CNR TO HOST 29TH ANNUAL NASW
WHITNEY J. YOUNG JR. MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM

NEW ROCHELLE, NY, April 11, 2006 -- The Westchester Division of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) will host the 29th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Symposium at The College of New Rochelle’s Main Campus located at 29 Castle Place, New Rochelle.

Date:          Friday, April 21, 2006
Time:         9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Place:          Student Campus Center
Subject:     “Institutional Racism: Apartheid in America 2006”
                     David Billings, M. Div. Trainer
                     The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond

Attendees may obtain three continuing education credits under the auspices of NASW-NY.   The registration deadline is Friday, April 14.  If paid in full by deadline, the prices are $45 per person; $10 students; $35 seniors/retirees. Prices will be $10 more at the door. To sign up, please make checks payable to “NASW-Westchester” and mail to: NASW-Whitney Young Symposium, Box 446, Scarsdale, NY, 10583.  For questions, please contact: (914) 654-5392.

The annual memorial symposium is named after the African-American civil rights leader Whitney M. Young, Jr., who was a resident of New Rochelle in his later years.  Mr. Young was well-known for his effective leadership of the National Urban League at the height of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.  He was also the former Dean of the Atlanta University School of Social Work.

The School of Arts & Sciences, established in 1904, continues its tradition of enrolling only women. It offers undergraduate degrees in all traditional disciplines of liberal arts and sciences and a number of professional fields.  A core curriculum is required, and dual-degree programs, interdisciplinary studies, independent-study options and flexible honors programs are also offered.  SAS alumnae include: Mary O’Connor Donohue, lieutenant governor of the State of New York; Mercedes Ruehl, Academy- and Tony-Award winning actress; Anne Marie Sweeney, Co-chair, Disney Media Networks Unit and President, Disney-ABC Television Group; and Aulana Pharis Peters, the first African-American woman to serve as an SEC Commissioner.