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    Homelessness, Poverty, Addiction and Recovery: Lessons from Philadelphia

    Homelessness, Poverty, Addiction and Recovery: Lessons from Philadelphia

    Presented by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

    April 6, 2010


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    Round table discussion on addiction and recovery among practitioners and survivors working on the front lines in Philadelphia, and at the national level, finding solutions to problems of addiction, homelessness and poverty. Participants: Moderator Philippe Bourgois - Richard Perry University professor of Anthropology & Family and Community Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Marcella Maguire - Director of DBH (Department of Behavioral Health) Homeless Services at the City of Philadelphia; Robert Fairbanks - Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Chicago, and author, How It Works: Recovering Citizens in Post-Welfare Philadelphia (2009, The University of Chicago Press); Tony Moses - Clinical Superviosr at Miracles in Progress II, North Philadelphia; LeeRoy Jordan - Program Director, Ready, Willing & Able, Philadelphia.


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        University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

        3260 South Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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        Tickets: Pay-what-you-want

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        April 6, 2010

        Times:
        6 pm

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