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THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® Social Work E-News
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Issue #21, September 4, 2002
EDITOR'S EYE
Dear Social Work Colleagues,
Welcome to Issue #21 of the Social Work E-News. This e-mail newsletter is brought to you by the publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine and other social work publications.
The response to SocialWorkJobBank.com, announced in the last issue, has been great! If you are looking for a social work job, or if you are hiring social workers, please visit the site and register for an account. Please note that there are two kinds of accounts-job seeker and employer. Be sure to sign up for the right one, so you will be able to take full advantage of the services offered for your needs.
It has been almost one year since the terrorist attacks of September 11. We have all been affected by these attacks and found different ways to cope with them. The one-year anniversary will stir up many emotions. I have received requests from social workers for resources that may help them in working with children and adults as we approach this anniversary. This issue of the Social Work E-News is dedicated to providing such resources. I hope you find the listed resources useful.
Until next time,
Linda Grobman, ACSW, LSW
Publisher/Editor
THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER®
http://www.socialworker.com
linda.grobman@paonline.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
September 11 Anniversary Resources and Activities
News
Calendar of Events
In Print
Job Corner
Newsletter Necessities
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SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES
National Mental Health Association Web Site
http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/anniversary/index.cfm
The National Mental Health Association recognizes the emotional impact the terrorist attacks of September 11 has had. According to NMHA's Web site, "Many of us will relive the emotions we felt on that day: anxiety, sadness, anger and grief. These feelings are healthy and appropriate, but there are things we can do to promote and protect our mental health on the days surrounding the anniversary."The National Mental Health Association has created several resources to help people cope during the anniversary, such as Adult Strategies for Coping, Children Coping Strategies, Tips for Employers, and others. These and other resources can be found on the NMHA Web site at http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/anniversary/index.cfm
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National Association of School Psychologists
http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/911memorial.html
Remembering September 11
NASP has made materials available free of charge to the public to promote the ability of children and youth to cope with the anniversary of September 11. These include tips for adolescents, tips for parents, suggestions for educators, memorial activities at school, and more. The site also includes an extensive listing of links to other sites that offer related materials. See http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/911memorial.html
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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/resources.html
This organization has also put together a listing of resources for working with children on the 9/11 anniversary. See http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/resources.html
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911ashistory.org
This is another Web site that has been developed that offers free resources for use with children and adolescents. See http://www.911ashistory.org
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Rolling Mozart Requiem Planned for 9/11
Seattle, Washington, USA - Imagine on September 11, 2002, a world standing together to remember. humanity gathered for a moment in time, to lift up its voice in song, in prayer, in honor of those who perished one year before.
This vision is being realized as choirs from around the world volunteer to join the Rolling Requiem - a worldwide choral commemoration of 9-11 with performances of Mozart's Requiem in each time zone. Concerts will begin on Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 8:46 AM, the moment of the first attack on the World Trade Center. Beginning at the International Date Line and soaring from time zone to time zone, these heartfelt concerts will follow the sun around the world, providing 24 hours of music, giving voice to hope and healing.
Why Mozart's Requiem? In late January, following a performance of the Requiem by the Seattle Symphony and Chorale, a singer had a chance encounter with a patron. This unidentified woman shared her vision:
"Halfway through your performance, I had this wonderful idea. Wouldn't it be great if somehow all the best choruses in the country could join together and ring the area around Ground Zero in New York after the cleanup is completed? You all could sing the Requiem in honor of those who died. There'd surely be enough singers to represent one voice for each person lost."
Through her vision, the Rolling Requiem began to take shape. A small group of people from the Seattle Symphony Chorale made it their goal, as volunteers, to ask choirs all over the world to help remember those now gone and embrace those left behind on the first anniversary of 9-11. Instead of just one concert at Ground Zero, the idea expanded. Choruses around the world would be invited to perform Mozart's Requiem on September 11, 2002 - beginning at 8:46 a.m., in each respective time zone.
"We have had an enthusiastic and genuine response to the invitations we've sent to choirs worldwide. The project strikes a very positive chord," says Rolling Requiem Committee Chairperson Madeline Johnson. "Almost 125 choirs are actively considering joining. Already, thirty are definite. Most of them are also recruiting other choirs in their regions." Participating choirs come from eastern and western Europe, Asia, the United States and Central America.
"We want to encourage every single choir in the world to take part," says Johnson. "Additional information is available on the Rolling Requiem web site, http://www.rollingrequiem.org, or they can send a letter." The address is:
The Rolling Requiem
227 Bellevue Way, NE, Box 459
Bellevue, WA, USA 98004
The web site features a registration section, updates about the event, and a template with instructions for making heart badges. "We're asking every Rolling Requiem choir to make heart-shaped badges for singers to wear, each bearing the name of a person who was lost.
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NEWS
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William T. Grant Foundation Youth Development Prize
The William T. Grant Foundation Youth Development Prize is intended to recognize and reward collaborative efforts between researchers and others to improve the lives of young people 8-24 years of age. The recipients of The Prize will be selected by the National Academy of Science's Board on Children, Youth, and Families and will receive a $100,000 cash award. The recipients will be the guests of honor at an award dinner at the National Academy of Sciences in March 2003.
The newly appointed Academy committee will select two to five individuals and/or organizations who have collaborated with one another as recipients of The Prize, based on 2 major criteria:
1) Demonstration of the sharing of resources, power, and control to conceptualize, develop, implement, and evaluate a program(s) that enables youth to thrive; and
2) Demonstration of evidence of ongoing scientific involvement and assessment, especially of results.
For further information concerning the new William T. Grant Foundation Youth Development Prize, visit http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Stop by THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER's chat room on Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. Rich Bott, BSW, is doing a great job of hosting the lively discussion of social work issues. Rich has been a regular on our Web site's message board since his BSW student days, and he is a dedicated volunteer chat host!
To chat, go to our home page at http://www.socialworker.com and click on the "Chat Now" button.
We have scheduled author chats on our new Social Work Grad School site for this coming fall. Monday night, October 14, join Jesús Reyes, author of THE SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICANT'S HANDBOOK, for an informative discussion. Then, on November 13, Jan Ligon-who wrote several chapters with Jim Ward in THE FIELD PLACEMENT SURVIVAL GUIDE (as well as articles for THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER)-will chat about field placement issues. (This is a change from the date previously announced for Jan Ligon's chat.) These chats can be accessed from the main page of the site at http://www.socialworkgradschool.com
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JOB CORNER
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