School of Social Service Administration (video)

Albert J. Raboteau, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion Emeritus, Princeton University, gave the 2017 Ruth Knee Lecture on Spirituality and Social Work at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration on February 28, 2017. In June 2015, the murder of nine black church members in Charleston, South Carolina by a white supremacist as they attended an evening Bible study class shocked the nation. The reactions of some of the family members of the slain amazed many as they expressed forgiveness for the killer. Raboteau’s lecture examined the long history of forgiveness in the African-American Church tradition, stretching from slavery to the present day, to help explain their amazing act. Albert J. Raboteau is a specialist in American religious history. His research and teaching have focused on American Catholic history, African-American religious movements, and the place of beauty in the history of Eastern and Western Christian Spirituality.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. David Brooks, AB '83, New York Times, columnist, spoke to University of Chicago and School of Social Service Administration students and alumni about his writing and career as well as advice and thoughts about careers and vocations.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Mark Epstein, M.D. presented the 2015 Ikuo Yamaguchi Memorial Seminar at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration on March 9, 2015. If there is one thing Buddhism and psychoanalysis can agree upon, it is this: Trauma does not just happen to a few unlucky people, it happens to everyone. Many in Western psychology teach that if we understand the cause of trauma, we might move past it, while those drawn to Eastern practices often see meditation as a means of rising above, or distancing themselves from, their most difficult emotions. Both of these tendencies fail to recognize that trauma is an indivisible part of life. Fortunately, dissenting voices occur in both camps. Resisting trauma is pointless, these voices council, and only makes it worse. Today’s presentation brings this perspective forward. Ranging from the contributions of analysts like D.W. Winnicott, Philip Bromberg and Robert Stolorow to the undercurrent of loss in the Buddha’s own biography—today’s discussion holds that not only do the ‘Little T’ traumas of early life condition how we respond to the ‘Big T’ traumas all around us but that we can use the traumas of daily life to open our minds and hearts.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The 2014 Rhoda G. Sarnat Lecture, “Neuroscience, Therapeutic Action, and Clinical Pragmatism: Experiments in Adapting to Need,” was given on October 24, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. The speaker was William Borden, PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Service Administration. In this talk, William Borden reviews recent developments in the science of mind, showing how emerging models of development validate differing conceptions of therapeutic action across the foundational schools of thought in contemporary psychotherapy and strengthen our understanding of facilitating processes in integrative practice. Drawing on the case of an individual diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder, he considers core elements believed to foster neural plasticity and integration over the course of psychotherapy. Borden shows how emerging perspectives in neuroscience reaffirm the basic values and principles of clinical pragmatism, bridging scientific and humanistic domains of concern, and emphasizing the importance of comparative approaches to understanding, the practical outcomes of ideas in a given situation, and the crucial role of collaboration and experiential learning over the course of intervention. For a complete description, visit ssa.uchicago.edu/neuroscience-therapeutic-action-and-clinical-pragmatism.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. SSA faculty and staff discuss the impact that Ricardo Estrada, AM '93 makes on the city of Chicago as the president and CEO of the human services agency Metropolitan Family Services, which serves more than 53,000 people annually in and around Chicago with programs that range from job training to mental health services. Estrada received the Social Impact Award for 2014 from the UChicago School of Social Service Administration during the “A Night for Stars” gala on October 25, 2014.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. SSA faculty and staff discuss the impact that Michael Rodriguez, AM ’07 has had on the Little Village community in Chicago and at Enlace, a human services agency where he is the executive director. Rodriguez received the Elizabeth Butler Award for 2014 from the UChicago School of Social Service Administration during the “A Night for Stars” gala on October 25, 2014.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The UChicago School of Social Service Administration Dean of Students Celia Bergman, master’s students and scholarship recipients JoLynn Cunningham, Leah Eggers, Floyd Stafford, and alumnus Ricardo Estrada, AM ’93 discuss the importance of scholarships, thank donors for their scholarships, and ask future donors to make a gift to the SSA Fund.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the sixth of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of Concurrent Session II was Mark Canavera, Associate Director of the Child Protection in Crisis (CPC) Learning Network at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The presenters were Abel Mwebembezi, Executive Director, Reach the Youth–Uganda; Timothy Opobo, Child Protection Manager, ChildFund International, Uganda; Eunice Muthengi, Senior Program Officer, Population Council, Kenya Office; and Josh Chaffin, Senior Program Officer, Women’s Refugee Commission, New York.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the first of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The presenters at this session were Fred Ssewamala; Robert Chaskin, Associate Professor in SSA; Deborah Gorman-Smith, Professor in SSA; and Neil Guterman, Dean and Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor, SSA.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the fourth of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of this session was Alida Bouris, Assistant Professor in SSA. The presenters were Claude Mellins, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Columbia University Medical Center and Research Scientist at New York State Psychiatric Institute; Gertrude Nakigozi, Head of Clinical Services, Rakai Health Sciences Program in Rakai, Uganda; and Apollo Kivumbi, Study Coordinator at Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development, Masaka, Uganda.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the 14th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of this session was Proscovia Nabunya, doctoral student in SSA. The presenters were Juliette Seban, Research and Evaluation Advisor, International Rescue Committee; Leyla Karimli, Postdoctoral Fellow in SSA and Research Associate at the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University and at Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development; and Julia Shu-Huah Wang, doctoral student at Columbia University School of Social Work.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the third of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The featured morning speaker was John Santelli, the Harriet and Robert H. Heilbrunn Professor at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the fifth of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of Concurrent Session I was Sarah Lyn Jones, master’s degree student in SSA. The presenters were Leyla Ismayilova, Assistant Professor in SSA; Tonbofa Ashimi, Partner, Edward Ekiyor & Co., Nigeria; Sanyukta Mathur, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; and Njeri Kagotho, Assistant Professor, Adelphi University School of Social Work.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the 12th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of this session was J. Curtis McMillen, Professor in SSA. The presenters were Susannah Allison, Program Officer at the National Institute of Mental Health; and Jason Wolfe, Senior Household Economic Strengthening Advisor at the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the 10th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair for Lunch Presentations was Gina M. Samuels, Associate Professor in SSA. The presenter was Li Zou, International Director of the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the ninth of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair for Lunch Presentations was Gina M. Samuels, Associate Professor in SSA. The presenter was Michael Samson, Director of Research, Economic Policy Research Institute, Cape Town, South Africa.

