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Americans gloomier, for now
USA Today
Her husband is making 5% to 10% more than last year and her new degree in social work should have meant a job soon, but hasn’t. …

Social worker creates travel matching site
Reading Eagle - Reading, PA
By Jenee Osterheldt They share their secrets, the ups and downs of their days. And over the years, she has heard a recurring sentiment from some of her …

The great circus workout
KING5.com - Seattle, WA
You’re turning your body upside down in space, and you’re having to engage your core,” said Carrie Heller, MSW,Director of the Circus Arts Institute. …

Message on the move: MSU students take out
Indian Express - New Delhi, India
In an attempt to create awareness on social issues in the slum areas of the city, more than 100 students from MS University (MSU) Faculty of Social Work …

Bethany Student Obtains $5000 Social Work Grant
KSAL, KS
A grant obtained by a student at Bethany College will help the school’s Social Work Department. According to the school, senior social work student Kelsey …

Fla. social workers dig into own pockets for needy clients
Scripps News, DC
The National Society of Social Workers has a strict code of ethics that discourages workers from giving personal money to clients. ..

The op-ed below was submitted to local media by Richard Cook, University of Maryland School of Social Work. This link to resulting article in the Baltimore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.vozzella07sep07,0,6995248.column

This week the nation is hearing again that Barack Obama started his work on human concerns in Chicago as a community organizer. While the world is familiar with what a soldier does, or what a lawyer or a stockbroker does, not as many are familiar with the world of community organizing and whether or not it is a suitable starting place for someone taking on major responsibilities in political life.

At the University of Maryland School of Social Work we have been training community organizers for nearly 50 years. A number of them have found their way into politics including the Senior Senator from Maryland Barbara Mikulski, a deputy mayor of Baltimore, and several state legislators. In addition, others such as Wendy Sherman, a former ambassador, and Jody Olsen, the deputy director of the Peace Corps, were trained as community organizers.

What is a community organizer and why does someone choose a job of community organizing?

Just as medicine is a profession dedicated to restoring health to the human body, community organizing is dedicated to restoring democracy at the grassroots level, to re-energizing citizens as an active part of the community. Community organizers focus on bringing about concrete changes in peoples’ lives, fixing broken systems, and changing power relationships so that unengaged people despairing of their lack of power can become re-engaged. (more…)

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Web site created as recovery resource
Red and Black, GA
Graduate students in the School of Social Work are giving back the community by helping people overcome addictions. In honor of September’s National Alcohol …

Names in the news
Baltimore Sun, MD
The University of Maryland School of Social Work has announced the addition of four new faculty members. Charlotte Lyn Bright joins the school as an …

Social workers becoming an important part of school
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth, TX
As schools grapple with social issues such as childhood hunger, cyberbullying and teen pregnancy, the need for licensed social workers is crucial to student …

Unsung heroes of the ‘golden hour’
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena, CA
Social workers and chaplains make contact with them, providing invaluable support. But once the trauma team and trauma surgeons have finished their …

Eastern Michigan University social work professor wins national award
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor, MI
Leisa Thompson | The Ann Arbor NewsElvia Krajewski-Jaime, who recently won the National Association of Social Workers‘ 2008 Social Worker of the Year award, …