Grand Challenges for Social Work in the Next Decade: Maximizing Contributions from the Policy Front. June 2 – 4, 2016, Washington University, St. Louis.

The Grand Challenges for Social Work in the Next Decade: Maximizing Contributions from the Policy Front. Yolanda C. Padilla, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Carrie Pettus-Davis, Margaret S. Sherraden

 Leaders involved in the Grand Challenges for Social Work effort will lead a conversation on policy strategies for educators and practitioners on some of social work’s greatest challenges: opportunity and justice, smart decarceration, long and productive lives, and financial capability as a tool to reduce economic hardship.

Conference information:

2016 Policy Conference 2.0: Race and Inequality: Policy & Advocacy for Structural Change

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2-4, 2016

The 2016 Policy Conference 2.0 will bring together social work students, practitioners, and educators from across the country to share their work in social policy and policy practice and to develop strategies for maximizing the social work profession’s involvement in local, state, and national affairs. Sponsored by ISP, the 2016 conference is cosponsored by The Brown School at Washington University..

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