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Kareema Gray
North Carolina
Dr. Gray currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Social Work and serves as the Co-Chair of the Department of Social Work and Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) Program Director at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She received both her Ph.D. and her master’s degrees in social work from The University of Georgia in Athens, GA. Her undergraduate degree in biology was completed at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. Dr. Gray also works as a clinical medical social worker at Atrium Health.
Dr. Gray’s research interests include projects that examine the effectiveness of community initiatives to alleviate poverty, international disaster case management and disaster response, social work in sports, and a variety of social justice and social advocacy issues. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees at her alma mater – The Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, PA. Dr. Gray also serves as an executive board member for Dedication 2 Communities in Charlotte, NC which addresses community relationships with local and federal law enforcement. Dr. Gray is a part of the Charlotte Church of Christ’s Singles Ministry.
Looking For My Place at the Table
When we long to find a "seat at the table," it feels disheartening to discover that many seats have been reserved. This class will offer varied perspectives concerning difficulties facing women in the church today who long to use their leadership and teaching gifts. When such challenges aren't acknowledged or understood, frustrations and disappointments grow, communication can become difficult, and "sides" can be taken. This class will seek to illuminate the emotional and exhausting toll the search for a "place at the table" involves while offering ways to make progress, knowing Jesus sits at the table, holding a seat for us.
Men: What We Need You to Know
In this class, our speakers will share their personal thoughts, along with those they have gathered from others, concerning what they want and need their brothers in Christ to know and understand. Conversations are needed and important, and our prayer is that this class can be a helpful conversation starter that brings more opportunities for women to use their God-given gifts in the churches.