Dragon Info

The Heroes of Social Work:
Making a Difference for Children and Families Launced By First Lady Sharon Daves

California's First Lady, Sharon Davis, introduces the social worker awareness campaign photo exhibit. Other speakers included, (left to right) Jeff Jue, Jim Hunt, Richard Bermack, Dion Aroner, Sharon Davis, Rita Saenz, Hannah-Beth Jackson, Sheila Kuehl, Neva Barajas, Tamika Bennett, and Annette Jeffries.

The Heroes of Social Work exibit was launched with an openning at the California Sate Captial on March 13, 2002. California's First Lady, Sharon Davis, introduced the exhibt, with speeches by Assemblywoman Dion Aroner, State Senator Sheila Kuehl, Assemblywoman Hannah-Beth Jackson, Director of the California Department of Social Services Rita Saenz, President of Service Employees International Union Local 535 Annette Jeffries, Sacramento Director of Health and Human Services Jim Hunt, President of the California Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Jeff Jue, Neva Barajas, former foster child Tamia Bennett, and the exhibit producer Richard Bermack.

This exhibit by Richard Bermack, editor of the SEIU 535 Dragon,
provides an insider's view of both the hopes and the challenges that exist in social work today. It is about the capability of people to change and of society to reclaim its lost members.

Produced by: Service Employees International Union Local 535 • National Association of Social Workers • Children’s Advocacy Institute • County Welfare Directors Association

supporters:

Asian Pacific Islander Social Work Council of the National Association of Social Workers
Assemblywoman Dion Aroner
California Society for Clinical Social Work
California Department of Social Services
California State Long Beach, Social Work Department
California Youth Connection
California Council of Churches
California State University Sacramento Division of Social Work
Catholic Charities of California
Child Development Policy Advisory Committee
Child Haven, Inc.
Clinical Social Work Guild 49, OPEIU
Coleman Advocates
Department of Development Services
Korean American Social Workers Association
Latino Social Work Network California Inc. and Sacramento Affiliates
Latino Issues Forum
Latino Coalition for a Health California
Loma Linda University Department of Social Work
Plumas Children's Network
San Francisco State University of Social Work
School of Social Welfare, University of California Berkeley
School of Social Welfare, San Diego State University
Social Work Department, California State University, San Bernardino
Social Work Leaders in Healthcare for Northern and Southern California
UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research, Department of Social Welfare
UCLA Department of Social Welfare
UPE Local 1

To receive information about the exhibit, and when it will be available, send a note to exhibit-info@2makeadifference.org . Please include name, organization and where you are located.