BUSSW Alumnus Barry Shrage Featured in the Boston Globe

On November 30, 2014, Dan Adams of The Huffington Post published “Seven things you should know about Barry Shrage.”

Shrage, the president of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, has dramatically increased the organization’s assets since assuming management. Adams spoke to Shrage to learn more about his past, including his experience at the Boston University School of Social Work and his field work at the Belchertown State School.

“It was human insanity. There are laws against treating animals like that. Naked people screaming, feces on the wall — you’re talking about the bottom of hell,” Shrage told Adams. “It was incomprehensible. I couldn’t stop crying. But it felt like a solvable problem and I knew I needed to do something about it.”

Click here to read Adams’ complete article.

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