This is the 13th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of this session was Corrinne Ngurukie, Regional Technical Advisor, Save the Children. The presenters were Sylvia Nabakadde, Branch Manager, Centenary Rural Development Bank, Uganda; and Kasio Mutuku, Postbank Manager, Kenya Post Office Savings Bank.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the 11th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The featured afternoon speaker was Lucie Cluver, Associate Professor of Evidence-Based Social Intervention in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at Oxford University, and Honorary Lecturer in Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the second of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The keynote speaker was Mary McKay, McSilver Professor of Poverty Studies and Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at the New York University Silver School of Social Work.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the eighth of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of Lunch Presentations was Gina M. Samuels, Associate Professor at SSA. The presenter was Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, the Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human Genetics, and Director of the Center for Global Health at the University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the 15th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. Fred Ssewamala chaired this session. The presenters were John Santelli, the Harriet and Robert H. Heilbrunn Professor at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; and Lindsay Stark, Director of the Child Protection in Crisis (CPC) Learning Network and Assistant Professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the eighth of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of Lunch Presentations was Gina M. Samuels, Associate Professor at SSA. The presenter was Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, the Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human Genetics, and Director of the Center for Global Health at the University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the seventh of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of Lunch Presentations was Gina M. Samuels, Associate Professor in SSA. The presenter was Lindsay Stark, Director of the Child Protection in Crisis (CPC) Learning Network and Assistant Professor at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. William R. Miller, PhD, the Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico presented the 2014 Ruth Knee Lecture on Spirituality and Social Work at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Miller wove together two major themes from his research career that illuminate the human potential for personal transformation. The first is motivational interviewing (MI), a collaborative counseling style he developed in the 1980s to help clients with alcohol problems overcome their ambivalence about behavior change. The second theme is quantum change—his study of transformations of the “Ebenezer Scrooge” variety that are sparked by epiphanies or sudden insights. For more information about the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration or to apply to our programs, please visit: www.ssa.uchicago.edu.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the 13th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of this session was Corrinne Ngurukie, Regional Technical Advisor, Save the Children. The presenters were Sylvia Nabakadde, Branch Manager, Centenary Rural Development Bank, Uganda; and Kasio Mutuku, Postbank Manager, Kenya Post Office Savings Bank.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the 12th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of this session was J. Curtis McMillen, Professor in SSA. The presenters were Susannah Allison, Program Officer at the National Institute of Mental Health; and Jason Wolfe, Senior Household Economic Strengthening Advisor at the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the 14th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The chair of this session was Proscovia Nabunya, doctoral student in SSA. The presenters were Juliette Seban, Research and Evaluation Advisor, International Rescue Committee; Leyla Karimli, Postdoctoral Fellow in SSA and Research Associate at the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University and at Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development; and Julia Shu-Huah Wang, doctoral student at Columbia University School of Social Work. 

