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Art of Social Change: Readings
Fall-Spring - 2005-06

To access the course readings, please click on the appropriate Assignment Packet.

Class	Topic	Guest Speakers	Readings
Sept. 8	Introductory Session	Elizabeth Bartholet, CAP Faculty Director and Professor of Law Jessica Budnitz, CAP Administrative Director and Lecturer on Law	Course Information, Syllabus, and Schedule
Sept. 22	Big Picture: Overview of Children's Issues, Interests and Rights	Barbara Woodhouse, Director and Chair in Family Law, Center on Children and the Law, University of Florida	Assignment Packet #2
Oct. 6	Working from Within for Reform: Heading State Child Protection Systems	Harry Spence, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Social Services Nicholas Scoppetta, Former Commissioner, Administration for Children's Services, New York City	Assignment Packet #3
Nov. 10	Protecting Children Globally: Pros & Cons of International Adoption	Jakob Doek, Chair, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Jane Aronson, Executive Medical Director and Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation This session is being held in conjunction with the International Advocates for Children conference and will be held in Austin North* (instead of our regular classroom).	Assignment Packet #4
Nov. 17	Working from Outside to Reform the Child Protection System: Cooperation as vs Challenge; Research as vs Advocacy	Mark Testa, Director, Children and Family Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Marcia Lowry, Executive Director, Children's Rights	Assignment Packet #5
Dec. 1	Working from Within to Reform the Child Protective System: The U.S. Congress and the Cook County, IL Public Guardian's Office	Cassie Statuto Bevan, Staff Director of U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Resources of Committee on Ways and Means, Senior Policy Advisor to House Majority Leader on Child Welfare Issues Patrick Murphy, Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, and former Director of the Cook County Public Guardian's Office	Assignment Packet #6
Feb. 9	Promising Reform Initiative: The Federal Adoption & Safe Families Act	Richard Barth, Director, School of Social Work at University of North Carolina	Assignment Packet #7
Feb. 16	Promising Reform Initiative: Intensive Early Home Visitation	David Olds, Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health Suzin Bartley, Executive Director, MA Children's Trust Fund Jennifer Atler, Executive Director, Invest in Kids	Assignment Packet #8 Supplement for #8
March 2	Lawyering for Children: The Need and the Challenge	Margaret Marshall, Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Assignment Packet #9
March 9	Promising Reform Initiative: Family Drug Courts	Judith Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York, New York State Court of Appeals Gloria Sosa-Lintner, Family Court Judge, New York County Edwina G. Richardson, Family Court Judge, Queens County Nicolette M. Pach, Family Court Judge, Suffolk County (Retired) *This session will be held in POUND 101.	Assignment Packet #10
March 16	Promising Reform Initiatives: Innovative Educational Initiatives	Rick Weissbourd, Lecturer in Education, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Kyle Dodson, Principal, Lee Academy *This session will be held in POUND 101.	Assignment Packet #11
April 6	Troubled Reform Initiatives: Problematic Trends in Juvenile Justice	Roderick Ireland, Associate Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Francine Sherman, Director, Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project at Boston College Law School Tim Carey, Juvenile Court Probation Officer, Cambridge Tom Coury, Executive Director, Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation *This session will be held in POUND 101.	Assignment Packet #12
April 20	Starting a Child-focused Social Change Organization & Leveraging the Media, Private Sector, and Philanthropic Community	Justin Pasquariello, Founder and Executive Director, AFC Mentoring Terrence Stevens, Founder and CEO, In Arms Reach Matt Dalio, Founder, China Care Foundation Lynn Girton, Chief Counsel, Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association *This session will be held in LANGDELL NORTH.	Assignment Packet #13

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