Clinical Associate Professor Ralph Fertig of the USC School of Social Work talks to his class about being a Freedom Rider in the South, sharing a very graphic description of the time he spent in a Selma, Alabama jail.
Father Gregory Boyle, an activist priest and founder of Jobs for a Future and Homeboy Industries, nationally recognized employment programs for at-risk and gang-involved youth, shares personal stories about kinship at the USC School of Social Work All School Day.
Produced by the Network of Korean-American Leaders (NetKAL) at the USC School of Social Work, the fellowship program promotes professional leadership development among up and coming Korean-Americans
Jessie Jacobson, a MTF Clinician at the LA Gay and Lesbian Center, and Masen Davis, Director of FTM Alliance, discuss transgender terminology, issues facing the transgender community, and clinical strategies to support them.
Gilda Taylor, Humboldt Area Interfaith Hospitality Network, Houston, and Judy Axonovitz, USC School of Social Work Skirball MSW program, discuss the faith-based responses to Hurricane Katrina and the role of spirituality in coping with crisis.
Waxman, who represents California's 30th district in the U.S. House of Representatives, delivers the keynote lecture at the California Social Welfare Archives Annual Luncheon, speaking about the misguided priorities of elected leaders to protect private wealth over the need to provide for the least advantaged.
