California Social Welfare Archives 45th Anniversary Celebration and Awards

California Social Welfare Archives

SUNDAY,APRIL14,2024

LOMASESTATE

PASADENA,CA

Presented by

Mission Statement

Archival holdings can be found at the USC Doheny Library Special Collecctions

The mission of CSWA is to collect and preserve documents and personal histories that illuminate the development of social issues and problems in the field of health and welfare in California, as well as the answers that have emerged to cope with such problems. The Archives are available to researchers, historians, students, developers of social policy and others, and offer the opportunity to examine linkages between the past and present, to learn from history, and to inform understanding of contemporary and future problems and appropriate solutions. Relevant items are collected, cataloged, and maintained by the USC Libraries in Special Collections and the Digital Library. The CSWA is an independent, statewide organization that operates with support from, and under the auspices of, the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.

CSWA Founders

FrancesLomasFeldman (1912-2008)

GeorgeNickel (1906-1990)

AlFeldman (1909-1975)

RuthBritton (1923-2011)

Order of Program

Welcome

AlexMorales

MasterofCeremoniesandGeorgeNickelAwardRecipient2018

Introduction

KimberlyWarmsley

NASW-CAExecutiveDirector

45thAnniversaryRemarks

MauriceHudson

CSWAPresident

HallofDistinctionRetrospective BenjaminCuellar presentedbyVictorManalo

2023-24CSWAFellowRecognition

BethanyJoMurray presentedbyEliseJohnson

MadeleineStonerandRalphFertigStudentScholarAward

MarisaVasquezandJamesDeBacco presentedbyRobertHernandez

GeorgeD.NickelAward

Dr.BarbaraFerrer presentedbyJimMangia

GeorgeD.NickelAward

PastorWilliamD.Smart,Jr.

AcceptedbyPastorThembekilaColeman-Smart

FrancisFeldmanEducationAward

Dr.JoyAngelaDeGruy presentedbyDr.BahiaCrossOverton

ClosingRemarks

AlexMorales

California Social Welfare Archives Program Committee

DorothyFleisher,Chair

W.M.KeckFoundation

HelenMaxwell

LosAngelesCountyDepartmentofChildren andFamilyServices(Retired)

BarbaraHitchcock

LosAngelesCountyDepartmentofChildren andFamilyServices(Retired)

LindaSewerbridges-Williams

KaiserPermanente

MauriceL.Hudson

CSWAPresident

OliviaCelis

CaseyFamilyPrograms

TonyBrown

HeartofLosAngeles

EliseJohnson

CaliforniaStateUniversity, DominguezHills

AlmaFowlkes

LosAngelesCountyDepartmentof ChildrenandFamilyServices (Retired)

AlexMorales

Children’sBureau

JenniferPippard

ARC

EstherGillies

CSWAImmediatePastPresident

PhyllisMassing

UCLAHealth(Retired)

CaliforniaSocialWelfareArchives

BoardofDirectors&CommitteeMembers

MauriceHudson President

AlmaFowlkes BoardMember

DorothyFleisher BoardMember

HelenMaxwell BoardMember

SuzanneDworak-Peck BoardMember

BarbaraHitchcock BoardMember

MitchellMason BoardMember

VictorManalo BoardMember

EstherGillies

ImmediatePastPresident BoardMember

VimmiJaggi BoardMember

EliseJohnson BoardMember

GaryBess BoardMember

DavidFoster BoardMember

RubyGuillen BoardMember

BarrettJohnson BoardMember

NicoleLomas BoardMember

AmepheaJohnson BoardMember

WendyAshley BoardMember

LindaB.Sewerbridges-Williams BoardMember

JenniferPippard Committee Member

AlexMorales CommitteeMember

TonyBrown CommitteeMember

OliviaCelis CommitteeMember

PhyllisMassing CommitteeMember

NancyLim-Yee CommitteeMember

PeterA.Lee CommitteeMember

JimKelly CommitteeMember

AnitaHarbert CommitteeMember

A Special Message from Suzanne Dworak-Peck

ItismydistincthonortocongratulatetheCaliforniaSocialWelfareArchives,orCSWA, on45yearsofremarkableachievementsinpreservingandpromotingtheheritageof socialworkandsocialwelfareinourstate.

AlthoughCSWAbeganinthelate1970s,theorganizationcontinuestoevolvein importantways:theexpansionofCSWA'sspecialcollectionandoralhistoryholdings, thegrowthoftheSocialWorkHallofDistinction,andtherecognitionofsocialwelfare educators,policymakers,religiousleaders,healthcareexperts,socialworkandsocial welfarestudents,andothersthroughtheCSWAAwards.

