March 21 was Social Work Awareness Day. There were tables set up in the SUB to help better inform students of the work that social workers do and to help students understand the hardships that […]
Craig Stewart and Luthando Tofu, who currently reside in South Africa, captivated students in Luther Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 18, as part of a community development workshop hosted by the School of Social Work. The […]
Wayne Grudem, research professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary, said a nation’s poverty is linked to low prosperity. Grudem spoke at the Business Through the Eyes of Faith lecture Thursday in the Carl […]
One idea. One life. One spirit. One movement. One change. One difference. These are all qualities the ONE campaign addresses to promote awareness of poverty and preventable diseases. Union students are becoming a key constituent in advocating the importance of this group.
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Mary Anne Poe introduced speaker Craig Stewart as “personally inspiring,” during a symposium Nov. 15. Stewart is from Cape Town, South Africa, and is the executive director of an organization that works with churches in response to poverty and injustice.
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Four million impoverished people joined the ranks of the nation’s poor between 2008 and 2009, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released 2009’s “Current Population Report” in September. One in seven Americans are now listed at or below poverty income — a total of 43.6 million. […]
For a divorced, single mother with three children and a part-time job at night in the hospital, bills are high and money is low. This scenario is only a glimpse into one life stuck in the cycle of poverty. Each year, the Social Work Department puts on a Poverty Simulation. This year the event took place on Sept. 14. […]
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