GROSSBARD LECTURE #1: Of Walls and Wars: Tips, Tactics and Strategies for Talking About Race

IN-PERSON FOR CSSW STUDENTS, FACULTY & ADMIN ONLY; LIVESTREAM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; CEUS AVAILABLE FOR NOMINAL FEE; REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

With Kenneth Hardy, Ph.D.
Kenneth Hardy is a professor of family therapy at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the director of the Eikenberg Academy for Social Justice in New York City. Dr. Hardy is an internationally recognized clinician, author, educator, and consultant. An engaging workshop leader, he presents workshops nationally and internationally on family therapy with oppressed and racially traumatized populations. For more information, go to Dr. Hardy’s faculty bio page.

Event Description
In the first of this two-part lecture series, open to the wider public via livestream, Dr. Hardy will show that when dialogues about diversity and power differences are stifled, walls go up between people, which in turn can lead to wars. He will further argue that social workers must have the “will” and the “skill” to facilitate courageous conversations to avoid this kind of outcome.