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Inside Currents*Click on any item below to jump directly to the corresponding page.

Effective Leadership in Social Service Organiations 1

Partners in Professional Advocacy 1

Undoing Racism Trainings 2

Announcement of NASW-NYC Blog 5

Touro College Pays for NASW Membership for Students 6

Professional Advocacy of the NYC Chapter 6

Information About Organizations Applying for a Waiver 7

In Memoriam - Gene Brown 9

Calendar of Events 9

Rent the NASW-NYC Conference Room 18

The leaders of the New York State and New York City Chapters lobby together on behalf of the profession in NY. Together they got the NY Loan Forgiveness Program re-funded at $1 million a year. Above (left to right) are Dr. Isabel Rose, NASW-NYS President, Dr. Mary McCarthy, the NYS Regional Rep to the National Board, Bob Schachter, Executive Director of the NYC Chapter, Ray Cardona, Executive Director of the NYS Chapter, and Dr. Susan Nayowith, NYC Chapter President. They lobbied in Washington on April 28 for the Social Work Reinvestment Act, along with Dr. Jeane Anastas, National NASW President-Elect, who took this photo.

Effective Leadership in Social Service Organizations: Combining Management and Clinical Perspectives

Partners in Professional Advocacy

Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, Consultant

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Mary Pender Greene

Editor’s Note: On October 8, 2010, Mary Pender Greene gave a speech at the NYU Silver School of Social Work as a part of its Women and Leadership Lecture Series. After hearing her presentation, NASW-NYC staff invited Ms. Pender Greene to contribute to the Chapter newsletter, Currents. The following piece is a portion of the article, adapted from her speech; the complete version can be accessed here, or by visiting our website at www.naswnyc.org.

The article examines major issues facing the profession of social work today, including the splitting of leadership across clinical and administrative lines and its impact on services

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to clients, and the changing profile of leadership within the sector and what social workers need to do to meet the current challenges. The theme of women in leadership is explored extensively, and the challenges faced by leaders of color, particularly those who are women, are carefully examined. Ms. Pender Greene’s observations and insights are compelling and timely. She lays out several suggestions for where to begin the work of change, and she encourages each of us to take a reflective stance and instigate dialogues about these issues in an effort to find new solutions.

Reflecting on Thirty-Six Years of Practice: Insights and Observations

I was in the 8th grade when I decided to become a social worker. I went from first grade, straight through to my MSW without taking a semester off. It’s hard to believe it’s been more than 40 years since I completed my undergraduate pre-social work at NYU. The adage about time flying when you’re having fun also applies to years and decades when you’re following your passion. I can honestly say I have just as much, if not more, love and enthusiasm for the profession as I had straight out of high school. I have supervised, taught, trained and coached thousands of individuals and gained detailed knowledge of hundreds of organizations in my 36 plus years of practice, including tenure at three major mental health social service organizations and 30 years of private practice.

As I reflect upon my professional and leadership journey, I find myself examining major life choices and assessing the consequences of these decisions. Unlike earlier periods of adulthood, this stage allows me to reflect upon the emotional experiences of the field. We’re all familiar with the moments of anxiety, feelings of ambivalence, anger and vulnerability. In the past, I often compartmentalized unpleasant feelings and was not able to examine and gain insight into their origins, or their impact. This self-observation is a benefit that could not have occurred prior to this midlife stage. In this article, I will share some of my insights and observations about us, social work leaders, potential leaders and our profession as a whole. Additionally, I will address and raise sensitivity to a few issues I have found to be unexplored in the past.

I’m sure many of you will agree that our profession is facing a crisis, and a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. I will also share some thoughts on joint solutions that I believe can address this situation. Whether you’re a seasoned leader, a mid-career leader or emerging leader, I would like you to reflect upon your own journey. This process can open the dialogue for solutions to some of the issues that our profession is facing.

Splitting Within the Profession

The first issue is the splitting in every aspect of the profession. This splitting occurs between us as social workers, between the administrative and clinical services within our organizations and within the entire profession. It lessens our ability to create and sustain leadership within our field.

