........This volume is our initial offering. We hope that you find the works both useful and enjoyable.

Since we are an e-journal we can insert responses to the articles very quickly and easily. We hope that the journal will also become a location for continuing dialogue. We encourage your comments and observations. A special section will be created within the journal for them.

Learning from the experts: a new approach to poverty reduction		........ Diana Mitlin
Coming Perspectives in the Development of Electronic Advocacy for Social Policy Practice		John G. McNutt
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Cultural Resilience in North American Indian First Nations: The Story of Little Turtle		........ G. Brent Angell
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Notes on a Possible Critical Social Work		Richard Pozzuto

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