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Influence
5.1/Spring '01
FROM THE CHAIRPERSON
Since the Fall
issue of INFLUENCE, major events have occurred affecting social work
professionals, educators, and students. The Presidential election concluded
with the elevation of George W. Bush. The Council on Social Work Education
issued its first draft of the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards
(EPAS) document. The ISP website, www.statepolicy.org/ had its 10,000th
visitor. ISP also distributed its newest resource, a wall poster. The
national ISP contest, State Policy Plus IV is well underway across the
country. And, in Dallas, in March, 2001, ISP will hold its 5th annual
meeting at the CSWE conference. As you might expect, I have something
to say about each of these events.
In the New York
Times, January 7, 2001, Robert Pear's article on front page one, Shifting
of power from Washington is seen under Bush, really got my attention.
It suggests that President Bush will give "states and local officials
great leeway to shape and operate the full range of federal social,
regulatory, and public works programs." With the faith-based programs
initiative already sent to Congress, this administration is clearly
pursuing a direction that favors "state" decision-making and non traditional
policy and program alternatives. ISP's mission to increase social work's
presence and effectiveness could not be more on target.
ISP will, in fact,
be holding its fifth (5th) annual meeting in Dallas, 2001, after a rousing
start in Chicago in 1997. It is hard to believe that four years have
passed and yet, I sense that many individual ISP members have shifted
their teaching, assignments, and even school curricula in a new direction,
i.e., participating in the legislative processes at state and local
levels. 10,000 persons have visited our website now. There are no commercials
on it, so it must the messages and resources. Persistence is one of
the key elements of successful advocacy and ISP has demonstrated it
many times since 1997.
Members responded
well to a call for support letters or emails to the Council on Social
Work Education's Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards revisions
in the Fall. Over 65 individual members sent in an actual message. How
significant was this? I leave it to you to judge. There were 230 responses
overall to CSWE, some from programs and some from individuals. When
you read the revised text on page ?? you will see clearly the evidence
of ISP contributions. I think we made a substantial difference. (What
if 300 ISP members had responded?)
The national contest,
State Policy Plus IV, is underway again. When I reflect upon the outcomes,
projects, and assignments of the past three contests, I am still as
impressed as I was the first time I read them. Students and faculty
across the country have demonstrated how to influence state policies
and issues. It is clear for all to see and we should all be proud of
these individuals. I encourage all to continue to motivate, remind,
and nudge our students and ourselves to enter the fourth contest. April
3, 2001 is the deadline.
Finally, thanks
to your dues and the work of a talented graphic artist-student, Sarah
Walters, ISP has a striking poster to display in every social work program
in the country. Its theme, "Policy Affects Practice and Practitioners
Affect Practice," resonates with most ISP members with whom I have spoken.
I hope that this poster and its message will find its way into the hearts
and minds of every student and faculty in your programs. Why? Because
it is really a kernel of truth, reflecting our profession's commitment
to change on whatever level is necessary for clients to receive justice,
apt services, and opportunities to reach their maximum potential. Be
SURE to post it!
All the best for
2001.
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WEBSITE
As of February
10, 2001, visits to our website, www.statepolicy.org have surpassed
10,000.The website is a comprehensive resource of policy information
and education for faculty and students at all levels. It has linkages
to social work policy and practice sites, national organizations, job/career
sites, state legislatures and agencies, national State Policy Plus contest
rules, sample student projects, examples of faculty assignments focused
on state policy, access to research organizations and much more. The
newsletter, Influence, has been archived to the website, including all
back issues.If you are interested in serving on an advisory committee
for the website, please contact Bob Schneider at 804.828.0452.
New addresses and
sites:
http://firstgov.gov/
is a portal linking citizens and students to more than 20,000 government
web sites.
http://www.idealist.org/
is an excellent sources for jobs in the non-profit sector.
http://www.hpol.org/
provides a searchable archive of politically significant audio materials
such as speeches by Martin Luther King,Jr. and recordings of Watergate.
http://www.public-i.org/
investigates party machines and politics, lobbyists and special interest
groups. Developed by the Center for Public Integrity.
http://www.registervote.com/
is a non-partisan site that makes it easy to find out how to have your
voice heard and your vote counted.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/elec2000.html
answers every question you may have about the 2000 election in the USA.
http://www.narmh.org/
is the website for the National Association for Rural Mental Health.
http://www.auburn.edu/~salanad/ppsn.html
is the site of The Student Policy Network where career issues, policy
experts, and research agenda are available.