Social workers often hold deep-seated suspicions of CFOs, budget personnel and internal auditors for having little or no concern for, or value of, those we serve and the work we do. I have personally heard these sentiments from social workers – from the junior to senior executive levels – through out my career. Sometimes it was implied and other times

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explicitly stated. I, myself, must confess that I’ve been guilty of these thoughts on a few occasions over the years. The resulting tension increases the splitting between the clinical and administrative areas within our organizations, preventing them from running as effectively as they could. The clinical staff often feel that the administrative department is overly focused on revenue, when the interest should be on the clients. And the opposite for the administrative staff is also true: they often feel clinicians don’t understand what it takes to keep the doors open, or they don’t care about the fiscal health of our organizations. This splitting is due to the failure of each side to accept that both areas are not only necessary, but interdependent. It’s about an inability or an unwillingness to hold a big picture perspective and view the organization as a whole. We often get too locked into our roles and have not learned how to appreciate how our roles function with other positions and departments. Also, it’s often easier for us as social workers to have disdain for those accountable for managing a budget than to assume some responsibility for making the hard decisions that are necessary.

During my early years as a program director, I dreaded budget time. Dealing with financial issues diminished my view of myself as a generous caregiver. It was much easier to see the budget folks as the enemy, constantly making our jobs difficult. Budget meetings were filled with tension, circular questions, antagonistic tones and an argumentative stance. Hearing language foreign to me was intimidating and it caused me to shut down. Although I was always thankful for surviving another round of budget conversations, I was eager for it to be over and content to be done with the until the next year. And I’m certain administrators were just as pleased to be done with social workers for at least another year too. Both sides left these meetings frustrated and irritated. We social work leaders must recognize that humanity does not only belong to clinicians. Budget cuts and regulatory compliance are necessary for the existence of any organization. We have budgets to adhere to, so we must also assume accountability for them. The hostility and lack of understanding between these two areas, with each side focusing on blame instead of solutions, interfere with the transfer of pertinent information. Clear communication of information is required or the result is less than adequate services for our clients and communities.

We need a better understanding of what finance departments do and help them to understand our work and our value as well. Just how do we go about doing that? Here are some questions for us to ponder: Where do our budget departments go to understand the experience of program delivery? While we might all agree that administrative departments don’t need to know how to conduct an interview or diagnose a patient, would it be helpful if they knew what the experience was like? Or what issues give social workers trouble? They won’t discover any of these things if we social workers shut down and view them as the enemy. Can we invite them to join the experience of cutting a program? Can administrative staff be involved in the feelings bought up by these cuts? What prevents us from sharing our humanity – after all, they too are parents, spouses, daughters, sons and friends? Can the administrative staff learn the language of social workers? Can we help them to understand the effects of their language on us? Who gets to think about the money issues when there is not enough to go around and which programs will get less or be eliminated? How do the budgets get constructed? As social workers, do we and can we partner with fiscal departments on budget construction?

No organization can do everything it wants to do. It’s a work in progress and there will always be issues, pressure and hard decisions. If there is an open dialogue, these tensions can be diffused and we can move forward. When both sides are not communicating authentically, the rift widens instead of coming together. What role can we social workers play to encourage an authentic dialogue?

CEOs and Executive Directors Who Are Not Social Workers

Another major factor contributing to the crisis in our profession is the fact that 50% of New York City social service leaders will be retiring within a few years. Because of this considerable shift in workforce, business and legal professionals are sought out to fill leadership roles in social service organizations. Social workers are specifically and uniquely trained with the clinical skill set to execute the missions of our organizations, however, the clinical skill set of social workers is no longer sufficient for organizational management.

