Project Fatherhood (SM): News Article: Walden University Honors Dr. Hershel Swinger with Presidential Award for Leadership in Social Change

August 29, 2010

Walden University Honors Dr. Hershel Swinger with Presidential Award for Leadership in Social Change

Walden University has awarded its Presidential Award for Leadership in Social Change to Hershel K. Swinger, PhD, founder of Project Fatherhood ^SM. A Leadership Center program at CII, Project Fatherhood ^SM was created to address the problem of absentee fathers. Dr. Swinger was honored by Walden in Los Angeles in June for the significant contributions he has made to his field and his community to bring about positive social change.

Dr. Swinger, senior vice president of the Leadership Center at CII, is a nationally recognized expert in the cultural aspects of family and community violence and drug abuse. Since its inception in 1996, Project Fatherhood ^SM has helped more than 7,000 low-income, culturally diverse fathers across Los Angeles County to become effective parents. Today, the reach of Project Fatherhood ^SM has now been extended through a community grants program that enables other organizations to replicate its service model in their own neighborhoods.

Dr. Swinger is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 35 years of experience treating individuals and families affected by violence and substance abuse. He is a retired professor of counselor education at California State University, Los Angeles. Dr. Swinger earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Southern California.

In recognition of its 40th anniversary, Walden University is honoring individuals who make a profound impact by effecting positive social change in their local communities, the nation or around the world with the Presidential Award for Leadership in Social Change.

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