Monday, March 28, 2005

EVENT CANCELLED

March 17, 2005

By Ruthie Seeley, PR Intern

Wilmington, N.C. – The University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Department of Social Work and the North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers are hosting a conference on the topic of violence prevention from 8:30 a.m.– 3 p.m., Friday, April 1, at UNCW’s Executive Development Center at the New Hanover County Northeast Regional Library off Military Cutoff Road. The conference is part of the university’s continuing education program for social workers and other social service practitioners and awards six continued education units.

Conference presenters, including practitioners, policy makers and UNCW and Pembroke faculty, will examine community-based violence-prevention efforts. The keynote luncheon address will be offered by noted national criminologist Margaret Zahn. Zahn is the director of Research Triangle Institute’s Crime, Justice Policy and Behavior Program and a professor of sociology at North Carolina State University. Prior to her work for RTI, Zahn was the director of the Violence and Victimization Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The cost of the conference is $85; NASW-NC members receive at $10 discount. Register by March 25 by calling (910)962-3195 or at www.uncw.edu/swk/.

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Media contact: Elizabeth Demski, 910/962-3806