Thisyear,wecelebratethenotablecontributionsofPastorWilliamD.Smart,Jr.,Dr. BarbaraFerrer,andDr.JoyAngelaDeGruy,aswellastheaccomplishmentsandfuture promiseofsocialworkstudentsMarisaVasquezandJamesDeBacco.Thepositive impactthattheworkoftheseremarkableindividualscontinuestohaveonthelivesof Californiansistrulyinspirational.

Iwisheachofourdeservingawardeestheverybestaswegathertoacknowledgethe importanceoftheircommitmenttoimprovingsocialwelfareinourstate.Ialsohope eachofyouwilljoinmeinsupportingtheCaliforniaSocialWelfareArchivesasit embarksuponthenextchapterofitsongoingmissiontoshinealightonthosewho devotethemselvestothewell-beingofourdiversecommunities.

Sincerely,

SuzanneDworak-Peck

GlobalAmbassador,InternationalFederationofSocialWorkers

Dr. Barbara Ferrer

Dr. Barbara Ferrer is a nationally recognized public health leader with over 40 years of professional experience. She has worked collaboratively to improve population outcomes through efforts that build health, education, and racial equity.

Currently, Dr. Ferrer leads the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. As the Public Health Director, she oversees a budget of $2 billion and directs a workforce of 4,600 staff. Public Health works alongside the Departments of Health Services and Mental Health to integrate services across departments to best serve residents.

Dr. Ferrer guides the county’s COVID-19 pandemic response alongside community-based partners. She leads the Department’s Incident Command System to facilitate informed decision-making of mitigation and response activities, which includes communications with a variety of administrative and residential groups, ensuring access to testing and therapeutics.

Dr. Ferrer served as the Chief Strategy Officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, where she developed the strategic direction to the foundation’s key program areas, including education; food, well-being; racial equity; community engagement; and leadership development.

Dr. Ferrer served as the Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission, where she led a range of health programs. She secured funding for public health infrastructure. Under her leadership, Boston saw significant improvements in health outcomes.

Dr. Ferrer held various leadership positions at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and served as a Headmaster at a district high school in Boston, where she led efforts to significantly improve high school graduation rates.

Dr. Ferrer received her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Brandeis University. She holds a Master of Arts in Public Health from Boston University, a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Pastor William D. Smart, Jr.

Pastor William D. Smart, Jr., is the President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) of Southern California and a Co-Pastor of the Christ Liberation Ministries in Los Angeles, where his wife, Pastor Thembekila Crystal Coleman-Smart, serves as Senior Pastor. He recently served as Director of External Training and Outreach at the Los Angeles Alliance for A New Economy, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization.

Pastor Smart has pastored CME congregations in Alabama, North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, and California. He and his wife founded an independent non-denominational congregation, Christ Liberation Ministries.

As a disciple of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Pastor Smart has worked with social justice organizations and people who have been oppressed in some capacity. He served as a faith-based outreach coordinator with Bill Clinton’s Gubernatorial Campaign in 1984 and Presidential Campaigns in 1992 and 1996. He also served as a clergy outreach coordinator for the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 and 2004 Presidential Campaigns. He served as the National Director of African American Clergy Outreach during Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign.

Pastor Smart was an adjunct professor and interim Vice President at Lane College in Jackson, President of the NAACP in Jackson, Board Member of the SCLC in Birmingham, President of the Forest City Ministerial Alliance, and State Director of Economic Development for the NAACP in Tennessee. He served as Co-Chair of the Black-Brown Unity Commission, a Board Member of Community Call to Action in Los Angeles, and currently serves as a national advisory board member on the American Values Network and the National MasterCard Community Outreach.

Pastor Smart received his B.S. from Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama and a Master’s of Divinity from Duke University. He lives with his wife and three children, Gregory Jeremiah, KarmaNia Keturah, and Jehoshua -Jireh, in Los Angeles.

Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy

Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication, a Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW), a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Social Work Research. Dr. DeGruy is a renowned researcher and educator. She served as an Assistant Professor at Portland State University’s School of Social Work and now serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Joy DeGruy Publications Inc. and Executive Director of “Be The Healing” Inc.

Dr. DeGruy’s research focuses on racism, trauma, violence, and American chattel slavery, with an emphasis on healing. She has over thirty years of practical experience in the field of social work. She conducts seminars in Intergenerational/Historical trauma, improvement strategies, and evidence-based model development.

Dr. DeGruy has published journal articles and authored her seminal book entitled “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury & healing.” She has developed the “African American Male Adolescent Respect Scale,” an assessment designed to broaden our understanding of youth challenges to prevent their representation in the criminal justice system.

