Class Notes

Andrew just recently released Grappling: White Men's Journey from Fragile to Agile. Be a agent of change or a victim of progress. How to use courage and compassion to support change inside of us, between us, and around us.

Allessia earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at Salisbury University School of Social Work (effective August 11, 2021). In a time when colleges and universities are closing, and some institutions are discontinuing the tenure process, she is fortunate to have a measure of professional success and stability.

Jazmine concentrated in Interpersonal Practice and Mental Health and currently works as a Mitigation Specialist/Social Worker at SADO—Michigan’s award-winning statewide indigent appellate defense provider. Jazmine works on the Juvenile Lifer Unit where she collaborates with attorneys and clients to develop strategy for new sentence hearings. She represents individuals who were unconstitutionally sentenced to life without parole for crimes they committed as children and who are now entitled to new sentences and eligible for an opportunity for release. Jazmine also started a new service-learning partnership between SADO and Project Outreach’s Juvenile and Criminal Justice section, which is an undergraduate service learning course housed within the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychology in the College of Literature, Science and Arts.

Andrea Watkins was honored to have been profiled in her hometown newspaper, the Monroe Evening News (Monroe, MI) for her career in international social work in which her MSW degree from the University of Michigan served as the foundation: https://eu.monroenews.com/story/news/history/2021/02/24/andrea-watkins-…

Remeta Hicks-Montgomery has recently been appointed as the Service Director of Detroit Action and she has worked diligently to relaunch the community organization's community services. These services include: ID/Birth Record - This program provides low and no-income Detroiters with access to ID and birth records. Mutual Aid - This program provides cash assistance to low and no-income Detroiters financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Job Readiness/Career Exploration - This program provides job readiness and career exploration services to employment-insecure Detroiters.

Remeta's work has been recognized on a statewide and global level with the Detroit Free Press covering the relaunch and Blavity News, the #1 Black Millennial publication, publishing her op-ed about her experience relaunching these services while starting a new role in an organization that had a heavy impact on flipping Michigan blue. The op-ed can be found here: https://blavity.com/covid-has-dried-up-many-resources-but-well-always-f…

Brittney M. Williams (LSA '16, MSW '17) became the first Public Defender Social Worker hired in the near 50-year history of the Washtenaw County Public Defender's Office. She is tasked with building and leading the Public Defender Social Work Division; and will create a Social Work Internship Program in collaboration with local institutions as part of her efforts. Ms. Williams also accepted a part-time instructor role in the University's School of Social Work.

U.S. Embassy Kigali, Robin Martz, MPH, MSW, is the director of USAID - US Agency for International Development Rwanda Health Office. Robin earned Master's degrees in Public Health and Social Work from the University of Michigan and brings an incredible range of public health experience from all around the world. Robin has worked on maternal and child health in Laos, polio in Afghanistan, HIV in Haiti, and emerging pandemic threats in Thailand and Cambodia. Robin was a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger and has advised the World Bank, United Nations Population Fund, and Save the Children. In Rwanda, she manages a team of 22 experts with an annual budget of nearly $80 million providing comprehensive support to the country's public health initiatives.

This year, Alice received one national and one regional award, the Council on Social Work Education Early Career Faculty Award: https://cswe.org/About-CSWE/Awards/2020-Awardees/Dr-2020-Awardee2 as well as the Pacific Sociological Association "Distinguished Contributions to Sociological Praxis" Award: https://www.pacificsoc.org/psa-news/psa-awards

Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, owner and founder of Mind Money Balance, is a financial therapist who started her career in the field of mental health treatment and advocacy. As the first financial therapist in Michigan, she combines financial literacy with the emotional and psychological side of money. She always had an interest in mental health and found an even greater love working at the intersection of mental health and money. She is a published author of the Plutus-nominated book "The Financial Anxiety Solution," which helps people work through their anxiety when it comes to engaging with their money. She loves speaking on the emotional and psychological side of money and in addition to hosting the "Mind Money Balance" podcast, she's been a guest on over fifty podcasts. She's been featured in publications including C|Net, Next Advisor by Time, ReWire by PBS, Allure, Bustle, and more. She has a degree in sociology from Michigan State University, and her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Michigan. Lindsay lives with her partner and their dog in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Pleased to announced that my first book "management Solutions for Non-Profits - A Handbook" was published on December 15, 2020. The book demonstrates with examples as to how the performance of NGOs can be raised to a new high with the application of Modern Management Theory. The book can be availed by my North American friends in Kindle version. Here is the link.Amazon.com: Management Solutions for Non Profits A Handbook eBook: Mody, Jyotsna , Publishing, 24by7: Kindle Store

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