panelists:
Neijma Celestine-Donnor, MSW '09
Assistant Dean & Director, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Vidushani Jayalal, MSW '18
Senior Advisor, Johns Hopkins Center for Government Excellence
Bill Joyner, MSW '14
Director Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Lori James-Townes, MSW '90, Moderator
Executive Director, National Association of Public Defense
President, UMSSW Alumni Association Board of Directors
PROGRAM
9am
“Chatting Over Coffee” Networking
9:30am
Homecoming Keynote Remarks
Deepa Iyer
10:30am
Q&A with Deepa Iyer
moderated by Lori James-Townes, MSW '91
11:10am
Panel Discussion
moderated by Lori James-Townes, MSW '91
12:00pm
2022 Alumni Association Awards Presentation
*Special gift for the first 60 people that register for Homecoming*
On behalf of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and Dean Judy Postmus, please join us in congratulating this year’s Alumni Association Award Winners:
2022 Alumni Association Award Winners
Ezra Buchdahl, MSW '88 - Alumni of the Year
Debra Linsenmeyer, MSW ’75 - Emeritus Award
Shanda Brown, MSW ’13 - Field Instructor of the Year
Lee Westgate, MSW '06 - Innovation in Social Work
Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD '14 - Outstanding Recent Graduate
Seema Shah-Nelson, MSW ’20 - Outstanding Recent Graduate
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