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Prof. Dr. Raja Samuel
Principal

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Casa Major Raod,  Egmore
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
https://mssw.in/

Dr. Fr. Ranjit George SJ
Director

Gandhi-Mandela-Freire Fellowship Programme
LES Multiversity/Loyola Extension Services, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala, India
https://www.les-multiversity.net/
https://www.gandhi-mandela-freire.org/
https://loyolacollegekerala.edu.in/

You Are Cordially Invited 

Exploratory Deliberations/Consultation

Warm Greetings.

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LES Multiversity/Loyola Extension Services/Loyola College of Social Sciences (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India) and Madras School of Social Work (Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) are in the process of planning an international online conference/unconference end of January 2024 on "Reimagining  Social Work in the Era of Anthropogenic Climate Related/Induced Poly-Crisis". See Preliminary Details of the Effort Here

 

As a step to that event, we are in the process of holding an exploratory deliberation/consultative session on the 12th of August from 9 am (Indian Time). Both institutions are supported by a host of (growing) co-organisers and supporters. (Click Here and Scroll down.) You can see the participants list for this consultative session below. (Scroll Down.)

 

This consultative event will aim to encourage deep conversations and deliberations on:

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  • How do we re-frame and re-orient social work/social work education to go beyond the mainstream boundaries and imagination of public service in an age of climate-related/induced poly-crisis? (See recent resources/references on or related to our concerns...Click Here and Scroll Down)

  • How do we go beyond the silos of mono-academic/professional cultures?" 

  • Can 'social work', (professional social work, social work in general, social development work) in whatever form it takes (curative, preventive, development, other), continue with the same orientation/purpose/concerns into the period of climate crisis/emergencies?

  • Can 'social work education' just continue the traditional trajectory in terms of courses, offerings, and streams?

  • Are our social workers equipped with the necessary orientations and competencies/skills that can address a world of interconnected crises/complex poly-crisis produced by the nature of development we have adopt and climate crisis?

  • Should we rethink social work in general and social work education in particular?

  • Can we create a community of 'social workers for climate praxis'? What will that mean and how will we sustain it?"

  • (Of course, we encourage you to have your own set of queries !)

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You are cordially invited to share your insights on the concerns and questions raised above. Also, how we can structure the main online event in January 2024.

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Programme


Title: Reimagining Social Work in the Era of Anthropogenic Climate Related/Induced Poly-crisis
Date and Time: 12th August: 9 am - 12 noon (Indian Time/We have extended the meeting for an additional hour. But it will depend on the interest and the decision of the moderator, Prof. Henry D'Souza.)


Invited Participants

About 25 persons from India, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the US. Please scroll down. 


Format

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  • Conversation and Dialogue: Critical Conversations and Sharing of Queries, Criticisms, Understanding, Perspectives, and Insights

  • Moderators: Prof. Henry D'Souza (USA)/Main, Marnie Racaza (Philippines), Rae Morillo (Philippines), and Nirmal Khadri (Nepal)

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  • 9.00 - 9.05 am: Opening: Dr. Fr. Ranjit George SJ, Director, LES Multiversity/Loyola Extension Services, India

  • 9.06 - 9.14 am: Overview 1: Dr. Raja Samuel, Principal, Madras School of Social Work, India 

  • 9.15 - 9.23 am: Overview 2: Dr. Saji Jacob, Principal, Loyola College of Social Sciences, India

  • 9.25 - 9.30 am: Brief: Conversation/Dialogue Guidelines

  • 9.35 - 11.45 am: Critical Conversations and Dialogue

  • 11.50 - 12.00 noon: Review and Close


GMF Zoomlogue Link

 

Here is the Zoom link to the gathering:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84700747072?pwd=dldlak1nSEhQenBDQ01Pb1RDVDI0QT09

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Meeting ID: 847 0074 7072
Passcode: Social2023

Participants
(As of 8th August/Some persons not mentioned here may participate on the 12th.)