http://www.nrharural.org/
is the webpage for the National Rural Health Association.
http://congress.nw.dc.us/yourorg/
is a site for CaptolWiz, a tool that assists in finding legislative
leaders (Federal and State) by entering a zip code. Customized emails
can also be sent.
http://www.apa.org/rural/homepage.html
is the website for the American Psychological Association's Office of
Rural Health.
http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/
is the webpage for the national Health Resources and Services Administration,
Office of Rural Health Policy.
http://www.urban.org/centers/iac/localgov/index.html
is a site for "Resources of Local Government in Eastern Europe" that
links the Urban Institute's reports, analysis, linkages, and training
materials to policymakers and practitioners.
http://www.911rape.org/
is a site with rape statistics, information for rape survivors, and
details about drugs used by rapists in attacks. It contains treatment
and reporting advice.
http://endowment.pwcglobal.com/
discusses new approaches to improving the effectiveness of government
at federal, state, local, and international levels.
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/
educates citizens on how to put an initiative on the state ballot if
the state legislature refuses to support your proposal. In the past
election, nearly 70 statewide and 1,000 local initiatives had obtained
the required signatures to be place on various ballots.
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ISP
NEWS
Special thanks
and recognition must be given to the sponsors of our national contest,
State Policy Plus IV. The following have given ISP financial resources
for our 2001 contest: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program
Directors; University of Houston School of Social Work; University of
Texas at Austin School of Social Work; Center for Social Development
at Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work.
We all appreciate this support very much.
Universities with
an appointed ISP Liaison: ( 71 %)
Universities without an appointed ISP Liaison: ( 29 %)
Total number of ISP Liaisons: 475
Total number of Friends of ISP: 85
Mailed copies of our video, Making a Difference: Influencing State Policy:
over 900
A new ISP poster
is availble by emailing or writing Bob Schneider at rschneid@saturn.vcu.edu.
A black and white glossy poster, with the theme: "Policy Affect Practice
and Practitioners Affect Policy," hangs well in offices or hallways.
At the ISP Annual
Membership Meeting in Dallas, on Saturday, March 9, 2001, at 5:30-6:45
PM, we celebrate our fifth (5th) annual meeting. All charter ISP member
present at the Chicago meeting have been invited. The Honorable Elliott
Naishstat, MSW, Delegate to the Texas General Assembly, will be our
featured speaker. Come!
ISP wishes to thank
the many individuals who have donated items for the auction in Dallas.
Generosity and a genuine effort to support ISP are their hallmarks.
Thanks!
New goals for
ISP members during the 2000-01 academic year:
Double the number
of student visits to state legislatures from 4, 164 in 2000 to 8,000
in 2001.
Increase visits
to the website to an average of 500 per month.
Each program should
have at least one (1) entry to State Policy Plus IV.
Increased paid
memberships to 250.
Raise at least
$2,000 for Ph.D. stipends awarded for dissertations on state policy.
Increase the visibility
of ISP throughout social work education programs.
ISP live auction:
In order to raise
funds for stipends for Ph.D. dissertations involving state policy and
a new video series, ISP is conducting its first annual "live" auction
in Dallas on Friday evening, March 9, 2001 from 5:30-7:00 PM in the
Lone Star State Room A2 of the Adams Mark Hotel during CSWE's conference.
With live music, a professional auctioneer, and free drinks (wine, beer,
and sodas), it is an event NOT to be missed! Please tell anyone attending
the CSWE conference to stop by to bid on some valuable and unique items.
Here are some of the items to go under the hammer:
- A week at a 5
bedroom cottage on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
- A week at a lovely
log cabin on the Hood Canal in Washington state
- A weekend's lodging
and passes to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
- A weekend on a
houseboat on Lake Union, Seattle, WA
- Dinner for 4 with
in-coming CSWE President, Frank Basking
- Lunch for 4 with
in-coming NASW President Terry Mizrahi
- Breakfast for
4 with CSWE President Barbara White
- Football autographed
by Bobby Bowden, coach at Florida State University
- A weekend's stay
in an ISP member's home for a couple with 2 kids in the Washington,
DC area.
- Autographed CD
by country singer Trish Yearwood
- A day sailing
on an Ultima 20 on the Gulf of Mexico
- The state flag
of Texas
- Bruce Jansson's
new book: The 18 Million Dollar Mistake
- Autographed photo
of Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton
- The Influencing
State Policy "traveling" gavel
- A Harley Davidson
leather jacket
- Autographed photo
of Senator Debbie Stabenow, MSW
PLEASE support
this event by coming yourself and bring your colleagues! PLEASE let
each of your colleagues coming to Dallas to know about it. Without this
promotion, ISP will fail!
