The issues confronted by the program will range from family violence to child welfare.
The youth program will include input from several policy makers and service providers committed to improving the general well-being of young people throughout the world. Another initiative will attempt to demonstrate how the School of Social Work can have an impact on the community and forge a partnership by working for its youth.
The talk, sponsored by the School of Social Work, will include UNICEF's report on "The State of the World's Children 1998" and "Challenges to Children's Well-Being in a Globalizing World: A UNICEF Perspective."
Csete works on providing nutrition to children throughout the world, and her talk will include details about the poverty and malnutrition that permeates societies. She will speak of what is being done to help the children involved. For more information about Csete's public speech, call 647-4281.
The drop-in discussion group is scheduled to meet Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Ozone House located at 1705 Washtenaw Ave., on the corner of Oxford Road and Washtenaw Avenue.
The support group is free and confidential. Child care and transportation are available.
For more information visit the Web site at: http://www.umich.edu/~fep/ or e-mail linetsky@engin.umich.edu. Program brochures are available from programs offices or from the Dept. of Industrial and Operations Engineering, 1603 Industrial Operations Engineering Building, 1205 Beal Ave.
Her speech, "The Octopus and Excellence: Some Comments on Graduate Education," is scheduled for tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium.
- Compiled for the Daily by Sarah Lewis.
09-21-98
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