> Dr. Raja Samuel, Principal, Madras School of Social Work, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 


> Dr. Fr. Ranjit George, Director, LES Multiversity/Loyola Extension Services, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 


> Dr. Saji Jacob, Principal, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

 

> Prof. Dr. Henry D'Souza, Graduate Program Chair, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, 
Grace Abbott School of Social Work, University of Nebraska Omaha, NE, USA

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> Dr. Sr. Janet Augustine, Loyola Extension Services, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

 

> Dr. Anthony Stephen, Asst. Professor and Head, Department of Social Entrepreneurship, Madras School of Social Work, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India


> Sashi Kumar, Chairman, Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India

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> Dr. Swati Banerjee, Associate Dean Alum Affairs, Professor AND Program, Convenor, School of Social Work, Centre for Livelihoods and Social Innovation (CLSI), TATA Institute of Social Sciences,  Mumbai|, India

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> Dr. Jyothi Krishnan, Head, Department of Disaster Management, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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> Dr. Hashim Thadathil, Guest Faculty, Department of Sociology, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthpuram, Kerala, India

 

> Dr. Ram Kumar Shrestha, Community Health Expert /Champion of health and nutrition; Recognized as 1 of 12 2006 Global Health Heroes by Time Magazine. Recipient of the Friedman School “Frontline Award” for his involvement in cutting-edge work in nutrition.Honorary doctorate of science from Tufts, Kathmandu, Nepal


> Somboon Chungprampree, Eco-social Activist, Executive Secretary, International Network of Engaged Buddhists, Bangkok, Thailand

 

> Dr. Fr. PS Lenin Anthony SJ, Working With Migrants Workers and Indigenous People, LES/Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India


> Dr. Dicky Sofjan, Partnership & Networking Coordinator, Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies, Graduate School, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogjakarta, Indonesia


> Dr. Ram Kumar, Assistant Professor, Madras School of Social Work, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

 

> Prof. Ana Teresa Lanza Prondosa, Department of Social Work, University of Philippines, Quezon City Philippines

 

> Dr. Sridhar, Assistant Professor, Madras, School of Social Work, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India


> Charles Bertille, Educator, Works with Porticus, Seremban, Malaysia


> Dr. Ammu Lukose, Assistant Professor, Department of Counselling Psychology, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India


> Areeb Habib Khan, Doctoral Research Fellow, Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi, India


> Prof. Dr. Paul Martens, Director of the Baylor Ethics Initiative, Global Ethics Research Group Convener
Associate Professor of Ethics, Department of Religion, Director of Interdisciplinary Programs, College of Arts and Sciences, Baylor University, Texas, USA

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> Rabindra Puri, Vernacular Nepali Architecture (Heritage) Conservationist , A Restorer, Kathmadu, Nepal

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> Dr. Xavier Vivek Jerry, Assistant Professor, Co-Ordinator, UGC - Network Resource Centre, Youth Resource Centre (YRC), Member Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), Program Officer, National Service Scheme (NSS), Madras School of Social Work, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India


> Rash Behari B., Senior Journalist, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia


> Conrad Saldanha, Author and Contributing Writer/Senior Blogger, Trainer,  & Mentor, Mumbai, India


> Dr. Fr. Saji Joseph SJ, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, India


> Dr. Victor Karunan, Professor, Lecturer & Foreign Expert, Social Policy and Development, Faculty of Social Administration, Thammasat University; Visiting Professor, Development Studies - MAIDS, Chulalongkorn University & Ph.D. Faculty, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University

Bangkok, Thailand


> Prof. Satyendra Nath Mishra, Assistant Professor, Public Policy and Development Management, School of Rural Management, XIMU, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India


> Dr. Fr. Lourduraj SJ, CEO,  Divyavani Social Communications, St John's Regional Seminary

Ramanthapur, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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> Dr. Sunil Kumar, Librarian, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala, India

 

> Dr. Justin Francis Leon V. Nicolas, Department of Social Work, University of Philippines, Quezon City Philippines

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> Dr. Fr. Lazar Savari SJ, Head, Arrupe Centre for Policy Research (ACPR), Arul Anandar College, Karumathur, Tamil Nadu, India


> Marnie Racaza, GMF Fellow, LES Multiversity/Loyola Extension Services; Assistant Professor, Ateneo d'Manila University/Philippines


> Raevene Morillo, GMF Fellow, LES Multiversity/Loyola Extension Services; Social Activist, Manila, Philippines


> Nirmal Khadri, GMF Fellow, LES Multiversity/Loyola Extension Services; Eco-Social Development Practitioner, Nepal

 

> Deepak Srinivasan, Designer, Bangalore, India

 

> Prof. Dr. Chainarong Montienvichienchai, Chancellor, St. John's University, Bangkok, Thailand

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> Kike Delgado, Designer, Mexico

 

> Dr. Fr. Jose Palakeel, Theologian/Social Communication, India/Philippines

 

> Dr. M. Nadarajah, Former Chair Professor, Centre for New Humanities and Compassion Studies, XUB, Bhubaneswar; Educational Consultant, Gandhi-Mandela-Freire Fellowship Programme, LESMultiversity/Loyola Extension Services, Loyola College of Social Sciences, India/Malaysia

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