Note Jane Addams;
The Distinctly American Tradition of Charity
US News & World Report
This instinct to rally around a cause, to serve a greater good, has been with us since Colonial America.

Booted From SUNY in Vendetta, Student Says
Courthouse News Service
Andre Massena speech rights were violated when the school kicked him out of its master’s program in social work and public administration.

Homeless Veterans “Stand Down”
NTV
“I’ve lived here half my 62 years,” a Grand Island veteran tells a social worker. These men who served their country are now on the receiving end.

Coffee Party to hold discussion panel on gay bullying
Alton Telegraph
Sharon Johnson, MSW, LCSW, advocate and social worker along with her husband, Sayer Johnson, co-director of Transhaven, an advocacy group for metro area transgendered persons and their families, are out-and-proud foster and adoptive parents and LBGT community members.

Children as Interpreters
Demo Dirt
Quiala is the Southeast Coordinator for the National Latina Health Network, and a member of the National Association of Social Workers.

Proceed With Caution (1 Letter)
New York Times
Melissa Gerson The writer is a licensed clinical social worker.   Original article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/health/research/19anorexia.html

Joseph Stein, Tony Award-Winning Librettist of Fiddler, Dies at 98
Playbill.com
Taking a masters degree in social work from Columbia University in 1937, he spent the next decade as a psychiatric social worker, writing comedy on the side.

US Income Disparity Highest Ever
Voice of America
New York University Associate Professor of Social Work Robert Hawkins says people in impoverished areas lack some of the fundamental opportunities enjoyed by the rich.