Millie M. Charles, born on July 25, 1923, is dean of the School of Social Work at Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO). Charles has participated in movements for civil rights and social justice throughout her life. Charles served as a national leader in the development of professional baccalaureate social work education, and she founded the School of Social Work at SUNO, a historically black university, as a resource for professional education and community activism. In this oral narrative, Charles describes her career as a mission for social change.