Celia B. Weisman (1918-2000)
Dr. Celia Bach Weisman was the IFSW Main Representative to the UN New York for 12 years (1988-2000).
The daughter of an orthodox rabbi, she was born in London and later accompanied her family to the United States at an early age. After receiving the baccalaureate degree, she began teaching the German language. She earned her master of social work degree from the University of Pittsburgh after learning about anti-semitism and committing herself to its demise. She earned her doctorate in social work from Columbia University at age fifty. She worked passionately and energetically in support of social justice throughout her life. She held a faculty position at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work where her areas of specialization were gerontology and group work. She lectured nationally and internationally.
Knowledgeable about the social work profession's strong traditions around social development and advocacy in the local, regional, national and international arenas for policy and action, Celia worked quite tirelessly to perpetuate these efforts in meeting our contemporary needs. She very effectively organized the annual Social Work Day at the United Nations, attracting audiences filled with professional social workers and social work students, eager to undertake our roles in transmitting knowledge about the human con-dition, in influencing decision-makers, and in contributing to the development of knowledge through research.
Celia participated in the Executive Committee meetings of IFSW, reporting regularly on the key issues and recommending policy positions, both during the meetings and through the IFSW Newsletter. Active also in the New York City Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Celia's contributions to their International Committee were many.
National Association of Social Workers, USA
ifsw news 2/2000
IFSW decided at its General Meeting 2002 to introduce a lecture in Celia B. Weisman's name at World Conferences in Social Work, starting in Adelaide, Australia in 2004.
The daughter of an orthodox rabbi, she was born in London and later accompanied her family to the United States at an early age. After receiving the baccalaureate degree, she began teaching the German language. She earned her master of social work degree from the University of Pittsburgh after learning about anti-semitism and committing herself to its demise. She earned her doctorate in social work from Columbia University at age fifty. She worked passionately and energetically in support of social justice throughout her life. She held a faculty position at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work where her areas of specialization were gerontology and group work. She lectured nationally and internationally.
Knowledgeable about the social work profession's strong traditions around social development and advocacy in the local, regional, national and international arenas for policy and action, Celia worked quite tirelessly to perpetuate these efforts in meeting our contemporary needs. She very effectively organized the annual Social Work Day at the United Nations, attracting audiences filled with professional social workers and social work students, eager to undertake our roles in transmitting knowledge about the human con-dition, in influencing decision-makers, and in contributing to the development of knowledge through research.
Celia participated in the Executive Committee meetings of IFSW, reporting regularly on the key issues and recommending policy positions, both during the meetings and through the IFSW Newsletter. Active also in the New York City Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Celia's contributions to their International Committee were many.
National Association of Social Workers, USA
ifsw news 2/2000
IFSW decided at its General Meeting 2002 to introduce a lecture in Celia B. Weisman's name at World Conferences in Social Work, starting in Adelaide, Australia in 2004.
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