| "DANCE UPON INJUSTICE Affirming Human Dignity and Worth" is the theme for the Southern Territorial Social Services Conference to be held at the Hyatt Hotel in Atlanta GA on October 14-16, 2008. Save these dates and start making your plans now to attend this exciting event along with fellow officers, employees and volunteers from throughout the territory. Those involved in corps, social service, disaster service, ARC's, and community care ministries are encouraged to attend.
The main focus of this conference will be on social justice issues, full day seminars will be offered on the topics of ; Social Justice & Ethics, Human/Sexual Trafficking, Community Capacity Building, Eradication of Poverty, and HIV/AIDS. Over forty workshops will be offered on topics for direct services, program administration and "best practices".
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•Commissioner Christine MacMillan, Director of The Salvation Army's International Social Justice Commission at the United Nations
•Dr. Donald Burke, President of Booth College in Winnipeg, Canada
•Mr. John Cleary, Salvation Army historian on the Social Reform Movement from Australia
•Alesia Adams, Territorial Services Coordinator Against Human and Sexual Trafficking, The Salvation Army Southern Territorial Headquarters
•Marty Kooistra, CEO, Habitat For Humanity Seattle/South King County
•Angelo Biasi, Vice President, National Business Services Alliance
•Kevin W. Tomson-Hooper, Territorial Director for Social Services, The Salvation Army Southern Territorial Headquarters
•Dr. James Read, Executive Director of the The Salvation Army's Ethics Center in Winnipeg, Canada
•Sharon Jones-Ryan, Consultant, Management and Organizational Ethics, The Salvation Army Ethics Centre.
•Sara L. Tomson-Hooper, Consultant, Atlanta, Georgia
•Major John T. Needham, Divisional Commander, Kentucky-Tennessee Division
»See all biographys of the guest speakers!
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Conference Poster
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Links of Interest
www.sharedhope.org
www.iast.net
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The Salvation Army Southern Territorial Social Services Conference purpose is to celebrate, promote, shape, and advance The Salvation Army's practical Christian response to human need without discrimination.
Conference registration information and fees are available.
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