On behalf of the GADE Board of Directors, we share our Annual Newsletter: 2021 Year in Review. In this issue, we highlight the successes and triumphs of 2021 and our key initiatives for 2022.
 
Wishing you all a happy, healthy, and fulfilling new year! Looking forward to continued engagement in 2022 to further the impact of doctoral education in social work.

We look forward to seeing you at the Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) 26th Annual Conference on January 12-16, 2022, at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC.

In preparation for SSWR, GADE would like to invite you to the GADE-sponsored events. We have events on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this year. Please check out the GADE-sponsored sessions by visiting gadesocialwork.org/SSWR for a list of all GADE SSWR details.

The 2022 GADE Student Award for Social Work Research is awarded to Bernadine Waller, PhD, LMHC from the School of Social Work at Adelphi University for their co-authored paper titled Correlates of depression among Black girls exposed to violence.

The 2022 Donna Harrington Award for Excellence in Mentoring of Doctoral Students is awarded to Phyllis Solomon, PhD from the School of Social Policy & Practice at the ​University of Pennsylvania.

Thank you to those that joined us at the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM) last week in Orlando, Florida! It was wonderful to reconnect with those of you in attendance. We recognize many of the GADE members were unable to attend in person. We are following up to provide the GADE Resources shared at CSWE-APM and to recognize the 2021 GADE Awardees that received their awards at the Doctoral Student Connection Breakfast with an awardee recognition video.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, we are delighted to announce the winner of the 2022 Initiative for Cross-Institutional Student Collaboration.

We received several outstanding proposals. After a thorough review, the Board has selected a proposal entitled Students from Migrant Backgrounds in Doctoral Programs in Social Work: Increasing Access and Creating Conditions for Success as this year's winner. Congratulations to Tanzilya Oren, Agnes N. Nzomene Kahouo Foda, and Maryam Rafieifar! 

Congratulations to the 2021 GADE Award Winners! 

GADE Award for Educational Leadership in Doctoral Education - Professor Kia J. Bentley, Ph.D., LCSW, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work

GADE Student Award for Teaching in Social Work - Cindy Dubuque-Gallo, LMSW, MAT University of Connecticut School of Social Work

GADE Student Award for Leadership and Service - Alicia Mendez, MSW, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Social Work

The March 16th attacks and loss of eight lives in Atlanta, Georgia, came on the heels of ongoing marginalization and "othering" of APIDA people that further intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic.