Monica McGoldrick to Present 25th Annual Hurwitz Lecture

The Boston University School of Social Work is pleased to announce the Twenty-fifth Annual Miriam Hurwitz Memorial Lecture, featuring Monica McGoldrick, MSW, PhD (h.c.). The lecture will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Metcalf Hall of Boston University’s George Sherman Union, 775 Comonwealth Avenue, Boston.

Dr. McGoldrick’s lecture, “Family Contexts and Connections: Using Genograms to Help Clients Transform Their Life Narratives,” will address ways of engaging families that affirm their sacredness; their sense of belonging to the past, the present, and the future; and their empowerment to liberate themselves from invisibility and social oppression. Designed to increase service providers’ awareness of the impact of their gender, culture, class and race on their values, ideas, and practice choices, the lecture will present techniques for working with clients who are culturally different from their therapist. Dr. McGoldrick will discuss tools and strategies that foster clients finding narrative connections between their histories and the potential of their futures.

Dr. McGoldrick is the director of The Multicultural Family Institute in Highland Park, New Jersey, and clinical professor of psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She is an esteemed teacher and author of Ethnicity and Family Therapy.

The presentation is open to social service and mental health professionals at no charge. 3.5 social work continuing education credits will be issued for this lecture with a processing fee of $25. Applications will be available at the lecture. Participants are encouraged to take public transportation, as parking on campus is limited.

The Hurwitz Lecture is named for Miriam Hurwitz, who was an adjunct assistant professor at Boston University School of Social Work, where she taught a course in family treatment. The lecture is made possible by the generous contributions of the Hurwitz Family and the Boston University School of Social Work Professional Education Programs.

For more information, please visit www.bu.edu/ssw/pep or call 617-353-3756 or email pepssw@bu.edu