{"id":947,"date":"2019-06-24T11:04:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T16:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/?p=947"},"modified":"2024-06-20T16:10:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T16:10:15","slug":"resurrecting-the-durban-social-services-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"Resurrecting the Durban Social Services Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 1997, Dean Walsh, of the School of Social Work, responded to the first-ever Sister City request for lodging a delegation of social workers. \u00a0As a \u201cgrass roots\u201d endeavor with volunteer leaders and no monies, their goals included to immerse international delegates into Chicago\u2019s best practices, to mutually learn from each other, and to address the interconnected social challenges faced by cities in our global community.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean Walsh saw the potential benefits and\ncoordinated an in-kind donation of lodging for 12 delegates in Loyola University\nof Chicago\u2019s dorms.&nbsp; That act enabled the first time Chicago hosted a\nSocial Services Exchange and&nbsp; subsequently was the beginning of Sister\nCity Social Services Exchanges now for over twenty years expanding to include\nseven sister cities on four continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean Walsh who Chicago exchange leaders called <strong>\u201cThe\nAngel of Our Exchanges\u201d<\/strong> continued to coordinate exchange lodging for\nover six years and to include three different sister cities\u2014Hamburg, Germany,\nBirmingham, United Kingdom, and Durban, South Africa&#8212; setting an example that\nothers emulated in following years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, Dean Menon is continuing this important legacy utilizing memorial funds donated by Dean Walsh&#8217;s family and school resources to support\u00a0the connection with South Africa.\u00a0 It is our hope that we can continue this collaboration between cities each year.\u00a0 Delegates have come from a variety of organizations including the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal,\u00a0city government, and a variety of social service agencies interested in conducting research and finding best practices that can\u00a0serve their communities more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/files\/2019\/06\/group-durban-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-948\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1997, Dean Walsh, of the School of Social Work, responded to the first-ever Sister City request for lodging a delegation of social workers. \u00a0As a \u201cgrass roots\u201d endeavor with volunteer leaders and no monies, their goals included to immerse international delegates into Chicago\u2019s best practices, to mutually learn from each other, and to address &#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-link btn btn-outline-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/?p=947\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1231,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/socialwork\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}