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This is the 15th of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. Fred Ssewamala chaired this session. The presenters were John Santelli, the Harriet and Robert H. Heilbrunn Professor at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; and Lindsay Stark, Director of the Child Protection in Crisis (CPC) Learning Network and Assistant Professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Students at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration conduct fieldwork and attend classes at the same time, experiencing constant interplay between theory and practice while they develop their professional social work identity. This video features Connor Williams, AM '14. His second-year Clinical Practice field placement was at the University of Chicago Medicine/Care2 Prevent Program in Chicago, Illinois.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network hosted a policy forum, “Employment Instability and the Safety Net,” on November 15, 2013, at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center. The Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network (EINet) is housed at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. http://ssascholars.uchicago.edu/einet This policy forum summarized research evidence on the interaction between employment instability and the safety net: How does employment instability affect safety net program eligibility and take-up? How effectively do safety net programs reduce employment instability or help to buffer families against employment instability? What are the gaps in our understanding of these questions? Panel 1: What do we know about the relationship between employment instability and safety net program participation? Featuring: • LaDonna Pavetti, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “The State of the Safety Net” • Ruby Mendenhall, University of Illinois, “Role of the EITC in Buffering Families against Hardship in the Face of Employment Instability” • Harry Holzer, Georgetown University, “Employment Instability and Workforce Development Programs” • Moderator: Julia Henly, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network hosted a policy forum, “Employment Instability and the Safety Net” on November 15, 2013, at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center. The Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network (EINet) is housed at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. http://ssascholars.uchicago.edu/einet This policy forum summarized research evidence on the interaction between employment instability and the safety net: How does employment instability affect safety net program eligibility and take-up? How effectively do safety net programs reduce employment instability or help to buffer families against employment instability? What are the gaps in our understanding of these questions? Panel 2: What important questions remain unanswered about employment instability and safety net program participation? Featuring: • Greg Acs, Urban Institute, “Towards a Better Understanding of Employment Instability and the Safety Net” • Wendy Pollack, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, “Food Stamps Are Good.... TANF Is Bad, Bad, Bad.” • Chenoa Flippen, University of Pennsylvania, “Latino Immigrants and Employment Instability” • Moderator: Amy Rynell, Heartland Alliance

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network hosted a policy forum, “Employment Instability and the Safety Net,” on November 15, 2013, at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center. The Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network (EINet) is housed at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. http://ssascholars.uchicago.edu/einet This policy forum summarized research evidence on the interaction between employment instability and the safety net: How does employment instability affect safety net program eligibility and take-up? How effectively do safety net programs reduce employment instability or help to buffer families against employment instability? What are the gaps in our understanding of these questions? Panel 3 is the keynote. Kathryn Edin from Harvard University and H. Luke Shaefer from the University of Michigan presented “Rising Extreme Poverty: Is the Employment-Based Safety Net Partly to Blame?”

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Benevolent was founded in 2011 by Megan Kashner, AM '95. Benevolent created a new model for philanthropy, fostering a direct connection between the giver and the recipient. Eligible recipients post brief videos discussing their specific needs (less than $700) to the Benevolent website (www.benevolent.net) and donors can choose which direct need to fund (average gifts are $50). The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration presented Benevolent the 2013 Distinctive Innovation in Social Services Award at the Stars Gala on Saturday, October 19, 2013.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Stars Gala was held during Reunion Weekend on Saturday, October 19, 2013. The Gala raises money each year for student scholarships. This video features SSA students thanking our donors.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Nathan Linsk, AM '74, PhD '82 is a recently retired professor (UIC/Jane Addams College of Social Work) and a founder of the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) and the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center. He is a pioneer in the field of HIV/AIDS research. His reach is international, working in both Ethiopia and Tanzania. The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration presented Nathan Linsk the 2013 Edith Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Stars Gala on Saturday, October 19, 2013.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Pastora San Juan Cafferty Lecture on Race and Ethnicity in American Life is presented once a year by the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and the Cafferty Lecture Committee: William Brodsky, Frank M. Clark, Neil B. Guterman, Jeanne C. Marsh, and Alan McNally. Funding for the Lecture has been provided by: Exelon Corporation, Harris Bank, Kimberly-Clark, Waste Management, and donors to the Pastora San Juan Cafferty Lecture Fund. The 2013 Pastora San Juan Cafferty Lecture on Race and Ethnicity in American Life "Chicago's Big Short: Selling the Myth of Integration in the American City" Sudhir Venkatesh, AM '92, PhD '97 (Sociology) William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology, and the Committee on Global Thought, at Columbia University in the City of New York October 17, 2013

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Students at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration conduct fieldwork and attend classes at the same time, experiencing constant interplay between theory and practice while they develop their professional social work identity. This video features Claire Schu, AM’13, who completed her second-year Social Administration field placement at the Erie Neighborhood House in Chicago, Illinois.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The heart of learning to become a social worker involves field education. The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA) continues to improve an intensive field education model that began taking shape a decade ago. Learn more about SSA excellence in field education and how you can donate at https://ssa.uchicago.edu/excellence-field-education

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The 2012 Pastora San Juan Cafferty Lecture on Race and Ethnicity in American Life featured William Schneider, the Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. It was held on October 18, 2012, at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago. Schneider is a foremost authority on politics and public opinion and is regularly featured as a CNN election analyst for “The Situation Room," “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” “American Morning,” and CNN International.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Evelyn Brodkin, associate professor at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration, leads a discussion on the politics, practices, and possibilities of the government's involvement and impact on poverty and inequality.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Ann Marie Lipinski, Vice President for Civic Engagement at the University of Chicago, leads the second Community Summit, which featured roundtable discussions among many community activists and organizers on the South Side of Chicago. The summit was held in the University's School of Social Service Administration, and discussions were conducted on such topics as the Woodlawn Children's Promise Zone, primary and secondary education, city planning, and healthcare.