Photo by Meredith Hanson
Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service (GSS) held a government benefits conference focused on health and mental health, at which keynote speaker Penny Schwartz, D.S.W., program coordinator, Department of Social Service, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, spoke about the health care crisis in the United States and the importance of advocacy among social workers to meet the needs of clients during difficult times. The conference was held on Jan. 4, in the McNally Atrium, Fordham Law School, on the Lincoln Center campus, and attracted more than 100 students and faculty. Following the keynote address, students participated in seven different workshops on health, mental health, government benefits that affect the elderly, developmentally disabled persons, homeless persons, children and families, victims of abuse, the working poor, immigrants and persons with HIV/AIDS.