There was a time, before managed care, accountability and the OMIG (Office of the Medicaid Inspector General), when a multi-dimensional business background was not necessary to effectively run our organizations. Today however, the current prototype for executive management requires leadership to have finance, business and legal proficiencies. In these turbulent economic times and ever-changing socio-political environment, both social work and business skills are necessary in the management of successful social service organizations. It has been said, “Budgeting and working with restricted grants and government contracts as a non-profit leader is like having 10 part-time jobs, with each employer designating which of your expenses your salary can be used to pay for.”

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Gender Inequities and Stereotypes Affect Models of Leadership

Social service organizations have claimed that the reason leadership talent is sought outside of the profession is because it cannot be found within the sector. What is really being said is that qualified and desirable candidates can only be found if we increase the pool by seeking candidates from outside of the profession. In other words, they’re drawn towards white men with traditional skill sets from the business and legal worlds.

According to the most recent Gallup poll data from 2006, 34% of men and 40% of women preferred a male boss, and 10% of men and 26% of women preferred a female boss; the remaining respondents of both genders held no preference. In other words, women and men have deeply-instilled gender stereotypes. Leaders are thought to be competitive, dominant, confident and to have a take-charge approach, and these are qualities more likely to be attributed to men than women. Gender roles typically assigned to women are incompatible with the current mental model of leadership which delegate men as the authorities of money, while women take care of souls. Women are assumed to be nice, accommodating and nurturing. It has been said of a woman in leadership, “You know you’re not a man, but you’re not a woman. You’re in the third category, you’re a woman boss.” This presents a specific set of challenges for female leadership.

Women are extremely under-represented in top positions within the profession. They make up 80% of the social work profession and only 20% are men. However, 80% of social work leaders are men – primarily white men. Salary inequities further the divide. Crain’s Magazine reported that in New York City not-for-profits where men earned $100,000, women earned significantly less at $84,000.

Cultural overlays are at the core of these beliefs, and structures have been created that continue to sustain the dominant way of being. None of us are all-good or all-knowing, and we should learn to access other parts of ourselves to decide what we need to own and what we need to separate. We must learn to see the big picture; it’s not “either/or,” but “both/and.”

Preparing Social Workers to Lead Human Service Organizations

Most social workers, myself included, were promoted into leadership roles because of our exceptional clinical skill set. Therefore, most of us need help with the financial, legal and regulatory issues because we were not taught or exposed to these fields in our training, or in the typical social work roles. The clinical background is being increasingly undervalued and those who possess it are being bypassed for leadership roles within our organizations. As I mentioned earlier, what is truly needed is a blended skill set of both clinical and business expertise. This combination of wisdom gained by experience and practice, augmented with business and financial education, is essential to address the complex issues challenging present-day social service organizations. These are the circumstances our leadership encounters every day.

In order for us to ensure that our organizations continue to be led by social workers, we must adapt. We, as social workers, have not done our parts to change the course that has already begun. I was not informed, early in my career, about the need for specific hard skills in order to function as an effective leader. All I wanted was to be a clinician and I was quite comfortable not knowing or acquiring these skills. So I continued to expand my knowledge and learn my craft with continuing education in family, group and couple therapies, and then in short- and long-term therapies, and clinical supervision. This is what my supervisors and mentors advised, and this is why there has always been a split between clinicians and administrators.

Today’s emerging leaders must remember our organizations’ two goals. The first, obviously, is to serve our clients and the second is to stay in business. Therefore, the constellation of skills we social workers should develop must be expanded. As our world is constantly and drastically changing, our learning needs are also changing.

It is wise to cultivate an appreciation for the needs of the organization as a whole, and to have a curiosity about all roles within the organization. All positions have components one might find undesirable, or tasks which one is ill-equipped to perform, but you can still inform yourself to some degree. Combine your advanced child therapy and family therapy skills with tangible business skills: budgeting, finance, spreadsheets, business law, strategic planning, business ethics, auditing, corporate compliance and grant writing. In addition, subscribe to Business Week, Harvard Law Review and read the business section of the New York Times. Become proficient in both clinical and business matters to broaden your knowledge.