Dr. DeGruy raises awareness and promotes healing by holding her seminars everywhere. In 2022, Dr. DeGruy testified at the California Reparations Taskforce Hearings. Her work was showcased at the International Summits on Reparations and Healing in Bellagio, Italy and Accra, Ghana. Dr. DeGruy joined colleagues from around the world as a panelist at UNESCO’s Third Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination in Sao Paulo Brazil.

Dr. DeGruy has presented her work at a variety of prestigious institutions and events. She has also been featured on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network.

Dr. DeGruy received the American Psychological Association 2023 Presidents Award for her scholarship noting 1,700 citations of her book: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, in refereed journal articles and books.

Marisa Vasquez

AnMSWstudent,specializinginschool-basedsocialwork,havingalreadyinternedinamentalhealthpositionattwo GreenDotPublicSchools.ToenablehertoworktowardbothherMSWandaCaliforniaPupilPersonnelServices CredentialinSchoolSocialWork,shereceivedaGoldenStateTeacherGrant,fundedbytheCommissiononTeacher Credentialing.

AfteraroughstartcomingfromBostontobeginherMSWprogram,knowingnooneelseintownduringthepandemic, Ms.Vasquezpioneeredwaystomakesocialconnectionswithcharacteristicperseveranceandleadership.Shecreatedan appforMSWstudentstofosterasenseofcommunityandbelonging,andsheco-organizeda5Kfundraisingrunto supportHomeboyIndustries.

Ms.VasqueznowservesasaPeerSupportCounselorthroughtheUSCCAL-HOPETelebehavioralHealthClinic, providingbothin-personandvirtualsupportsessionsforcollegestudentsofallages.Herinternshipthisyeariswitha mentalhealthagency,WellnestEmotionalHealthandWellnesswheresheprovidesindividualandgroupmentalhealth servicestoyoungchildrenandtheirparentsorcaregivers.Inaddition,Ms.VasquezisalsotheMSWProgramStudent OrganizationPresidentandamemberofthePhiAlphaHonorSociety. Ms.VasquezplanstoobtainLCSWlicensure aftergraduationandlaunchatalkshowcenteringmentalhealthawareness,broadeningpublicaccesstomentalhealth resources.

James DeBacco

AnMSWcandidatewithanemphasisonAdultMentalHealthandWellness.HeisamemberoftheUSCPhiAlpha OmicronEpsilonorganizationandontheDean’sList,andPresidentofastudentorganization,UnchainedScholars, andontheadvisoryboardofthePrisonerReentryNetwork.

Mr.DeBacco’sinitialMSWinternshipwasasacasemanagerfortheMidnightMission’sCrisis-2-RecoveryProgram, whereheexpandedtheclinicalintakeprocessandinitiatedpartnershipswithotherkeyagencies.There,hehandled dailybehavioralcrisesforscoresofresidentialclients.HiscurrentinternshipiswiththeCouncilReentryProgramof theCenterforCouncil,acommunityreintegrationprogramforformerinmatesreturningtolifeoutsideofprison. UsingaCouncilCirclemodelandcasemanagementtechniques,theprogrambuildstrustandcommunicationskills andrefersprogramparticipantstoaplethoraofneededservices.

Mr.DeBaccoisastudentwithextensivelivedexperienceincluding28yearsinstateprison.HechairstheUnchained Scholarsorganization,astudentcaucusthatassistsformerlyincarceratedMSW,DSWandPhDstudentslikehimself. UnchainedScholarsworkswithitsmemberstodismantlemultiplebarriersfacedbypeopleimpactedbythecriminal legalsystem,particularlyfocusedonobstaclestothosemovingfromprisontohighereducationandemployment. WhileinIronwoodStatePrison,Mr.DeBaccowasapeereducationfacilitator,mentoringmanyinmatesweeklyand usingevidence-basedmodalitiestosupporttheirrehabilitationandrecovery.Hehasalsoauthoredpublicationson parolereadinessandpositiveinterventions.

California Social Welfare Archives Fellow

Bethany Jo Murray

IntheprocessofobtainingherPh.D.inanOralHistorymethodology,Bethany hascontributedtothedevelopmentoftheCSWA’sOralHistoryprotocoland standardoperatingprocedures.Additionally,Bethanyhasconductedresearch intoobtaininggrantsfortheCSWAanditsdevelopment,andhasprovidedher perspectiveandexpertiseintheCSWA’sCollectionsandDiversity,Outreach, andDevelopmentcommittees.

