The Justice for Gerard Movement Presents:
TURNING A MOMENT INTO A MOVEMENT
TOPIC: "Healing the Wounds of Injustice and Restoring Hope" w/ Dr. Shari Richardson
Join The Justice for Gerard Movement....Jay Love, Attorney Hugo Mack, Dwayne Brooks, and Rev. Tia Littlejohn as we have a discussion about change and Healing.
Dr. Shari Richardson, DSW, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Doctorate in Social Work from the University of Southern California (USC). She is an Assistant Professor in the Social Work Department at Medgar Evers College (CUNY) and owns a private psychotherapy practice in New York City.
Dr. Richardson completed her master’s degree in clinical social work at Fordham University and bachelor’s degree in liberal arts with a concentration in Human Services at City College (CUNY).
Dr. Richardson has more than 20 years of experience working with individuals and families involved in the child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, criminal justice, and homeless services fields. She began her career working with children and families in the foster care system in New York. She went on to work in a specialized behavioral health foster care program, a residential program, and an in-home individual/family therapy program.
Dr. Richardson was also served in several administrative positions, including Director of Quality of Assurance, and Vice President of Foster Care Services. In 2016, she was hired at the College of Staten Island (CUNY) as an adjunct lecturer and field education liaison in the Master of Social Work program. She joined Medgar Evers College in 2019 as a substitute lecturer and was then promoted to Assistant Professor in 2021. Dr. Richardson was also the Field Education Coordinator and assisted the Field Education Director with field placements and other administrative responsibilities. In 2022, she began in private practice providing individual, couples, and family therapy as well as clinical consulting and supervision at a local homeless shelter. She is a mental health normalizer that specializes in trauma, family of origin and relationship issues, stress management, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, and personal growth utilizing an eclectic variety of treatment approaches.
Dr. Richardson serves on several college committees including: the Academic Standards and Regulations, Social Work Conference Planning and Technology committees. She has redesigned several social work courses to be more inclusive of Open Education Resources (OER) thereby reducing overall textbook costs for students. She enjoys teaching a variety of social work courses and hopes that students leave her class feeling heard and valued. Dr. Richardson also strives to ensure students learn first and foremost to gain the competencies and skill sets they will need to be successful in their chosen field of social work practice and become social justice warriors.
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