Dual degree programs are now being offered at several schools of social work. At NYU, students can earn an MSW/

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MPA at the Silver School of Social Work and The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service; the Columbia Schools of Social Work and Business grant an MSW/MBA. This newer model is exactly what is needed to fill the existing skill gap. More schools of social work, professional associations and service organizations must promote the need for multi-dimensional leadership, and encourage social workers to expand their knowledge to include hard skills.

To read the rest of the article, including sections entitled Female Executives: Challenges and Opportunities, The Role of Racial Diversity in Leading Social Service Organizations, and Moving Forward: Today’s Needs in Leadership, click here or visit our website at www.naswnyc.org.

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Check out the NASW-NYC Blog!Now, Even More Ways to Connect With Other

Social Workers Through NASW-NYC

The New York City Chapter is please to announce the launch of our new blog: NASW-NYC Connections. Periodic postings by our leadership, staff and members

will allow you more opportunities to connect with the community of social workers at NASW-NYC. We encourage you to post your comments and let others know about

this new forum for dialogue.

You can access the blog from the homepage of our website: www.naswnyc.org, or by clicking here.

If you are interested in the possibility of guest blogging, please contact Launa Kliever, Associate Director and Currents Editor at kliever@naswnyc.org.

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Message From The Executive Director

Professional Advocacy On Behalf of the Profession at Both the Federal and State Levels of Government

Touro College Graduate School of Social Work Takes a Major National Initiative

Social work is an extraordinarily important profession in New York and the United States, and it is NASW’s job to make certain that policy makers understand our contributions to society and the challenges that we face in order to assure that our services are available and being supported.

I would like to quickly share with you a few things that are currently taking place both in New York and in Washington, DC.

In New York, as many social workers are now aware, state law is requiring employers to obtain legal authorization through applying for waivers in order to continue to employ licensed social workers. Health and mental health facilities that, as organizations, are licensed by the state, do not need to do anything, but most other organizations need to file an application for a waiver by June 16, 2011.

In order to deal with this requirement, NASW-NYC went all out to assure that as many employers as possible would know about this deadline and to recognize the importance of complying with these legal requirements. In two informational meetings for employers—

one on March 29 and the other on April 27—we brought together approximately 400 employers. We worked with coalitions of agencies in each service sector to get the word out, all within a very short time frame beginning in late February. See page seven for a summary which was distributed at our Annual Meeting.

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Robert Schachter

(Left to Right) At the 2011 NASW-NYC Annual Meeting, NASW-NYC Executive Director, Dr. Robert Schachter and Chapter President, Dr. Susan Nayowith are presented with a unique gift by Dean Steven Huberman, Founding Dean of the Touro College Graduate School of Social Work. The Touro College Graduate School of Social Work has become the first College in the United States to enroll all its graduate students in the National Association of Social Workers. Dean Steven Huberman of Touro has made the membership of all Touro’s students in NASW an annual budget priority. In making the presentation of the initial check to Drs. Schachter and Nayowith at NASW-NYC’s 56th Annual Meeting

on May 12, 2011, Dean Huberman shared the following remarks with the audience of over 200 NASW-NYC members and their guests: “NASW stands for the core values of social work – social justice, community building, fighting poverty, and reducing human distress. I want to demonstrate from the start of their careers, students need to be part of our National Association. I intend to present this enrollment check to NASW each and every year, and hope the sum will increase dramatically.”

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While we have been successful in informing a wide swath of the non-profit human services community, we remain concerned that there will almost inevitably be employers who will not have heard about these requirements or will not take the needed action. The implications can be serious for those organizations in regard to their continued employment of licensed social workers and interns. The impact will be on their staff as well as their clients.

After a close examination of these requirements, the Chapter Board of Directors voted unanimously to seek changes in the interpretations of the law developed by the State Education Department. The Chapter is working with organizations such as the Human Services Council of New York and United Neighborhood Houses to seek an exemption for far more organizations from needing waivers, beyond health care and mental health agencies. (Click here for more information about waivers.)