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DID YOU KNOW....
The Association
of Baccalaureate Programs Directors (BPD) has established a Summer Policy
Fellowship for BSW students. It will allow one enrolled BSW student
to spend the summer of 2001 in Washington, DC to gain experience in
political advocacy, lobbying and policy change at the national level.
A $5000 stipend will be awarded and the student will be given paid air
travel and lodging at the BPD conference in Denver to present the results
of the fellowship. Contact Dr. Jack Sellers, BPD Policy Fellows Committee,
Box 5029, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL 35632-0001 or call
at 256.765.4391 or email at jsellers@unanov.una.edu.
The United Nations
has published Poverty Report 2000, The State of the World's Children
2000, The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics, and Human Development
Report 2000. These analytical reports can be ordered at UN Publications
at publications@un.org or call
212.963.8302.
The New America
Foundation invites applications from scholars and practitioners for
its Public Policy Writing Fellowships. Information about the application
process can be found at http://www.newamerica.net/
The Urban Institute
has released Snapshots of America's Families II, a product of its ongoing
Assessing the New Federalism project. The report is based on a 1999
national survey of America's families' economic well-being, access to
health insurance, health care, and children's status. Go to http://www.urban.org/
to download a copy.
Ruth Messinger,
ISP member and former President of the Manhattan Borough in New York
City, celebrated her 60th birthday in September by bicycling 275 miles
from Boston to New York for the sixth annual AIDS ride. Advocacy in
action!!
Hispanics account
for 12% of the U.S. population and nearly 6% of voters, but there are
only 19 Latinos among the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives
and no U.S. Senators. At the state level, Hispanics hold only 147 seats
out of nearly 5,500 in the house legislatures and only 51 senators out
of almost 1,000.
"The First Measured
Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America" by Theodore Caplow,
Louis Hicks, and Ben J. Wattenberg was published by the American Enterprise
Institute for Public Policy. It contains all sorts of interesting facts.
For example, Americans made up 4.5 percent of the world's population
in 2000, just as in 1900, despite doubling it number twice in the twentieth
century. In 1900, 6,000 books were published; by 2000, that number had
increased tenfold (60,000). In 1900, only six percent of married women
worked outside the home; by 2000, that number soared to 61 percent.
ISP member, Dr.
Steven Soifer, of the University of Maryland School of Social Work,
advocated successfully to change the MD Division of Corrections policy
regarding urine analysis testing of inmates who suffer from the "shy
bladder" condition. Tests must now be made commensurate with the condition.
Congratulations, Steve!
In a survey of
more than 1,000 students and recent graduates about "most respected
career," Jobtrak.com/ respondents voted: Teacher (40%), Medical doctor
(32%), Social Worker (13%), CEO of internet company (8%), and police
officer (7%). "Least respected careers" included politicians (38%),
salesperson (28%), lawyer(11%) and journalist (7%).
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CSWE
EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND ACCREDITATION STANDARDS: ALERT!
Influencing
State Policy, through the efforts of its Board of Advisors, Advisory
Council, a committee co-chaired by Drs. Ronald Dear of the University
of Washington and Robert Schneider of Virginia Commonwealth University,
and individual ISP members, developed a proposal responding to
"policy issues" in the first draft statement of the new Educational
Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) by CSWE. ISP's collective
response consisted of letters/emails from 65 individual ISP members.
The final draft of our
proposal is on our website.
The revised
draft of the EPAS, based on prior comments, has now been disseminated
(see next paragraph) (January, 2001) for a second round of public
comment, particulary at the APM of CSWE in Dallas in March. On
Friday, March 9, after the morning Special Plenary session, there
will group discussions, and on Saturday, March 10, at 12:45 PM,
comments can be made at the membership meeting. The Commissions
will again seek input in April to mid-May before preparing a final
draft for consideration by the CSWE Board of Directors in June,
2001. The Board consists of 30 individuals representing all levels
of social work education.
Here is the
second draft statement on Social Welfare Policy and Services:
Programs
provide content about the history and current structures of social
welfare services and about the role of policy in service delivery,social
work practice, and attainment of individual and social well-being.
