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Gene D. Thin Elk, one of the nation’s leading authorities on treatment for alcoholism, will present a lecture on the “Red Road Approach to Wellness and Healing” 4:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in Brown Lounge. The Red Road approach, created by Thin Elk, uses Native American traditions and values as part of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the American Indian Student Association.

Nationally acclaimed director Lee Mun Wah will present his film Last Chance for Eden at 3 p.m. Dec. 3 in Goldfarb Hall, Room 124. A discussion with Wah will follow. Last Chance for Eden is a documentary featuring men and women discussing the issues of racism and sexism in the workplace. They examine the impact […]

Keith Boykin, a prominent author and speaker, was a special assistant to the president and director of specialty media in the Clinton administration.

Keith Boykin, president of the National Black Justice Coalition, will present a lecture on race, sexuality and politics 1 p.m. Nov. 13 in Brown Hall, Room 100. Boykin, a prominent author and speaker, was a special assistant to the President and director of specialty media during President Bill Clinton’s administration.

Photo by Kevin LowderDean Edward Lawlor and Michael Sherraden admire a globe presented to Sherraden by the staff of the Center for Social Development.

A weeklong series of events starting Oct. 11 honors the center in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.

Photo by Kevin LowderSocial work Dean Edward F. Lawlor talks with Edward S. Macias at Lawlor’s installation as the William E. Gordon Professor.

The Center for Social Development (CSD) in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will host “Crossing Network Lines: Facilitating Partnerships and Building Coalitions Across Aging and Disability Service Networks to Improve Service Delivery,” a scientific meeting of national and local scholars, practice professionals, public officials and policy makers Oct. 7 at the Chase […]

He’s “a distinguished academic leader and contributor to the advance of social work education and scholarship,” Chancellor Wrighton says.

Many Americans are faced with the fear of going hungry.Most Americans don’t think they’ll ever be faced with the question of how they will get their next meal, but a recent study co-authored by a social welfare expert at Washington University in St. Louis shows that at least 42 percent of the U.S. population will deal with food insecurity during their lifetime. “Food insecurity goes beyond the fear of going hungry,” explains Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at the university’s George Warren Brown School of Social Work. “Food insecurity means that people are unable to provide themselves and their families nutritionally adequate food on a regular basis.