Even with these advocacy efforts, employers still need to apply for waivers and not assume that advocacy will result in the elimination of these requirements.

On the federal front, Chapter President Dr. Susan Nayowith and I had the opportunity to join with chapter presidents and executive directors from around the country in Washington, DC during the last week in April. While there, Susan and I, along with the leaders of the New York State Chapter and National NASW President-Elect Jeane Anastas, who is also from New York, met with staff to some of New York’s Congressional Representatives in support of initiatives on behalf of the profession.

In a briefing before going over to Capitol Hill, we were pleased to learn that, through NASW’s initiatives, a social work caucus was created in March in the U.S. House of Representatives, and is being chaired by Congressman Ed Towns of Brooklyn. Congressman Towns has an MSW, but membership in the caucus is open to all members of the House.

The objectives of the Congressional Social Work Caucus are: • Initiate and support legislation to address the unique challenges and opportunities for professional social workers.

• Monitor and evaluate programs and legislation designed to assist and support individuals, families, and communities at all income levels who are coping with economic, social and health problems, particularly those with limited resources.

• Provide Congressional staff members with educational tools and resources directed toward improving the social work profession and assisting the people social workers serve.

• Assist in education and awareness efforts on the breadth and scope of the social work profession.

Members of the Caucus are Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA53), Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX25), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA9), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA5), Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA2), Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ7), Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA13), Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA13), and Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA5). NASW will be asking other members of the House of Representatives to join; a Representative does not need to be a social worker in order to join.

Currently, NASW is pursuing passage of the Social Work Reinvestment Act (SWRA). In the House, the bill number is H.R. 1106, and in the Senate it is S.584. There are several components to the bill, including the creation of a Social Work Reinvestment Commission which would have the authority of the federal government to examine the capacity of the social work workforce to provide services in the United States. Social work salaries, safety issues and caseload size would be part of the focus of such an examination.

Other components of the legislation would include research in the effectiveness of social work practice and creating demonstration programs to show how improved working conditions can benefit clients.

These are very difficult times for addressing social issues and social work. I think NASW is doing what it needs to be doing. We did have a very positive outcome this year by getting social work loan forgiveness re-funded, but there will be a great deal to do as we look to next year’s legislative session in Albany.

Members are invited to contact me about this article and other issues of concern to you. I can be contacted at schachter@naswnyc.org.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

(All meetings held at the Chapter Office unless otherwise specified)

Wednesday, June 22, 2011Addictions Committee Meeting9:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011Nursing Home Committee Meeting6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, July13, 2011NASW-NYC PACE Meeting6:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Friday, July 22, 2011Disaster Trauma Committee9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011NASW-NYC PACE Meeting6:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Gene A. Brown passed away on April 20, 2011 at the age of 74. Born in Bossier, LA, Mr. Brown came to New York City with the Domestic Peace Corps, where he later married Frances Gautieri in 1975. Mr. Brown received a BS from Texas Southern University, earned his MSW from Stony Brook University, and an MPA at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

When first in NYC, he worked in the Division of Child Psychiatry at Harlem Hospital Center. He went on to work at Fordham Tremont Community Mental Health Center, and then at the Bronx Psychiatric Center for the NY State Division of Youth, where he later served as Facility Director. Mr. Brown remained active in the profession even after his retirement from State service, working at a number of private voluntary child welfare agencies. He was a member of the Juvenile Detention Association of New York State and the Westchester Council on Crime and Delinquency. Mr. Brown also served in the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1962.