Course content provides graduates with the knowledge and skills
to understan major policies that form the foundation of social
welare; analyze organizational, local, state, national, and international
trends in social welfare policy and social service delivery; analyze
and apply the results of policy research relevant to social service
delilvery; understand and demonstrate policy practice skills in
regard to economic, political, and organizational systems, and
use them to influence, formulate, and advocate for policy consistent
with social work values; and identify financial, organizational,
administrative, and planning processes required to deliver social
services.
ISP will
follow these revisions closely and will again be asking members
to respond to changes or omissions. If you are attending the Dallas
CSWE meeting in March, please note the times above of the meetings
for comment and discussion of EPAS and be ready to testify on
ISP's position. Look for room names in the final conference program
in Dallas. While ISP has already contributed a very thoughtful
response, diligence is required in order to ensure that future
social work curricula possess a balanced emphasis on policy and
practice.
STUDENT
INTERNSHIP WITH A STATE LEGISLATOR
Ms. Gina Giglio,
a second year MSW student at Virginia Commonwealth University School
of Social Work, is in a 3 days-a-week field practicum with Delegate
Frank Hall, a long-time member of the Virginia General Assembly. Ms.
Giglio writes below about some of her experiences, impressions, and
learning opportunities.
"My experience
as an MSW legislative intern continues to be an amazing journey. When
I signed on with a state delegate, I knew it would be an incredible
experience, although I was not sure how. I have come to realize all
social workers have greater power than we imagine. All of us can change
conditions. There is no profession better equipped or more qualified
to impact the decision makers than social work. We possess all the necessary
qualities.
How so? We have
the ability to critically analyze the long-term effects of policy on
segments of our population. We see the real-life implications of legislation
while working with our clients. Through professional education, we garner
knowledge in the area of social science research, rendering us capable
of explaining data in real terms to committees or representatives, or
to dispute slanted findings. We each have at least a novelette of anecdotal
evidence to humanize policies. We're constantly around others with whom
we can form a coalition.
Unlike other professions,
we have an additional insight that sets us apart, i.e., the mantra,
"come from where the client is," that is equally applicable to legislators.
There is little difference between working with a legislator with whom
you are fundamentally in opposition and working with an involuntary,
hostile client. We can rely on our clinical skills to assess the situation.
Social workers also tend to be well-versed in politics. We do our best
to stay informed about different social and political causes.
Through laws and
regulations, our ability to aid those in need may be minimized or expanded.
Through social policy enactment and budgetary committees, our clients
may find the odds of success are slim or they may be given opportunities
to flourish. Involvement in legislation and policy is a matter of survival
for our clients and ourselves.
Over these five
months, the legislative internship has exceeded my expectations. Of
course, at times, my anxiety level has reached newfound heights. However,
the thrill of being part of shaping the future of Virginia is indescribable.
Somewhere inside every social worker is that hope of a perfect, socially
just community. Do not grow cynical and push it away. Use your skills,
your abilities, and your talents and you can create such a society."
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BOOK
REVIEW
This text,
Economics for Social Workers: Social Outcomes of Economic Globalization
with Strategies for Community Action by ISP Liaison Dr. Arline
Prigoff of the University of California - Sacramento is reviewed by
Dr. Mitch Kahn, ISP Liaison & BSW Program Director, Ramapo College
of New Jersey. To request an examination copy, http://www.wadsworth.com/
As Dr. Prigoff
notes, it has become apparent to those of us who teach social policy
and macro practice that many social work students lack sufficient
knowledge of economic theory and its relationship to the formation
of social policy. Fault lies with our profession's bias towards micro
"treatment" and a social work curriculum which has historically de-emphasized
the study of economic theory and doctrine. Lacking the knowledge and
utility of economic theory makes it difficult to understand the root
causes of poverty and in making informed judgments about social policies
directed at both the rich and the poor.
Throughout the
text, Professor Prigoff emphasizes the contradiction between maximizing
profits through the market system and meeting basic human needs. Her
analysis extends from early capitalist developments in the 17th Century
to the current globalized economy. She critically examines the claims
made by classical liberal economists such as Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham,
and David Riccardo who extolled the virtues of the "free markets"
and "free trade." These late 18th and early 19th century theorists
argued that "free markets," left unregulated, would be a panacea yielding
maximum benefits to society. Their theories have become the cornerstone
mantra of today's conservatives. Professor Prigoff shows how capitalists,
competing among themselves through monopolization, government sponsored
corporate welfare, and the creation of international financial institutions
such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, have fared.
While the market system has indeed yielded exorbitant profits to investors
and material growth for many, these benefits have been inequitably
distributed, with a majority of the world's population left destitute.
