One Life to Live: Born in China...What is Your Future?
9:00 a.m., Monday, Oct. 29, 2007
Webster Hall Auditorium
Admission: free

A look at the lives of Chinese from birth through early 20s, the traditional life as well as the modern, changing lives of Chinese young people. A peek at their view of individuality, the community, and the country. And what about sex and crime and social work?

Christine Jorgensen, a licensed clinical social worker, and her husband, Professor James Jorgensen, have taught in China on four separate occasions. She lived in the work unit for the China Youth College of Political Science and taught various aspects of social work. Her travels in China include Harbin, Tibet, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Guilin, Xian, Chengdu, the Panda Research Center, Chengde, Tianjin, Chongqing, Yangtze River, Three Gorges, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Macau. Ms. Jorgensen’s background includes casework experience in the Cook County (Ill.) Department of Welfare, Denver County Social Services and at The Children’s Hospital, Denver, as coordinator and co-director of the Child Advocacy Team as well as assistant director of clinical social work and adjunct professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work.