Zaymetrius Jones

Zaymetrius Jones is a 2024 graduate of the MSW program at OSU. They've built a social work career around issues important to the Black LGBTQ+ community. They are a former member of the Columbus Association of Black Social Workers and current member of the National Association of Social Workers. They are currently a member of the Region 5 planning committee, where they co-facilitated the organization’s first LGBTQ+ Holding Space. They are also currently a member of the Social Work Criminalization Taskforce and serve on the Associate Dean's Advisory Committee for the College of Arts and Sciences at OSU. Through their work, they want to continue building trust and emphasizing education and communication between the Black LGBTQ community and their cis-hetero counterparts.