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The CSWE Annual Program Meeting (APM) will be held in San Antonio from November 6 through 9, 2009. The Gero-Ed Track will cover issues related to aging and intergenerational social work research, policy, education and practice. For more information on the CSWE APM, please visit the Annual Program Meeting Directory Page on the CSWE Web site. The 3rd annual Gero-Ed Track Kick-Off, co-sponsored by the Institute for Geriatric Social Work at The Kick-Off will also feature a trailer of the award-winning documentary The Way We Get By. This moving film, which has screened at numerous national and international film festivals and is now playing in select theatres across the country, will also be showing at the Gero-Ed Film Festival on Sunday, November 8th from 1:30 – 3:30 pm. CSWE Gero-Ed Center/AGE-SW Hot Topic Panel Building on the Gero-Ed Track social justice theme, the CSWE Gero-Ed Center/Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGE-SW) Hot Topic Panel will further delve into how preparing communities for our aging society is a social justice issue. The panel will be held Sunday, November 8 from 10:30–12:00 pm and will feature the following panelists: Nancy Kropf, Director of School and Professor, Georgia State University Fourth Annual Gero-Ed Film Festival The Fourth Annual Gero-Ed Film Festival will screen a variety of educational films, including products of the MAC Project's Gero Innovations Grant and the award-winning documentary The Way We Get By. Download the Film Festival schedule (PDF) to plan your attendance! Finding a Job: Aging Fields in High Demand The CSWE Gero-Ed Center will host the CSWE Career Center Panel entitled Finding a Job: Aging Fields High in Demand, featuring a variety of speakers discussing different career options in direct practice with older adults, program management opportunities for working with elders, and what you can do with your doctorate. Visit the official site for information on other 2009 APM Career Center Panels. Significant Lifetime Achievement Award in Social Work CSWE will present the Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Award to Nancy Hooyman, co-Principal Investigator of the CSWE Gero-Ed Center, at the 2009 APM in San Antonio. Learn more about her "impressive and impactful" contributions at the 2009 CSWE Awards page. Read the official Gero-Ed Track Description on our FAQ page. |