Throughout the
text there is an attempt to link economic theory with economic and
social policies that impact the welfare of individuals, families,
and communities. In a book with such a wide historical sweep, this
is a daunting task and there is an occasional omission. For example,
it might have been worth mentioning that classical "free market" theory
came to policy fruition with the passage of the English Poor Laws
of 1834 which institutionalized a "free market" highly advantageous
to industrialists and absolutely disastrous for laboring people. The
Laws' doctrine of less eligibility, which mandated that those receiving
relief should be placed in a worse situation than the lowest paid
worker, provided capitalists with a more easily exploitable work force.
Not only did the law expose the fallacy of "free market" theory by
exacerbating the grinding poverty of the English masses; its doctrine
of less eligibility was to become, in different terminology, a major
principle in poverty policy debates to the present time.
She notes the
contradiction that, in spite of its laissez-faire ideology, American
corporations bulldozed their way towards consolidation and monopoly
following the Civil War. Their immense accumulation of wealth and
power was coupled and predicated on a ruthless exploitation of working
people. Important economic developments of the 19th and 20th century
are covered in useful sections on Karl Marx,the Populist Movement,the
rise of organized labor, Keynesianism, monetarism, the growth of consumer
culture, the social and economic impacts of militarism and counter-insurgency,
and the hegemony of finance capital.
An impressive
part of this book is its examination of the World Bank, the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and global
trade policies such as GATT, NAFTA, and the Multilateral Agreement
on Investment (MAI). Professor Prigoff skillfully documents how these
organizations and policies favor the interests of multinational corporations
and systematically manifest dysfunctional economic development.
This book is
a call to action. In the second half of the book Professor Prigoff
demonstrates what we can do to promote economic justice through institutions
that meet basic human needs in the new global economy. She places
emphasis on organizing. She surveys examples of community resistance
to economic injustice and organizing models that have been employed
to promote sustainable economic development under democratic control.
Examples are drawn from both the United States and the Third World.
Most importantly, she explains the roles that social workers and social
work institutions can play in these efforts. The book's appendices
contain a number of relevant documents and resources that amplify
these issues.
Professor Prigoff
should be applauded for this long needed book. Hers is an ambitious
and comprehensive text that will be useful in teaching courses on
the history and philosophy of social welfare, social policy, and community
organization, or in an economics course designed specifically for
social work students.
STATE
POLICY DIFFERENCES
Listed below
are examples furnished by ISP members about how states are establishing
their own priorities and shaping social policies to fit them.
Congress provided
a total of $40 billion over 10 years for health insurance to children
in low-income families. States had three years....from October 1,
1997 to Sept. 30, 2000...to use the first's year's installment of$4.2
billion. As of September, 2000, $1.9 billion would be unspent and
will be given to the 10 states that used their full allotment (AK,
IN, DY, ME, MA, MO, NY, NXC, PA and SC). Louisiana expects to lose
$63.7 million, California will lose $590 million, Texas will lose
$446 million; these three states have 29 percent of the nation's
uninsured children.
In the Fall
2000 elections, voter in Maine rejected a measure that would have
allowed doctor-assisted suicides. Colorado voters rejected a measure
that would have required a 24 hour waiting period for women seeking
an abortion. Massachusetts rejected universal health care coverage.
Colorado and Oregon passed measures requiring background checks
of people seeking to buy weapons at a gun show. Arizona, Colorado,
and Georgia passed property tax relief for senior citizens. Voters
in Nevada and Colorado approved the medical use of marijuana. Nebraska
and Nevada banned same-sex marriages. California and Michigan defeated
proposals allowing their states to offer school vouchers. Arizona
voters banned bilingual education. California voted to steer nonviolent
drug offenders to rehab programs instead of jail. Alabama repealed
a 99 year old ban on interracial marriage. New Jersey approved of
putting the state's sex offenders database online.
In Maine, the
legislature passed a bill ensuring unpaid leave to victims of domestic
violence, sexual assault, rape or stalking in order for them to
receive medical treatment, attend court, or get treatment necessary
to recover from the crime. It failed to pass a bill that granted
protection to all Maine citizens in the areas of housing, credit,
employment and public accomodation regardless of their sexual orientation.
In New York,
a bill passed, after repeated attempts, that allows college work-study
to be counted as a "work" activity for women covered by TANF.
In Missouri,
students in Wayne Munkel's BSW class 310 lobbied for the successful
passage of a bill that strengthened child abuse statutes and criminal
laws on child pornography and sexual exploitation.
