Reflections Special Issue is now available. Please contact Dr. Eileen Mayers Pasztor, Editor, at 562-985-4984 or epasztor@csulb.edu for additional information.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Letter from the Editor | Eileen Mayers Pasztor |
| Introduction from the Special Issue Editor | Brenda F. McGadney |
| LESSONS LEARNED: CROSS-CULTURAL SENSITIVITIES and RELATIONSHIP BUILDING | |
| In Ghana here... | Rose Walls |
| Reflections of an American Professor and Ghanaian Social Work Students: Implementation of Collaborative Teaching/Learning Methods to Assess Indigenous Social Problems in Ghana | Brenda F. McGadney, George Domfe, and Kwasi Boakye Akosah |
| Cultural Differences and Neo-Colonialism in Social Work: Negotiating Exchanges Between Ghana and the United States | Edith A. Lewis |
| Ghana: A Great Place to Be | Montrella Cowan |
| Ghana at Different Points and Times | Sadye L. M. Logan |
| SOCIAL and ECONOMIC JUSTICE | |
| Mining Communities in Ghana: Reflections on Nature and Type of Work for Female Miners and Non-Miners | Elizabeth Nana Mbrah Koomson |
| Child Labor: The Silent Thief of Children’s Right in Ghana | Kwadwo Ofori-Dua |
| HEALTH and STIGMA | |
| Reflections on Sickle Cell Disease Research: Lessons Learned from an American Student’s Collaborative Research Experience and Travel in Ghana | Rebekah H. Urbonya |
| Addressing Mental Health Issues in Ghanaian Communities: From Personal Experience to Professional Obligation | Lucinda A. Acquaye |
| Abortion - Possible and Impossible: Stigma and the Narratives of Ghanaian Doctors Who Provide Abortions | Lisa A. Martin, Michelle Precourt Debbink, Jane Hassinger, and Lisa H. Harris |
| SURVIVAL and RESILIENCE | |
| Personal Reflections of Resilience and Survival of Ghanaian Women with Disabilities: A Social Worker and Unemployed Study Subjects | Augustina Naami |
| The Krisan/Sanzule Refugee who Inspired a Ghana Ministry | Rev. LaVerne McCain Gill |
| Economically Empowering Ghanaian Communities Through Patchwork Quilting: Intergenerational Project Between Female Quilters in the U.S and Ghana | Marian Landrum Childs |