Sponsored by the Howard University School of Social Work's Multidisciplinary Gerontology Center and hosted by Dr. Robert Cosby, GrandStories: Profiles in Aging features interviews with social justice leaders and community members. In each episode, Dr. Robert Cosby speaks with a featured guest about social justice topics related to aging and legacy, particularly in the African American community.

GrandStories: Profiles in Aging
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Sponsored by the Howard University School of Social Work's Multidisciplinary Gerontology Center and hosted by Dr. Robert Cosby, GrandStories: Profiles in Aging features interviews with social justice leaders and community members. In each episode, Dr. Robert Cosby speaks with a featured guest about social justice topics related to aging and legacy, particularly in the African American community.
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July 31, 2024
Episode 25: Dr. Amy Billingsley
<p>In her interview with Dr. Robert Cosby, Dr. Amy Billingsley opens up about her colorful family history, the difficulties of losing loved ones at such a young age, her gift of "knitting people together," her involvement with HistoryMakers, and Black Women's Agenda and her powerful impact in her campaigns and working with William Clinton, Alexis Herman, Barbara Skinner-Williams, and Dorothy Height. </p>

September 20, 2023
Episode 24: Dr. Andrew Billingsley
<p>Dr. Andrew Billingsley, Sociologist, Author, College Provost, Vice Chancellor, President and Professor shares with Dr. Robert Cosby his rich history. Starting with his childhood in Marion, Alabama and his recognition of what he needed to expand his intellect. He shared that thirst for knowledge and explained how "his intellect began" when transitioning to Birmingham, Alabama due to his father's injury. Dr. Andrew Billingsley touches on some of his greatest contributions including his writing "Black Families in White America." He discusses his promotion of peace and anti-poverty, and his love for former slave and U.S. Congress Representative Robert Smalls.</p> <p><br>Dr. Billingsley, recognized as a giant and scholar in the field of Sociology and Social Work, is the author of over ten books, four co-authored books, numerous edited books and journal articles. Dr. Billingsley received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in political science in 1951 from Grinnell University. In 1956, he graduated with his MS degree from Boston University and his PhD from Brandeis University in 1964. He is a former Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of California at Berkeley, Provost at Howard University, President of Morgan State University, and senior scholar and leader at other universities including University of Maryland and the University of South Carolina. He is recognized for his leadership and authorship. To learn more about Dr. Andrew Billingsley, please select <a href="https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/andrew-billingsley" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a>.</p>

August 9, 2023
Episode 23: Annette Solomon Part 2
<p>The conversation continues as Annette Solomon shares on the barriers of social work including the funding of programs. Ms. Solomon also talks about "planned failure," for "social workers not to get in their own way," self-care, the widening of the wealth gap, the reassessment of our value system, and the slow erosion of rights.</p>
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