The Center for Professional Development, in partnership with the Graduate School of Social Work, is proud to welcome Anuradha Bhosale to the University of Denver to lead a social justice workshop for professionals in human-service related fields. Plus, this workshop is guaranteed to inspire anyone who has a passion for service, whether its personally or professionally.

Anuradha Bhosale is a renowned grassroots women's rights and anti-child labor activist based in the Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, India where more than 35,000 children are involved in daily labor for local industries. A former child-laborer herself at the age of six, she has spend the past 20 years fighting for the prevention of child exploitation, labor, trafficking and female infanticide. As director of AVANI organization, she has facilitated the rescue of 341 child laborers, provided 5,604 migrant children the right to health care and education, organized the construction of schools inside the brickyards and established a residential home for migrant children.