Yeshiva Social Work Students Visit New Orleans
Students from Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work paid a visit to New Orleans in November. While here, they spent a day in service with the St. John’s Baptist Church Social Ministry, led by Pastor Bruce Davenport, and visited the Kingsley House, a “resettlement and recovery center” with a mission to “educate children, strengthen families and build community.”
Community leaders from the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, the Jewish Family Service, the Jewish Community Center of New Orleans, and the New Orleans Hillel gave students first-hand accounts of their expereinces during and after Hurricane Katrina struck the region, and talked about what their organizations have been doing to respond to the various needs of the community during this time.
Students also met with AVODAH Corps Members David Eber and Yaeli Bronstein to learn about the work that they and their fellow Corps members have been doing at various social justice organizations around the city.
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