Fewer than
fifty percent of all states require that child-care staff have any
child development training. New York City requires some child-care
workers to have a four year college degree and some states require
only that the staff person be 16 years old.
In Mississippi,
a judge struck down a law that had allowed sales of coffins to by
made only be licensed funeral home directors. It had violated the
14th Amendment protecting from arbitrary regulation.
A Congressional
report, requested by Rep. Ciro D.Rodriquez, MSW, from Texas, found
widespread violations of federal health and safety standards at
nursing homes in Texas, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and California.
In Connecticut,
a stay-at-home mom challenged the local drinking ordinances and
police now have the authority to enforce under-age drinking laws
on private property.
In Tennessee,
nearly half of the day-care centers had broken federal rules on
the payment of overtime and minimum wage requirements.
Winners and
losers of Congressional seats: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, and Texas
will gain two seats apiece. California, Colorado, Nevada, and North
Carolina will gain one seat each. New York and Pennsylvania will
each lose two seats, and Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin will lose one seat apiece.
In 2000, eleven
states (FL, IN, KN, SC, MD, VT, IL, RY, RI, ME, MA) took action
on the high cost of drugs and prescriptions. Some developed programs
for low-income residents while others expanded eligibility for discounts
and subsidies.
Indiana now
prepares a "report card" on nearly 550 nursing homes across the
state to help families choose a facility.
In Kentucky,
official estimate that 5,300 new mothers had a substance abuse problem
and allocated $2 million to a statewide program. Since 1999, only
245 takers participated and only $150.000 has been used.
In Michigan,
the Governor signed a law stipulating that a divorced parent with
joint custody of a child would need approval from the ex-spouse
or a judge before moving more than 100 miles to a new home.
Sixteen of
the 46 states that settled with the tobacco industry two years ago
have seen their payments reduced by almost $200 million in part
because they failed to enact a piece of legislation in time. The
affected states are:CA, NY, PA, NC, AL, AZ, Dt, DE, HI, KY, MA,
MI, OR, VT, WI, WY.
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
March
8-11, 2001. Influencing State Policy Booth at Annual Meeting of
CSWE, Dallas. Exhibition Hall, Adams Mark Hotel. Open daily. Stop
by and say hello.
March
9, 2001. Plenary Session in the morning where CSWE will consider
Educational Policy and Accreditation Statement. Please consider attending
and giving support to ISP's position. See position on website at www.statepolicy.org.
March
9, 2001. Influencing State Policy Annual Planning Luncheon. APM
of the Council on Social Work Education, Dallas, TX. Noon til 1:00
PM. Free lunch for first 30 to sign up. Place: Dakota's Restaurant,
600 North Akard, Dallas. Near Adams Mark Hotel.
March
9, 2001. Influencing State Policy Annual AUCTION. APM of the Council
on Social Work Education, Dallas, TX. 5:30-7:00 PM. Adams Mark Hotel.
Lone Star State Room A2.
March
10, 2001. Annual Meeting of Influencing State Policy at the APM
of CSWE, Dallas. 5:30-6:45 PM. Adams Marks Hotel. Featured Speaker:
The Honorable Elliott Naishtat, MSW, Delegate in the Texas General
Assembly. Room?
April
1, 2001. Deadline for proposals to be considered for presentation
at the national conference, "Politics, Policy, and Social Change,"
in Charleston, SC. Contact Duncan Whyte http://www.sc.edu/cosw/polconf2001.html
April
3, 2001. Deadline for entries to State Policy Plus IV, ISP's national
contest for students, faculty and field instructors. See rules at
http://www.statepolicy.org/html/contest.html
June
16-19, 2001. Conference "Politics, Policy and Social Change,"
co-sponsored by the College of Social Work of the U. of South Carolina,
PACE-national, and ISP. Contact Duncan Whyte at: WhyteD@gwm.sc.edu
and use online registration available at http://www.pware.com/index.cfm?clientid=2118.
Focus this year is on "state policy" and ISP awards luncheon for State
Policy Plus IV on June 18 at noon.
September
1, 2001. Beginning of 2002 ISP national contest, State Policy
Plus V and new goals for ISP in 2001-02.
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MEMBERSHIP
APPLICATION
Please send your
name, address, phone number, fax number, email address and the annual
$25 membership/liaison fee payable to the: "National Committee"
to:
Dr. Robert
L. Schneider, Nat'l Chairperson
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Social Work
P. O. Box 842027
Richmond, VA 23284-2027
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