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

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*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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