social change Archive
President Donald Trump is the third president in a row, in the humble opinion of Youth Services Insider, to make an interesting and exciting pick for Surgeon General. Jerome Adams, the former health commissioner for Indiana, is a young choice …
In February of 2016, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (DTFA) found out it was in line to become part of one of the biggest philanthropic investments in the history of youth services. After more than a year of planning, …
On March 16, 2017, alongside 24 other Master’s-level social work students, I marched toward Senate Russell Building room 385, the snow crunching beneath my heels. Nestled between a wooden podium and a hanging American flag, we huddled in three rows …
For corporations today, a premium is placed on creating positive social impact more than ever before. A company’s “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) goals often encompass cash donations, employer-matching gift programs, volunteer time and pro bono services to non-profit groups that …
Introduction: A couple of months ago, I was speaking with a man who teaches computer programming part-time at a university in the Midwestern United States. At some point in the conversation, he asked me what I thought the biggest problems …
By: Kaveh Bevrani Murdoch University, Perth Australia, email: kbevrani@gmail.com Introduction A recent Gallup survey has shown that Iranians, after Iraqis, are the second unhappiest people in the world (Richinick, 2015). The reasons can be attributed to a long history …
Part III: Conclusion — Music to March To: Armies march on their stomachs. Social movements for change march in tune to the music in their heads, to the music its members make together. The labor movement had an entire catalogue …
Nearly 170 foster children were adopted Friday during the National Adoption Day event at the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park just east of Los Angeles. This marks the 16th time the court has taken part in the …
One of the main reasons that social change is hard to come by is that it simply takes time. A person might read that and think I mean 5 years, or maybe 10, but that is not what I have …
