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By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Following a move by the Senate, the House of Representatives voted 398-1 on Wednesday to ban the use of the word lunatic from all federal legislation. According to this BBC article: “Senator Kent Conrad, …
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada So, the holidays are only a few weeks away…. now is a time to think what does a client need? How can we best assist them? Personally, as the …
The Cats of Mirikitani is shown yearly in a certain professors class at Stony Brook’s School of Social Welfare. I was fortunate enough to be introduced to it this semester. It is a documentary film about a homeless master artists who lives …
By: Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Over 90 individuals have killed themselves by fire in Tibet in an alarming recent trend thought to be a political statement. Self-immolation has become a form of protest against Chinese/Tibetan politics which is credited …
Each year around the holiday time since I was younger, my family has the tradition to organize and collect donations for different charities. I am hoping to expand this beyond family and close friends this year. I am collecting donations …
by Vikki Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada We all have our own imaginary audience who judges us, offers us support, inspires us and criticizes us. This imaginary audience is our own internal dialogue and where would …
by Vikki Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada I have to say I was a bit surprised when I came across this article in the Huffington Post-Canada: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/dyanoosh-youssefi/mentally-ill_b_2206105.html . I am sure I am not the only one …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Recently, a middle school teacher in the Detroit, Susan Johnson, area played a the song “Same Love” in her performing arts class at the suggestion of a student. The song’s lyrics support and promote diversity, by …
by Michelle Sicignano, LMSW, Staff Writer, Social Justice Solutions An interesting piece from Seth’s Blog Non-profits have a charter to be innovators, made me wonder. Seth Godin says, “The biggest, best-funded non profits have an obligation to be leaders in innovation, but sometimes …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer In a historic, although mostly symbolic, move the United Nations Assembly has granted Palestine “Non-Member Observer State” status in the UN Body in a 138 for and 9 against vote (with 41 absentees). This …
