Dr. Sandy Kravitz has had a long and distinguished social work career that began while he was a graduate student at Columbia in 1948. In 1960 he entered the Ph.D. program at the Heller School at Brandeis with a concentration in social policy. A few years later, he was the only social worker asked to join President Johnson's task force on poverty. He is a resident of Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix.
Articles from Sandy Kravitz
A Lesson From Mississippi
January 16, 2012
The year was 1966 and I was Associate Director of the Community Action Program responsible for Research and Demonstration Programs in the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (The Poverty Program).One of our big concerns was a high-poverty state like Mississippi. The Congress, responding to ... Read more »
An Arizona Treasure
November 22, 2011
For the past year I have had the special experience of going through the training to become a visitor guide at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz. The museum has one of the finest collections of American Indian art and artifacts in the world. Unfortunately, ... Read more »
A Children's Story
October 23, 2010
In the 1960s I lived in Washington, D.C. One of my favorite things to do with my children was to ride our bikes along the towpath of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.On this particular Saturday we arrived at the parking lot of the canal ... Read more »
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