Groundedbyformativeexperiencesworkinginthegender-basedviolencefield andmovementbuildingspaces;BethanyJoMurrayinterrogatessocialwork’s relationshiptolawenforcementintheUnitedStates,bothhistoricallyand contemporarily.Withinthiscontext,sheexploresthepotentialsofanti-carceral socialworkpractices.BethanyisaPhDstudentatUCLAandearnedher MastersinSocialWorkfromtheUniversityofMinnesota.Sheservesasaboard memberofAbolitionPerspectivesinSocialWorkandfellowoftheCalifornia SocialWelfareArchives.

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DirectionsandAccess

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George D. Nickel Award Recipients

1987 JohnMilner

1988 CelesteKaplan

1989 KayBixby

1990 AugustaHawkins

1991 MarjorieSchwarzandKeiKokobun

1992 GenevieveCarterandRuthBritton

1993 FrancesLomasFeldman

1994 BettyKozasa

1995 FaustinaSolisandLilyEssin

1996 AnnShawandMarvinWeinstein

1997 RinoPattiandLelaCohn

1998 BerylGeber

1999 MauriceSchwarz

2000 MadelineStonerandEmitaArmi

2001 RuthBrittonandJohnKulli

2002 BarbaraSolomon

2003 MonikaWhiteandCarlFranklin

RalphFertig

JacquelynMcCroskeyandDoloresHuerta

WendySmithandHenryWaxman

2007 DavidKurodaandEricGarsetti

2008 FrancesWuandAnnThor 2010 BarbaraKaplanandElynSaks

2011 SuzanneDworak-PeckandUriD.Herscher 2012 YolieFloresandRose-MargaretOrrantia

MarleenWongandRuthI.Slaughter 2014 RonAviAstorandAretaCrowell

BillWatanabeandJudgeMichaelNash

SandyBanksandSusanB.Edelstein

SoniaNazarioandE.StephenVoss

DanielHeimpelandAlexMorales

BarbaraFerrerandWilliamD.SmartJr.

FrancesLomasFeldmanExcellencein EducationAwardRecipients

2010 JohnMilner 2011 JuneBrown

BruceS.Jansson 2013 JamesJ.Kelly 2014 JeanE.Daniels

2015 FrancesCaple

SuzanneDworak-PeckSchoolofSocialWork VirtualAcademicCenter

MuraliNair

TenaM.Nelson

JoyAngelaDeGruy

Madeleine Stoner and Ralph Fertig

Student Scholar Award Recipients

2015 JosephWise

2016 NorchelleBrown&CorinnaEspino 2017 JessicaBooker&EricaNellessen

AlmaGuevara

JamesDeBacco&MarisaVasquez

CSWA 45th Anniversary Sponsors

BENEFACTOR

CHAMPION

California Community Foundation

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles

JWCH- Wesley Health Centers

Dorothy Fleisher

PATRON

FRIEND

Barbara Hitchcock

STUDENT ADVOCATE

Linda Sewerbridges-Williams

Iva Ujamaa

NASW-CA CONGRATULATES

Dr. Barbara Ferrer

George D. Nickel Award

Pastor William D. Smart, Jr.

George D. Nickel Award

Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy

Frances Lomas Feldman Excellence in Education Award

Marisa Vasquez and James DeBacco

Madeleine Stoner and Ralph Fertig Student Scholar Award

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Master of Social Work College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Dr. Joy DeGruy on the Frances Lomas Feldman Excellence in Education Award

Thank you for being an inspiration to our faculty and students, and for your invaluable contributions to antiracist, anti-oppressive, trauma informed social work.

THANK

THE LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER CONGRATULATES

California Social Work Hall of Distinction

Roster of Inductees

2002

Emory Bogardus

Zdenka Buben

Gardner Bullis

Milton Chernin

Norris Class

Arlien Johnson

Joe Maldonado

Biddy Mason

George D. Nickel

George Nishinaka

Lydia Rapoport

Charles Schottland

2003

Bob Benedetto

Thomas Brigham

Genevieve Carter

Martha Chickering

Al Feldman

Walter Friedlander

Harry Kitano

Margarita Mendez

Mary O’Day

Elizabeth Robinson

Virginia Satir

Harry Specht 2004

Bernice Augenbraun

Elsie Herman

Rose Kleiner

Dorothy Miller

Royal Morales

Effie Robinson

Lorenzo Traylor 2005

Chauncey Alexander

Dana Bartlett

Marsena Buck

Frances Lomas Feldman

Mary Julia Workman

Myldred Jones

Anita Mackey

Faustina Solis

Ernest Witte

2007

Diana Ming Chan

Simon Dominguez

Richard Ford

Lillian Hyatt

Marianne Pennekamp

John Wax

2008

Nathan Cohen

Maurice Hamovitch

James Karls

Marie McNabola

Helen Northen

Patricia Pickford

Kurt Reichert

Maria Sardinas

Beverly Yip

2009

Manuel F. Fimbres

Jeff Jue

Ben J. Kelley

Percy H. Steele, Jr.

