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- Child Development and Family Relations
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- Interior Design and Merchandising
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Social Work
Human Ecology:
U.N. Judge Delivers 2007 Carolyn Freeze Baynes Lecture on Social Justice |
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| The Honorable Dr. Bankole Thompson delivered the 2007 Carolyn Freeze Baynes Lecture on Social Justice in April to a large and attentive audience in A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall. Many in the audience were criminal justice and social work students and faculty. |
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Justice Thompson, who is a United Nations appointee serving on a special court (war crimes tribunal) for Sierra Leone, Africa, touched on his role with the tribunal in his lecture entitled “The Role of International Law in Social Justice” but focused more on efforts by the United Nations to eliminate social injustices on the planet. Thompson reviewed the goals adopted by the U.N. in 2000 aimed at alleviating injustice. He said the goals include eradicating of extreme hunger and poverty; ensuring universal primary education; empowering women and advancing gender inequity; reducing child mortality and improving maternal health; and combating the spread of HIV, malaria, and other infectious diseases. |
Thompson said, “The United Nations millennium development goals are both financially affordable and technically feasible. The international community has no excuse not to accomplish these goals.” |