Laura Bronstein: notice of unprofessional conduct grievance

Laura Bronstein/Concerned parties:
This is to inform you that I am filing a professional conduct grievance for the following:

1) As Chair of the MSW program, you stated that I lied to Officer Mathew Rossie about my actions in the building and he has denied that fact to me as well as Francine Montemurro. At the hearing, you stated that you had investigative reports from officer who I lied to but never produced documentation.
2) The hearing audio was confirmed by 5of 7 members who attended the September 17th hearing and I have not heard from you since then concerning it. Interesting enough, statements where you mentioned the officer I lied to is erased among others.
3) Your reckless handling of the investigation allowed my confidentiality to be violated. Policy states clearly that the student should not be identified in the proceeding, but my name was all over our campus and people were questioning me.
4) You sent me a 51 page document full of false charges allowing me only 3 business days to respond, violating my due process.
5) You stated that I sent you, other staff, and alumni sexually explicit content through emails which is COMPLETELY false. This lie above all else has to be dealt with and accountability must be made.
6) After making a reckless, ill advised decision to hire David Tanenhaus to teach social work, you repeatedly lied to me about investigating him to take steps to dismiss him for violating rights of the vulnerable in our community. It is going on 1 year now and you still have not done what you stated you would.

During the course of the semester, you had direct knowledge from emails I sent you and through personal conversation about the clients I served in the community who are mostly people of color, elderly, and disabled, being abused and ignored by the Social Work Department facing injustice. You saw emails and complaints from students in the program as well as professionals in the community testifying, decrying the Social Work department’s inability and carelessness in taking a stand or showing any leadership in the community as an institution who’s primary mission is to protect the vulnerable.

My field instructor, who has been practicing social work for over 40 years also complained and personally came to the Social Work Department but he was ignored. Instead, you chose to ignore the suffering and abuse of these people, allowing the Social Work Department to accuse me of charges because I exposed these social issues. As a social worker, our professional and ethical obligation is to act in the presence of injustice.

According to NASW Code of Ethics, as a license social worker, I believe you violated the following:
1.01 Commitment to Clients
Social workers' primary responsibility is to promote the well-being of clients. In general, clients' interests are primary.
4.02 Discrimination
Social workers should not practice, condone, facilitate, or collaborate with any form of discrimination on the basis of
race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, political belief, religion, or mental or
physical disability.
.4.04 Dishonesty, Fraud, and Deception
Social workers should not participate in, condone, or be associated with dishonesty, fraud, or deception.

NOTE: I want a separate committee independent from the Social Work Department to conduct and handle all manners of this grievance process and investigation. Please forward this grievance to the appropriate department and concerned parties if you are not.

Best regards,
Andre