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Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
• The Texas Hunger Initiative was founded in 2009 by Jeremy Everett, a Baylor graduate and pastor who was looking for ways to address food insecurity in the state. • Housed in the Baylor University Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, THI partners with federal, state and local agencies to develop and implement strategies to combat hunger. Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty. (2020). Retrieved from: https://www.baylor.edu/hungerandpoverty/ Texas Hunger Initiative Lubbock Regional Office. (2020). Retrieved from: https://www.baylor.edu/hungerandpoverty/ • As a result of THI’s growth into a larger network of researchers and practitioners working on a national scale, on October 1, 2019 Baylor University launched the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (called The Collaborative) which became the new parent organization for THI. • The creation of The Collaborative is a way to better communicate our model and continue the work we have begun with over 25 states developing solutions to address hunger and poverty nation-wide. Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty. (2020). Retrieved from: https://www.baylor.edu/hungerandpoverty/ Texas Hunger Initiative Lubbock Regional Office. (2020). Retrieved from: https://www.baylor.edu/hungerandpoverty/ Currently THI employs 45 staff members and interns in six regional offices in: • Dallas • Austin • Houston • Lubbock • McAllen • San Angelo in addition to its Waco operation. The initiative also has 38 research staff fellows who conduct the research and evaluations that support its work. -
Baptist History the Journal of the Texas Baptist Historical Society
TEXASTEXASBAPTIST HISTORY THE JOURNAL OF THE TEXAS BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUMES XXX - XXXI 2010 - 2011 TBH EDITORIAL STAFF Michael E. Williams, Sr. Editor Wanda Allen Design Editor Mary Nelson Copy Editor David Stricklin Book Review Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Michael Dain Lubbock Marshall Johnston Port Aransas Kelly Pigott Abilene Naomi Taplin Dallas EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 2010-2011 Hunter Baker Houston Baptist University Jerry Hopkins East Texas Baptist University David Maltsberger Baptist University of the Americas Estelle Owens Wayland Baptist University Rody Roldan-Figuero Baylor University TEXAS BAPTIST HISTORY is published by the Texas Baptist Historical Society, an auxiliary of the Historical Council of the Texas Baptist Historical Collection of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, and is sent to all members of the Society. Regular annual membership dues in the Society are ten dollars. Student memberships are seven dollars and family memberships are thirteen dollars. Correspondence concerning memberships should be addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, 333 North Washington, Dallas, Texas, 75246-1798. Notice of nonreceipt of an issue must be sent to the Society within three months of the date of publication of the issue. The Society is not responsible for copies lost because of failure to report a change of address. Article typescripts should be sent to Editor, Texas Baptist History, 3000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, Texas, 75211. Books for review should be sent to Texas Baptist History, Dallas Baptist University. The views expressed in the journal do not necessarily represent those of the Texas Baptist Historical Society, the Historical Council, the Texas Baptist Historical Collection, or the Baptist General Convention of Texas. -
A Heart for Compassion Come Socialize with Us
issue no. 33 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK “My heart was formed at an early age to be a helper and a listener.” CALENDAR of events INSPIRED BY HER PARENTS , MSW STUDENT A HEART FOR PREPARES TO BE AN ADVOCATE OF CHANGE IN THE COMPASSION LIVES OF THOSE LESS FORTUNATE from the Dean Making a difference, being the tool issue no. 33 | SEPTEMBER 2013 DIANA R. GARLAND Dean, Baylor School of Social Work 2 From the Dean 3 Research Focus 4 MSW Profile AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, social work is more than a profession. 6 News Briefs Social work is more than a passion. 8 BSW Report As Rev. Bill Lawson recently put it, 9 MSW Report social work is a divine calling. That 10 Educational Impact divine calling beckons and sustains us as we join passion with professional 12 Scholarship Update knowledge and skills. That calling 13 Events Update drives us to equip ourselves to be 14 Influence & Impact: Jacob Singletary instruments of healing and justice. 15 Alumni Updates/Alum of the Year We understand that we are simply instruments – tools. Ultimately, 16 Texas Hunger Initiative Report healing and justice come from God. 18 SnapShots We cannot heal nor can we create 22 Faculty Activity justice. But we can be instruments. And to be the best instruments of healing and justice we can be, we sharpen our knowledge, our skills, our creativity and discernment. When I think of us as tools, I think of us as knitting needles that weave families and EDITOR communities, needles that patch the holes in relationships, hoes that plant seeds and Nikki Wilmoth, Director of Marketing gardens in bare ground, and paper and pencil and ruler used to create new visions for and Communications what is not but could be.