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CREATING A CARING SOCIETY
James R. Dumpson Exhibit and Centennial Lecture

Wednesday, April 1, 2009, Program 3:30 pm, Reception 5:00pm
Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture,The New York City Public Library
515 Malcolm X Blvd at 135th Street

Centennial lecture by:
Dr. Richard A. English, Professor and Scholar in Residence
E. Franklin Frazier Center for Social Work Research
Howard University School of Social Work

With an introduction by
Dr. Edward J. Mullins, Willma & Albert Musher Chair Professor, Columbia University

The centennial lecture challenges us to continue Dr. Dumpson’s legacy of excellence and vision for creating a caring society. The Exhibit will display documents from the James R. Dumpson Collection archived at the Rosehill Campus of Fordham University. It will illuminate Dr. Dumpson’s professional accomplishments as humanitarian, public servant, scholar and advocate while highlighting critical policy developments in health and human services.

Admission is free but you must reserve a seat. Call 212.229.5418 or email centernyc@newschool.edu.

Supported by JRD Centennial Celebration Committee, New York State Association of Deans of Schools of Social Work and the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School.

Photo credit: James R. Dumpson Papers, Fordham University Archives, Bronx, NY