Check out Raven Dorsey’s amazing speech at #WGSSGraduation2022!! See below for Professor Diedrich’s introduction of Raven.

Raven Dorsey is a doula and social worker born and raised in Wayne, PA. Raven completed her bachelor’s degree in Women, Gender and Sexuality studies with a concentration in gender, sexuality and public health from SUNY Stony Brook in 2016. That year, she received the Terry Alexander Award in WGSS. Raven, who was on the Track and Field team at SBU, also received the Seawolves Impact Award at the Stony Brook Athletics Wolfie Awards.

I’ll just mention one way that she made an impact at Stony Brook. She spearheaded a partnership between Stony Brook Athletics’ and the America East Conference on the You Can Play Project, which promotes inclusion and acceptance of LGBTQ athletes and coaches. As Raven wrote in her report on this work, You Can Play Project allowed her to apply concepts and practices she had learned in her Women’s and Gender Studies classes “to promote positive change in a place where I spend so much of my time.” Raven helped organize four YCP nights, at Women’s Volleyball, Men’s and Women’s Basketball, and Women’s lacrosse games. The event sponsored by the conference-winning Men’s basketball team was written up in a glowing feature on the initiative in USA Today.

After graduating from Stony Brook, Raven went on to earn her Master’s of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania in May 2018. After completing her MSW, Raven joined the Women’s Law Project as a Development Associate where she coordinated events and fundraising efforts in the Philadelphia area. In late 2019, she joined the Warren for President campaign, in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Raven currently serves as a Deputy Director of Engagement for the Paid Leave for All Campaign, a National Campaign fighting for a Federal Comprehensive Paid Family and Medical Leave policy. Most recently in 2021, Raven began serving as a volunteer Advance Associate for the Office of the Vice President. Although her full-time work is centered around federal policy, Raven’s passion work, and pride and joy is serving her community as a trained labor and postpartum care doula.