Torres-Gil to Kick-Off 2009 Gero-Ed Track

Social justice and aging will take center stage when Fernando M. Torres-Gil kicks off the 2009 Gero-Ed Track at the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM) in November.

Torres-Gil is the director at the University of California, Los Angeles Center for Policy Research, associate dean of academic affairs, and a social welfare and public policy professor. He served as the first assistant secretary for aging at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Clinton Administration. At the Kick-Off Event on Saturday, November 7, he will speak to the theme of “Aging and Social Justice: Honoring the Past and Preparing for the Future.”

Registration is now open for CSWE’s 2009 APM, which will host the third annual Gero-Ed Kick-Off Event and related programming such as the Hot-Topic Panel and Rosen Panel for Best Practices in Gerontological Infusion. Early bird registration rates end Friday, September 18.