In Memoriam - Gene Brown

Gene Brown

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West 92nd St. between West End Ave. and Broadway – Attractive, quiet, furnished office, 210 sq. ft., available Mon. and Fri., day and evening, Wed., 3:30 on. $550 for any two days, if third day needed price negotiable. (212) 787-6962 Forest Hills /Queens Blvd. and 70th Ave. – Part-time/ furnished; shared waiting room, bathroom in suite, wireless internet, phone, A/C, carpet, kitchen, microwave, fridge. Available every day - entire day/ evening. (718) 544-4792. Email: Doctor.K.Adolff@gmail.com Forest Hills, Queens – Affordable fully furnished part-time offices exclusively for mental health professionals. Individual, group, analytical rooms. Ideal for networking. Near LIRR, buses and subway, Queens Blvd. Two hour metered parking. Forest Hills Center for private practice. (718) 786-4990 or e-mail karen@fhipa.com Garden City, 7th Street – Part-time/ Full-time office space to sublet in professional office suite in doorman building. Newly renovated. Networking possibilities. Great Neck office also available. Contact N. Michael (800) 711-9775

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Clinical Consultation Provided By Ex-perienced Clinician – Former NYU Asst. Professor and agency director. Support-ive, eclectic, psychodynamic approach to work with individuals, couples, sexual problems, families and groups. Credit to R. Affordable and accessible. Manhat-tan’s East 20’s. Initial session gratis. Flo Ceravolo, LCSW, (212) 533-7310 Psychotherapy Consultation/ Training – NYU faculty, published author on countertransference and harm reduction. Two groups: “Interventions with the Difficult Client”, 7 to 8, and “Transference/ Resistance Group” 8 to 9. Fee $80 a month. Learn together about retaining clients in a supportive confidential setting. Every other Tuesday; first visit free. Village, near subway. Mark Sehl, Ph.D., LCSW (212) 228-3467, www.marksehl.com/psychotherapy-interventions.html

Midtown – Join our group of therapists in a beautiful, spacious, light filled office in accessible midtown! Doorman building, kitchen, two bathrooms, convenient to many subway lines. No other therapy offices in the neighborhood. Various days, evenings and weekends available. Reasonable rates. Please contact (917) 449-2838 if interested. Central Park West and 63rd Street – Beautiful Psychotherapy office in New York for rent part-time, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:30 onward and Friday afternoons. Contact Erica Komisar, LCSW at (212) 799-4941or email ekomisar@komisar.com 84th St. and Riverside Dr. – Charming, well-appointed office in a desirable neighborhood, directly across from River-side Park. Doorman building, kitchen fa-cilities, waiting area – Available Wednes-days and Fridays, weekends, negotiable multiple day rates. Call (212) 769-0220 85th St. and 5th Ave. – Psychotherapy office, designer decorated private office with its own waiting area and bathroom. Utilities and security system included. Available Mondays, Wednesdays and weekends. Contact Cathy at (917) 882-7770 Upper East Side: 86th St. and Lexington Ave. – Part-time space available in prime professional suite with shared waiting area in secure bldg. Beautiful, spacious, and contemporary office in great location. Suitable for psychotherapy with adults and children. Available: Thursday after 12:00 until the evening and Saturday full day. Contact: Dr. Ellen Jacobs at (917) 328-4273 or e-mail egjacobs@me.com 90th St. and Central Park West – Part time office space available. Very pleasant, quiet office, 11’x14’, with good light. Available Wednesdays and Fridays (day and evening) for $650/month for the 2 days, $400/month for one day. Additional time may be possible at discounted rate. The office is perfect for individuals and couples, though not large enough for groups. Please call (212) 787-5973, or (914) 381-0308

CLINICAL CONSULTATION for LCSWS. 25 yrs Experience – Former Clinic Director, Institute Faculty. Psychodynamic. Work with children, adolescents, couples. Supportive, challenging, flexible. Use to R. First consult Pro bono. Washington Sq. West. Mona Daniels LCSW (212) 627-2080 CLINICAL PRACTICE CONSULTANT 30 Years Experience – All SW Modalities Affordable/ Accessible – Institute Faculty. Pamela Saunders Ph.D., LCSW. (917) 538-3161, pamelasaunders@mindspring.com, www.nycpsychotherapy4artists.com

Meeting space in the Wall Street area available for rent.

Reasonable daily rates Monday

through Friday.

The NASW-NYC conference room holds 30 people

comfortably and up to 60 for lectures.

For more information, please contact our

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