Rising Ground Discussion Series: 190 Years of Hope & Opportunity
Join Rising Ground and Trinity Church Wall Street as we begin a year-long celebration of Rising Ground’s 190th anniversary with a series of discussions looking at the evolution of human services through the lens of New York City’s history.
At 6pm, Tuesday, April 27, Rising Ground CEO Alan Mucatel joins experts on New York City history—Dr. Kenneth Jackson of Columbia University and Dr. Daniel Walkowitz of New York University—and Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant of New York University Silver School of Social Work in a discussion exploring the 19th century period that saw the birth of Rising Ground and its many peers, key social shifts of the past 190 years that have shaped social work and the communities supported, and the role of human services today in the fabric of New York City.
Register for the April 27 event here.
2021 Discussion Series: 190 Years of Hope & Opportunity
This year, Rising Ground commemorates the 190th anniversary of the opening of the Leake & Watts Orphan House in Lower Manhattan in 1831, the beginning of a rich history that saw the organization evolve from an orphanage to one of New York City’s leading human services organizations. Today, programs range from foster care and family stabilization to special education and early childhood development to gender-based violence services, programs for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, juvenile justice programs, community health services, and more.
The series is a partnership between Rising Ground and Trinity Church Wall Street, site of the original Leake & Watts Orphan House and longtime partner.
Save these dates for other talks in the series:
- June 24, 6-730pm
- October 21, 6-730pm
- December 8, 6-730pm
To learn more, please visit www.RisingGround.org/190.
About the Speakers
Dr. Kenneth T. Jackson is Jacques Barzun Professor of History and Director of the Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History at Columbia University, where he has also chaired the department of history. Among his many notable works, he is editor-in-chief of seminal Encyclopedia of New York City, which was initially published in 1995 by Yale University Press. He worked for more than a decade to create the first major reference tool for the metropolis in almost a century. He has curated multiple exhibits and shared his expertise on the urban landscape and myriad of social issues that comprise the fabric of New York City.
Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant, MSW, is Clinical Associate Professor, Master Teacher, and the Katherine & Howard Aibel Executive-in-Residence at the New York University Silver School of Social Work. Her work at NYU Silver focuses on building the leadership capacity of social workers to have a transformative impact on pressing social challenges. Her career spans 35 years in both the nonprofit and public sectors. For nine years, Dr. Lausell Bryant served as the Executive Director of Inwood House, and her work in government includes serving as associate commissioner for the Office of Youth Development at New York City Administration for Children’s Services. She is the co-author of A Guide for Sustaining Conversations on Racism, Identity and Our Mutual Humanity and the soon-to-be published book Social Work: A Time for Reflection and Reckoning.
Dr. Daniel J. Walkowitz, Emeritus Professor of Social & Cultural Analysis and Emeritus Professor of History at New York University, is a social and cultural historian who, in nearly a dozen books, two dozen articles and four films for public television, has pioneered efforts to bring America's past to broad general audiences in books, film, and video. His 1999 book, Working With Class: Social Workers and the Politics of Middle-Class Identity (University of North Carolina Press) recounts the history of social workers from the nineteenth century to the present with particular focus on public and private sector workers in New York City. His most recent book, The Remembered and Forgotten Jewish World: Jewish Heritage in Europe and the United States (Rutgers, 2018) combines a family history with analyses of heritage tourism in thirteen cities in eight countries.
Join Rising Ground and Trinity Church Wall Street as we begin a year-long celebration of Rising Ground’s 190th anniversary with a series of discussions looking at the evolution of human services through the lens of New York City’s history.
At 6pm, Tuesday, April 27, Rising Ground CEO Alan Mucatel joins experts on New York City history—Dr. Kenneth Jackson of Columbia University and Dr. Daniel Walkowitz of New York University—and Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant of New York University Silver School of Social Work in a discussion exploring the 19th century period that saw the birth of Rising Ground and its many peers, key social shifts of the past 190 years that have shaped social work and the communities supported, and the role of human services today in the fabric of New York City.
Register for the April 27 event here.
2021 Discussion Series: 190 Years of Hope & Opportunity
This year, Rising Ground commemorates the 190th anniversary of the opening of the Leake & Watts Orphan House in Lower Manhattan in 1831, the beginning of a rich history that saw the organization evolve from an orphanage to one of New York City’s leading human services organizations. Today, programs range from foster care and family stabilization to special education and early childhood development to gender-based violence services, programs for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, juvenile justice programs, community health services, and more.
The series is a partnership between Rising Ground and Trinity Church Wall Street, site of the original Leake & Watts Orphan House and longtime partner.
Save these dates for other talks in the series:
- June 24, 6-730pm
- October 21, 6-730pm
- December 8, 6-730pm
To learn more, please visit www.RisingGround.org/190.
About the Speakers
Dr. Kenneth T. Jackson is Jacques Barzun Professor of History and Director of the Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History at Columbia University, where he has also chaired the department of history. Among his many notable works, he is editor-in-chief of seminal Encyclopedia of New York City, which was initially published in 1995 by Yale University Press. He worked for more than a decade to create the first major reference tool for the metropolis in almost a century. He has curated multiple exhibits and shared his expertise on the urban landscape and myriad of social issues that comprise the fabric of New York City.
Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant, MSW, is Clinical Associate Professor, Master Teacher, and the Katherine & Howard Aibel Executive-in-Residence at the New York University Silver School of Social Work. Her work at NYU Silver focuses on building the leadership capacity of social workers to have a transformative impact on pressing social challenges. Her career spans 35 years in both the nonprofit and public sectors. For nine years, Dr. Lausell Bryant served as the Executive Director of Inwood House, and her work in government includes serving as associate commissioner for the Office of Youth Development at New York City Administration for Children’s Services. She is the co-author of A Guide for Sustaining Conversations on Racism, Identity and Our Mutual Humanity and the soon-to-be published book Social Work: A Time for Reflection and Reckoning.
Dr. Daniel J. Walkowitz, Emeritus Professor of Social & Cultural Analysis and Emeritus Professor of History at New York University, is a social and cultural historian who, in nearly a dozen books, two dozen articles and four films for public television, has pioneered efforts to bring America's past to broad general audiences in books, film, and video. His 1999 book, Working With Class: Social Workers and the Politics of Middle-Class Identity (University of North Carolina Press) recounts the history of social workers from the nineteenth century to the present with particular focus on public and private sector workers in New York City. His most recent book, The Remembered and Forgotten Jewish World: Jewish Heritage in Europe and the United States (Rutgers, 2018) combines a family history with analyses of heritage tourism in thirteen cities in eight countries.