SW 598 - Lead Dev- Susan Schechter Sem.

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Simmons University

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SW 598 Leadership Development in Anti-violence Work: The Susan Schechter Social Action Seminar.Co-instructors: Isa Woldeguiorguis, (Jane Doe, Inc.); Mary Gilfus, (Professor, School of Social Work). Collaboratively sponsored by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, The Susan Schechter Leadership Development Fellowship and Simmons College School of Social Work, this interdisciplinary seminar is open, to graduate students from any part of Simmons and undergraduates with consent of the instructor. We encourage those with experience and interest in the fields of domestic violence and child abuse to register. We will study the movement to end violence against women and its connections to issues of race and poverty. Students will identify emerging issues relevant to their work and develop an action project, doing some independent library and field research. Our leadership model is based on the work of Susan Schechter, a feminist pioneer in the anti-violence movement. Through the Family Violence Prevention Fund, we will have access to anetwork of national leaders in the anti-violence movement. This course meets the requirement for a social action course. This is the third year of this class, funded as a pilot for a national curriculum. For more information, visit the Family Violence Prevention Fund?s website: www.endabuse.org and www.schechterfellowship.org/, or contact the Family Violence Prevention Fund via Leiana Kinnicutt, at Leiana@endabuse. org

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.simmons.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 521-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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