>>> Ginny Majewski 12/3/2007 7:42 AM >>>
Social Welfare Action Alliance
www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org 
formerly Bertha Capen Reynolds Society)

CALL FOR CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
2008 National Meeting and Conference
April 4 - 6, 2008
Houston, Texas
(University of Houston Hilton Hotel)

Conference Themes:
Katrina Recovery, Immigration, Social Activism

To respond to this Call for Participation, email a proposal by January 15,
2008 to: Susan Robbins, [log in to unmask] 

Agency-based social workers and human service workers, students, faculty,
and community activists are all encouraged to submit proposals.  Please
include the following:

* Cover page indicating names, addresses, and affiliations of all
presenters.

* 250-word proposal linked to the conference themes and/or the principles of
SWAA (see www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org).


* 50-word abstract for the published program.

* In the proposal, please indicate preferred format - paper, panel
presentation, or interactive workshop - and preference for a 45-, 60- or
90-minute time frame.  (In addition, the conference committee is open to
proposals in alternative formats; please be specific if proposing an
alternative format.)

Proposal authors can expect notification of acceptance by February 8.
Presentations may be combined and/or time frames limited for optimal
scheduling.  Presenters will be required to confirm a commitment to present
and to register for the conference within two weeks of proposal acceptance.

Ginny Majewski, MSW, PhD
Chairperson, Division of Social Work
West Virginia University
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
PO Box 6830
Morgantown, WV 26506
304-293-3501, ext. 3129