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UC
Berkeley School of Social Welfare Second Annual Social Justice
Symposium Address: Click here for details Please email ucbsjs@gmail.com with questions. Thank you. This is a wheelchair accessible event.
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The idea for the Social Justice Symposium was born in the spring of 2006 out of students’ concerns that the spring semester begins the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day without the School of Social Welfare communally recognizing his impact and legacy. A group of interested students worked together to plan a day that celebrates the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his fight for a more just world by highlighting some of the social justice issues frequently dealt with in this line of work and how to address them. We hope that this year's Social Justice Symposium will build on the success of the inaugural Symposium in January 2007. Our (working) Definition of Social Justice We collectively wrote a definition of social justice we feel embodies the spirit of this event. Social
Justice is a process, not an outcome, which (1) seeks fair (re)distribution
of resources, opportunities, and responsibilities; (2) challenges
the roots of oppression and injustice; (3) empowers all people
to exercise self-determination and realize their full potential;
(4) and builds social solidarity and community capacity for
collaborative action. Keynote Speaker -> Three Sessions The workshops are broken into the following three categories: Consciousness-Raising, Skills for Practice, and Self-Reflection. We hope that attendees will chose to attend one of each type of workshop. 1.
What Every Social Worker Should Know About Grassroots Community Organizing,
Claudia Albano (Skills for Practice) 1.
Faith-Based Organizations, Spirituality
and Social Work-Opportunities and Challenges in Building Service
Relationships, Jennifer Morazes (Self-reflection) Session 3 (3:00-4:30)
Keynote
Speaker boona cheema was born and raised in India. She worked with wounded children in Vietnam and then immigrated to the United States in 1971. A trained Unitarian Universalist Minister, she holds a B.S. in economics and Masters in journalism and divinity. She was awarded an honorary doctorate of Humanitarian Letters for her work as an urban minister. She has an extensive portfolio of political, social, and economic justice work and is currently the Executive Director of BOSS. In the U.S., boona helps develop policy and direct action strategies by working in partnership with a broad range of local, statewide, and national organizations and coalitions, including those dedicated to housing, health, youth, families, mental health, poverty, and urban development. She has served on the Boards of Directors for dozens of local and state nonprofits, including Center for Independent Living, Housing California, Non Profit Housing Association of Northern California, and many others. She helped found creative nonprofit responses to serving people with special needs, providing start-up and technical support to the Oakland Independence Support Center, Berkeley Drop-In Center, and Berkeley Creative Living Center. Internationally, boona has served on the Boards of Directors of Oxfam America, Seva Foundation, and Food First. BOSS is a large Alameda County nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to serving poor people with disabilities and special needs since 1971. The organization is a recognized leader at serving the most vulnerable segments of poor and homeless populations, and under boona's leadership has innovated many programs and strategies that are now national models. As Executive Director, boona has forged partnerships with faith groups, schools, business leaders, and service providers, and has worked with equal commitment alongside policy makers and poor and disabled community members .
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