The second of the Hunter College “Promoting Civil Discourse and Intellectual Dialogue Series” kicked off with psychotherapist Laura Quiros. She spoke on promoting community healing by incorporating diversity and inclusion into trauma-informed care and anti-oppression work.
Quiros is a Hunter alum who obtained her master’s at the Silberman School of Social Work in 2000 and is now an associate professor at Montclair State University and a consultant for organizations on trauma-informed diversity issues.
Provost Manoj Pardasani said that Quiros’s clinical work with individuals who have suffered trauma, as well as her practice training students, leaders, and groups on diversity, gave her important insights and techniques for the Hunter community, in which many have experienced trauma and loss.
“It is crucial that the Hunter community have a safe, open forum for talking about these issues with each other,” he said.
The talk aligned with a campaign to foster civil discourse and tolerance across CUNY's 25 campuses, which was announced by CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez this past August during a visit to Hunter College.
