Social Welfare Action Alliance National Conference

Posted by on April 16, 2007

From: Russell Henderson

Social Welfare Action Alliance (http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org)
(Formerly Bertha Capen Reynolds Society)

CALL FOR CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

2007 National Meeting and Conference
Thursday June 14 – Sunday June 17
New Orleans, Louisiana
(Holiday Inn-Downtown Superdome)

Co-Sponsors: Tulane Univ. School of Social Work; Southern Univ. at New Orleans School of Social Work; Jackson State Univ. School of Social Work; Univ. of Houston Graduate College of Social Work; Univ. of Southern Mississippi School of Social Work; Univ. of Texas at Austin School of Social Work; Univ. of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work; Univ. of Oklahoma School of Social Work; Univ. of Alabama School of Social Work; Univ. of Mississippi School of Applied Social Sciences; Marywood Univ. School of Social Work; Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign; Anti-Racism Committee, Baccalaureate Program Directors Association.

Conference Theme:
Remembering, Rebuilding, Rising Above: Katrina, Civil Rights, and Activism

Agency-based social workers and human service workers, social work students and faculty, and activists with community-based organizations, especially in the Gulf Coast area, are particularly encouraged to send in proposals. To respond to this Call for Participation, please email a proposal to: Manoj Pardasani, mpardasa@iun.edu.

Please include the following:

* Cover page indicating names, addresses, and affiliations of all presenters.
* 250 word proposal linked to the conference theme and/or the principles of SWAA (see http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org), and 50 word abstract for the program.
* In the proposal, please indicate whether the format is a workshop, a panel presentation, a paper, a poster presentation (such as about your Hurricane relief activity), or some other format. Also being solicited are proposals for cultural contributions in the form of music, poetry, art, drama, and multimedia presentations, for presentation at workshops, plenary sessions and other venues.

Proposals will be responded to as soon as possible after being received. We reserve the right to schedule panel presentations and papers in combined sessions. We regret we are unable to provide complementary registration to presenters. Registration is required within two weeks of acceptance but is encouraged along with the proposal.