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In This Issue: Civic Engagement
Civic engagement is often viewed as a benefit to both older adults and the causes to which they lend their expertise. This Aging Times presents multiple views, including a critique, of this hot topic and why it should be promoted by gerontological social work.
Civic Engagement and Aging: Asserting Social Work’s Public Purpose
Jim Hinterlong, Florida State University
Dr. Hinterlong presents the benefits of civic engagement and argues that social workers are in the best position to be leaders in this movement.
Getting Older, Staying Busy: Civic Engagement and Productive Aging
Martha Holstein, Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, Chicago, IL
Dr. Holstein offers a critique of civic engagement that cautions against making it an expectation with age.
Civic Engagement Resources
Suggested Readings on Civic Engagement and "Productive Aging" (Word Doc)
The Civic Enterprise is a visual representation, from the National Academy on an Aging Society, of a growing network of organizations that are committed to civic engagement for older adults.
Alert! Volunteering Probably Touches Your Life
Amy Cohen-Callow, PhD Student, University of Maryland
Volunteers present multiple benefits for social work. Research is needed on how agencies can effectively retain volunteers and ensure that their experiences are meaningful.
Faculty/Student Opportunities
New CSWE Gero-Ed Center Funding Opportunity Announced Exclusively for BSW Programs
Watch your e-mail for the BEL Program RFP to be released in early 2008.
Cycle 2 CDI Program – Funding Opportunity
Apply for the Cycle 2 CDI Program – and join us at the BPD Annual Meeting for special information sessions.
2007 Gero-Ed Track – A Huge Success
Thanks to all who participated in the 2007 Gero-Ed Track.
Anita Rosen Award Recognizes the Work of Students at APM
Christopher E. Bargeron and Nancy Giunta are the 2007 recipients of the Anita Rosen Student Poster Award.
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