Call for Papers In anticipation of high interest in presenting at this year’s conference, the Field Center is extending the deadline for submissions until January 15, 2017. 7th biennial One Child, Many Hands: A Multidisciplinary Conference on Child Welfare June 7 – 9, 2017 University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia The University of Pennsylvania's Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice & Research has issued a Call for Papers for its biennial multidisciplinary child welfare conference. The Field Center, a collaboration of the University of Pennsylvania's Schools of Social Policy & Practice, Medicine, Law and Nursing, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, hosts the One Child, Many Hands conference on alternate years, bringing cutting edge work from leading policymakers, researchers and practitioners to an audience reflecting the varied disciplines involved in all aspects of child welfare. The conference, with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as the lead community sponsor, will be held on June 7 – 9, 2017 at the University of Pennsylvania's Law School. The conference features three days of keynote presentations, plenary panels, networking luncheons, and breakout sessions. Proposed presentations are solicited that advance the field of child welfare from the perspective of a variety of disciplines. Information and submission materials can be found on the conference website at: http://www.onechildmanyhands.org/. Proposals need to include a cover sheet, maximum 25-word abstract, three learning objectives, and maximum 500-word description. The deadline for submissions has been extended to January 15, 2017. The Field Center is pleased to announce that Anne Holton will be delivering the Opening Keynote Address at the 2017 One Child, Many Hands Conference. Fresh off the campaign trail alongside her husband, Senator Tim Kaine, we are delighted that Anne will be able to share her vast expertise in and perspective on child welfare with conference attendees. A magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Anne went on to earn her law degree from Harvard Law School. She served as a juvenile court judge in her home state of Virginia and became aware of the challenges facing children and youth in foster care. As Virginia’s First Lady, Anne launched major reform of Virginia’s foster care system to connect more children with permanent families. She went on to direct the nationally-recognized program, Great Expectations, offering support for youth from foster care on the campuses of Virginia’s community colleges. In 2014, Anne was appointed Secretary of Education for Virginia, serving until her husband’s Vice Presidential nomination. |
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