Joint PhD in Social Work / MPH Student Amanda Cruce represented the University of Pittsburgh and lived experience at the 2022 American Bar Association Access to Justice conference in Washington, DC. She was on an interdisciplinary panel with state leaders, attorneys, teachers, birth parents, and alumni from foster care. The panel was titled "You Are Not Alone – How to Do Race Equity Work by Building Collaborations." The panel examined the life and murder of Ma'Khia Bryant as a way to walk through layers of system impact for Black children child welfare.
About the discussion:
This track will examine the case of Ma’Khia Bryant as a way of walking through different layers of system impact for Black children and youth to identify areas where we are all responsible for building better collaborations, understanding and commitments to the children, parents, and families we serve