Each year, the UNOmaha School of Social Work recognizes an individual or organization whose efforts embody the Gandhian principles of nonviolence, social action and social justice. Dr. Hitchcock has an exemplary record of promoting human rights of indigenous peoples worldwide, as well as women, small-scale farmers and herders, and refugees, said Sunny Andrews, the school s director. Hitchcock has worked as a cultural anthropologist and development consultant on rural economics, land use planning, social impact analysis, natural resource management, and human rights issues in southern, eastern and central Africa, Hawaii, native North America, and Central America. He is currently working on a series of projects with rural and urban populations in Nebraska, including farmers in southeastern Nebraska, urban gardeners in Omaha, immigrant populations in western Nebraska, and refugees in Lincoln and Omaha.
Social work continuing education units are available in conjunction with the workshops.