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Racial Identity Development is a framework that conceptualizes our paths as we explore & define our racial identity. As social workers it can help us develop a more comprehensive understanding of our clients, and support our own self-reflection.

Kathy Lopes, LICSW is a DEI executive with extensive administrative and clinical experience. She serves as the current Vice President of the National Association of Black Social Workers, the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Newton Public Schools District in Massachusetts, and the inaugural 1st Vice President of the Association of Massachusetts School Equity Leaders (AMSEL). She is an adjunct faculty member at Simmons University Graduate School of Social Work and is also the founder of inKlusion - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consulting Services. Lopes is also the co-author of Change the Narrative: How to Foster an Antiracist Culture in Your School.