Daniel J. DeBrucker

Daniel DeBrucker, a native of Rochester, NY living in Manhattan, is in his final year of the dual degree program at the Columbia University School of Social Work (MSSW), and Union Theological Seminary (M.Div.). Dan is a community organizer who has spent nearly three-decades working in marginalized communities by providing direct service, advocacy, and compassion.  Dan serves as the president of the CSSW Student Union (2021-22), and various campus committees, both at Columbia and Union.  Dan is creating a new worship community in the communities of Bushwick and Ridgewood with a mission to provide a welcoming space for worship, and to address the gaps and needs of services and community to LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults, who might also identify as homeless and/or victims of exploitation.