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Vol. 39, No. 8 NASW California News www.naswca.org
May 2013
Social Work Hall of Distinction By Katie Mochalski
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he California Social Work Hall of Distinction Committee has announced the social work leaders selected for induction to the Hall in 2013. After receiving an extensive and remarkable array of nominations, the committee has determined they will induct six social workers this year—two posthumously. The extraordinary group includes: Sai-Ling Chan-Sew, Ismael (Andy) Dieppa, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Joe Solis, Judith Wallerstein and Assemblymember Mariko Yamada. This distinguished group will be recognized at an induction ceremony and reception on the afternoon of October 5, 2013 at the Oakland Marriott Hotel, Oakland, California. The ceremony is held in conjunction with the NASW-CA Annual Conference. Everyone is welcomed to attend and invited to place a tribute message in the commemorative program. Please email cswa@usc.edu to request an invitation. NASW-CA Annual Conference participants can make reserva-
tions during their online registration. Since its inception in 2002, the mission of the California Social Work Hall of Distinction is to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the social work profession and/or social work practice in California. CSU Los Angeles’ Dr. Colleen Friend chairs the committee which is comprised of social work leaders from universities and social work organizations throughout the state. The California Social Work Hall of Distinction operates as a committee of the California Social Welfare Archives, which, with support from the USC School of Social Work, maintains oral histories of social work leaders and collections of some of the most historically significant documents in the development of social welfare in the state. Find out more information and to view a video of recent induction events, please visit www.socialworkhallofdistinction.org and www.youtube.com/user/USCSocialWork. /
IN MEMORIAM
Florabel Kinsler
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s. Florabel Kinsler, 83, died Jan. 26, 2013 of congestive heart failure in Santa Monica. Ms. Kinsler was a long-time member of NASW and developed a specialization working with Holocaust survivors. She received her MSW from UCLA and worked with a number of agencies in the Los Angeles area, including the Jewish Family Service and the American Jewish University. Her experience with postwar and Holocaust survivors let her to promote openness and expression of traumatic experiences in individual and group settings. Ms. Kinsler became an expert trainer and participated in workshops and conferences on how to work with survivors with traumatic stress. According to her son, Warren, the National Holocaust Museum in Washington DC has requested her papers for its collection. /