Kunitake Morgan Yamanaka

2010

Tessie A. Cleveland

Jeanne M. Giovannoni

John G. Milner

Jim Yukihiro Miyano

Dolores I. Rodriguez

Barbara J. Solomon

John M. Wedemeyer, Jr.

2011

Richard Masato Aoki

Ronald V. Dellums

Herman Gallegos

Ed Nathan

Janice Kay O’Donnell

Kermit T. Wiltse

2012

Helen Boardman

Teresa DeCrescenzo

Celeste Strack Kaplan

Consuelo Gomez Lopez

Rino J. Patti

Ann Shaw

2013

Sai-Ling Chu Chan-Sew

Ismael Dieppa

Barbara Lee

Joe Solis

Judith Wallerstein

Mariko Yamada

2014

L. Georgi DiStefano

Marilyn L. Flynn

Marilyn Montenegro

Alex J. Norman

Helen Ramirez

Fernando M. Torres-Gil

2015

Sandra Baker

Ellen Russell Dunbar

Nancy A. Humphreys

Terry Jones

Kenji Murase

Richard O. Salsgiver

2016

Janet E. Black

Howard H. Carey

David Kuroda

Jane Kurohara

2018

Wilfred “Bill” Coggins

Kathleen Kubota

Dr. John Oliver

Yasuko Sakamoto

June Simmons

Diane Takvorian

2019

Salvador E. Alvarez

Peter A. Breen

Benjamin Cuellar

Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

James Midgley

Linda L. Wang

2020

Shirley J Better

Jillian Jimenez

Robert “Bob” Ketch

Annette Smith

Monika White

Marleen Wong

Tetsu Sugi

2021

Gary Bess

Bart Grossman

E. Jane Middleton

Chia-Chia Chien

Lillian Iida Matsumoto

Janlee Wong

Virginia Rondero Hernandez

2023

Joseph A. Nunn

Armando Torres Morales

Terrence J. Roberts

2017

Doreen Der-McLeod

Bernice Catherine Harper

Rebecca Alicia Lopez

Ken Kaoru Nakamura

Barbara Needell

Benny Max Parrish

Jacquelyn McCroskey

Jorja Leap

Siyon Rhee

Arturo Rodriguez

THE CSWA HALL OF DISTINCTION COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE

California Social WelfareArchives

on 45 years of exemplary work of honoring, and preserving, our Social Welfare Heritage!

NEVHC proudly supports the California Social Welfare Archives 45th Anniversary Celebration and Awards!

nevhc.org/donate

to the deserving honorees!

Dr. Barbara Ferrer

Pastor William D. Smart, Jr.

Dr. Joy DeGruy

Congratulations to the on their 45th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Honorees:

California Social Welfare Archives

Dr. Barbara Ferrer

Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

George D. Nickel Award

Pastor William D. Smart Jr.

President & CEO, Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California Co-Pastor, Christ Liberation Ministries

George D. Nickel Award

Dr. Joy Angela Degruy  Frances Lomas Feldman Excellence in Education Award

Marisa Vasquez and James DeBacco

Master of Social Work students

Madeleine Stoner and Ralph Fertig Student Scholar Award

with Love and Solidarity

and to all the inspirational leaders who have been recognized by the California Social Welfare Archives over the past 45 years, for your lifelong dedication and commitment to improving the social welfare of our communitie California Social Work Hall of Distinction Committee www.swarchive.org/hall-of-distinction

Congratulates the CSWA 45th Anniversary Celebration and Awards

honorees: Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy, Pastor

William D. Smart Jr., and Dr. Barbara Ferrer on their achievements

We thank you for your contributions to racial healing, racial justice, and public health!

Would like to congratulate this years

CSWA 45th Anniversary Celebration awardees:

Pastor William D. Smart Jr.

Dr. Barbara Ferrer

Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy

Marisa Vasquez

James DeBacco

Southside Coalition of Community Health Centers

thanks, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, for her dedication to serving the community of South Los Angeles

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ProposalforSocialWorkHallofDistinction LetterfromChaunceyAlexander

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Memorandum from Rino J. Patti

Proposal for Social Work Hall of Distinction

Letter from Chauncey Alexander

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Inductees

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Christina Wong

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