Mois : février 2011

information for practice

World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers, New York University – news, new scholarship & more from around the world

mission statement: To help social service professionals throughout the world conveniently maintain an awareness of news regarding the profession and emerging scholarship.
goals:

  • identify and deliver a selection of the highest quality available in each category
  • regularly deliver an interesting mix of new information
  • create a more global sense of the profession for users from all locales
  • serve as an introductory socialization force for students … (about 1/2).

Homepage and links to all news;
Archives; Key Journals; Help;
Contact Gary Holden.

About 2/2: … IP is an extension of one of our previous community service projects with the same name. The new IP will continue to be a monthly digest (like the old IP). You can subscribe by sending a blank email message to: join-information-for-practice@lists.nyu.edu Continuer la lecture de « information for practice »

Social Work Cafe SWC

Welcome …

  • The Social Work Cafe (SWC) has a 14-year history of connecting students and professionals through discussion forums, global e-mail exchange, and no-cost advertising for any social service organization or school.
  • The SWC has gathered 315+ members from 42 countries, and 41 States from the USA! The « Mentor Match » program has become a successful program for engaging new members in SWC activities, due to our diverse collection of  volunteer Mentors!
  • My wishes for 2010 are that the Cafe will continue to grow  and welcome new individuals who can share with everyone their experiences, dreams, and cultures.
  • As always, membership will remain FREE to all FOREVER!
  • To post your ad, announcement, or e-mail description, please click here. (Homepage).

Sitemap; Index;
Mentor Match; Announcements; Members; Join; Who linked; Global e-mail list; Chat;
(Contact) / User Feedback.

I remember: Over the past decade, I have worked as a social worker to the elderly and those with disabilities. During which time, I have closed many case files by writing, « client has deceased … counseling services will be offered to the family, friends, and neighbors. »  Continuer la lecture de « Social Work Cafe SWC »

European Trade Union Confederation ETUC

the voice of European Workers

  • The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) was set up in 1973 to promote the interests of working people at European level and to represent them in the EU institutions.
  • The process of European integration, with the euro, the European Constitution, and the growing impact of EU legislation on daily life, has changed the setting in which trade unions operate … (about 1/2) .

Homepage; Sitemap;
Events; Activities; Resolutions; Speeches; Press; Publications; Members only; Links;
Address: European Trade Union Confederation ETUC , International Trade Union House ITUH, Boulevard Roi Albert II, 5, B-1210 Brussels, Belgium;
Contact.

About 2/2: … To defend and bargain for their members effectively at national level, they must coordinate activities and policies across Europe. To influence the economy and society at large, they need to speak with a single voice and act collectively at European level. Continuer la lecture de « European Trade Union Confederation ETUC »

Open FSM

also in french, spanish and portugese – OpenFSM is a platform for social activism provided by the World Social Forum.
OpenFSM is the simple way to bring groups together, promote your cause, make plans, get things done and make another world possible.

  • OpenFSM.net is a platform for participatory social activism provided by the World Social Forum. Whether your group is an organisation, a network, an ad hoc group preparing an activity for WSF 2008, or promoting a proposal for social transformation, OpenFSM.net can help you work collectively … (about 1/2).

english Homepage and many links; Help (another Homepage);
People; Projects; Start a project/sign in; News; Join;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … OpenFSM.net also helps your intercommunication with many other participants and groups in the ESF all working under the Charter of Principles of Social Forums. Continuer la lecture de « Open FSM »

Transform!Europe

european network for alternative thinking and political dialogue

Transform! is a network of mainly European organizations in the field of political education and critical scientific analysis. This collaboration of independent non-profit organizations, institutes, foundations and people means to utilize their work to contribute to a peaceful statelihood and to a transformation of the present world … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Articles; Newsletter; Journal Transform!Europe; Network; Projects; Events; Links;
Address: transform!europe, Gußhausstrasse 14/3, A-1040 Wien, Austria;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Overcoming war, dominance of capital, social injustice, patriarchy, imperial rule and militarism as well as racism, working towards the establishment of an association …   Continuer la lecture de « Transform!Europe »