Social Justice Address 2025

Heather McGhee, JD, author, educator, and policy expert

Friday, May 2, 2025

Heather McGhee, JD, delivered an engaging exploration of the profound social and economic costs of racism and offered an actionable roadmap for building solidarity in our communities. Drawing from her acclaimed book The Sum of Us, McGhee provided an inspiring vision for creating a more equitable and prosperous future by working together across racial and socioeconomic divides. Dean Deborah Gorman-Smith welcomed McGhee, where a full room of attendees listened in Edith Abbott Hall at Crown Family School.