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Joan Blakey graduated from the University of Minnesota more than 25 years ago with an undergraduate degree in social work. Two more degrees and more than two decades later, Blakey now leads the School of Social Work as its director. She is the first African American woman in that role.
The state and country are facing a shortage of social workers as the need for their services only increases. Dr. Joan Blakey is the new leader of the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota. She joined Minnesota Live to discuss who and what this shortage will impact.