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At Bethany Hall, Rios spoke to a large and engaged gathering of students, faculty, administrators and special guests. He celebrated the fact that there were students from multiple disciplines in the room.

In the talk, Rios recounts his experience growing up impoverished but as part of a thriving neighborhood in the shadow of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He also recounts being displaced from his home as a result of the decision by Yale to purchase the block he lived on for faculty housing – and the shame he felt as he looked at all of his family’s belongings ("our clothes, our toys, our entire lives") get shoved into black trash bags and hoisted away into a moving truck.

Juan Rios uses a traumatic memory of displacement from childhood to understand the vital role of an inclusive community. He uses that memory and an understanding of his own dual consciousness as a university professor and member of the local community to give voice to those who are too often designed out of spaces. Only when we demand that institutions recognize themselves as members of a community can radical inclusion be achieved. As a practitioner scholar, I believe in the importance of integrating our theoretical knowledge to our practice in the field of Social Work. It is my academic mission to ensure our students are constantly applying scholastic thought with applied learning. My experience is both in non-profit and government sectors and presently the Clinical Director of a multiservice specialty practice and serves as a clinical consultant to community mental health agencies. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Evan J. Collier, a 2016 Brearley graduate and football standout, officially filed for the Roselle Park Board of Education. Since his time at Brearley Collier has been very busy. ...

As the future of social work is ever-evolving, so does the future of Seton Hall University's Master of Social Work (MSW) program. New and exciting additions to the program have been added throughout the 2021-2022 academic year, thanks to effort by MSW Program Director and Assistant Professor of Social Work Juan Rios, Ph.D.

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Dr. Christine Masterson shares how women in the “sandwich generation” face increased stress providing care for their parents and kids simultaneously; Thomas Shea & Juan Rios talk about how the Community Care & Justice initiative reimagines traditional models of law enforcement; Dr. Steven Sheris discusses the importance of telehealth and the need to support healthcare workers during COVID.