Changing Lives, Enriching Communities: UW Tacoma's Social Work Program Celebrates 10 Years

The Social Work program at UW Tacoma marks a decade of serving our region. At this special reception and lecture, we will honor, celebrate and reflect upon our first 10 years—and engage staff, faculty, community partners, alumni and current students in envisioning the future of social work in the South Sound.

The lecture by Barbara Levy Simon will include:

• An overview of the history of social services in Tacoma
• An overview of the pursuit of economic and social justice in Tacoma
• The concept of stewarding social justice
• The past as prologue: looking towards the next decade in Tacoma

Barbara Levy Simon earned her M.S.S. degree in social work in 1976 from Bryn Mawr College's School of Social Work and Social Research. She earned her Ph.D. in social work and social research in 1981 from Bryn Mawr. Simon has taught at Columbia University's School of Social Work since 1986. Her professional interests include the history of social work, social welfare, philanthropy, and public health; women and gender studies in applied settings; and postcolonial contexts of social work practice. Simon has published Never Married Women and The Empowerment Tradition in American Social Work: A History. She is currently editing a book about social work writing in practice. Her research during 2008 focuses on social workers' responses in practice and in print to the anti-immigration legislation, regulations, and climate of 1919 – 1929.

Hearty hors d'oeuvres and a no-host bar serving wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. Attire is casual to business casual.

Cost: $35 general admission, $15 for students. Cost includes admission into The Museum of Glass exhibit during the hours of the event. Space is limited. Advance registration is required. RSVP online or call the UWAA at 206-543-0540, 1-800-AUW-ALUM.

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