Session: Opening Plenary Session: Launching the Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative (Society for Social Work and Research 20th Annual Conference - Grand Challenges for Social Work: Setting a Research Agenda for the Future)
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48 Opening Plenary Session: Launching the Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative

Schedule:
Thursday, January 14, 2016: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Ballroom Level-Renaissance Ballroom East & West Salons (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)
Speakers/Presenters:
Edwina Uehara, PhD, University of Washington and Richard P. Barth, PhD, University of Maryland at Baltimore
The Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative specifies ambitious but achievable goals to address  12 major challenges facing society. These challenges range from ending homelessness and stopping family violence to smart decarceration and reversing extreme inequality.  Join the opening plenary to celebrate SSWR’s 20th Conference Anniversary and to experience an energizing introduction to the Grand Challenges for Social Work. The program for this special opening session includes:
  • Welcome to SSWR’s 20th Conference Anniversary and the launch of Grand Challenges for Social Work, Eddie Uehara, PhD, SSWR President, Professor and Ballmer Endowed Dean, School of Social Work, University of Washington
  • Official premiere of the 12 Grand Challenges for Social Work, Richard Barth, PhD, AASWSW President, Dean and Professor, University of Maryland
  • Grand challenge video premiere : “Social Progress, Powered by Science”
  • Comments from luminaries from within and beyond social work
  • Audience participation in multi-media, interactive stations
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