Alicia Lewis, M.S.W.
About
Sup y’all! My name is Alicia, and I have the genuine pleasure of serving as the Associate Director of the WCC. In conjunction with others, my role works to support the Internship Program, Feminist Narratives, and the Collective Liberation Series. I came to higher education via a very fortunate misstep pursuing a Bachelors of Business Management at Syracuse University (GO ORANGE!!), which led to working towards my Masters of Social Work at The University at Albany, SUNY. During my time in grad school I unexpectedly fell into a career in higher education, and decided to stick around. Since then I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about social identities, systemic inequities, barriers to accessing a college education, and subsequently my role and responsibility in dismantling them. I find purpose in working to create worlds that we can’t yet see, to serve those who have historically been left out. To quote one of the greats, Adrienne Maree Brown, “the goal of our work should be to grow more possibilities, and always be expanding our options and our horizons. If the work we are doing is narrowing our choices and focusing in on the one right answer, then it is probably not visionary work.” My life outside of the WCC consists of enjoying the miraculous wonders of Oakland, traveling, hanging with my queer writing group, going to music shows – the smaller and more intimate the better, and generally speaking, pursuing a joyful life.
Program Advisement
- Internship Program
- Collective Liberation Series
- Feminist Narratives