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Palliative Care: Social Workers Help Ensure Patients Have Access, Find Satisfaction
Social workers play an important role in health care, even more so as health care services become increasingly integrated.

Earn CE Credits for Reading Select NASW Press Books!
The first edition of Burnout and Self-Care in Social Work was a breakout hit, providing a guiding light for those who were struggling.

Social Work’s Critical Role in Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month. As providers of mental and behavioral health services, social workers play a critical role in preventing FASDs by sharing key messages with clients who are pregnant or may become pregnant.
News
Call for “Viewpoints” Article Submissions
Social Work Advocates magazine is accepting submissions for the Viewpoints column from current NASW members.

Therapist Turns Game-Creation Hobby Into Full-Time Business
Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, has put her private practice on hold as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.

Palliative Care: Social Workers Help Ensure Patients Have Access, Find Satisfaction
Social workers play an important role in health care, even more so as health care services become increasingly integrated.

American Epidemic: From First Response to Research, Social Workers Tackle Gun Violence
When Brenda Mitchell’s 31-year-old son Kenneth was gunned down in 2005, she took on the role of raising his three young children amid her own devastation.
Social Work Advocates Magazine
Call for “Viewpoints” Article Submissions
Social Work Advocates magazine is accepting submissions for the Viewpoints column from current NASW members.

Therapist Turns Game-Creation Hobby Into Full-Time Business
Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, has put her private practice on hold as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.

Palliative Care: Social Workers Help Ensure Patients Have Access, Find Satisfaction
Social workers play an important role in health care, even more so as health care services become increasingly integrated.

American Epidemic: From First Response to Research, Social Workers Tackle Gun Violence
When Brenda Mitchell’s 31-year-old son Kenneth was gunned down in 2005, she took on the role of raising his three young children amid her own devastation.
Advocacy
What the March on Washington means 60 years later | NASW Member Voices
W.E.B. DuBois is being honored in October 2023 as a social work pioneer by the NASW Foundation.

Now that Affirmative Action is Dead, Look Back for the Way Forward | NASW Member Voices
When the Supreme Court finally declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, Frederick Douglass, amid an outpouring of outrage, advised that we must first take a collective deep breath.

NASW seeks clemency for death-row inmate Johnny Johnson
NASW, including our Missouri Chapter, on July 20, 2023, requested Missouri Governor Parson grant clemency to Johnny Johnson, who was scheduled to be executed on Aug. 1, 2023.

The Democracy Restoration Act is a Civil and Voting Rights Imperative | NASW Member Voices
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) reintroduced the Democracy Restoration Act, federal legislation that seeks to restore voting rights in federal elections to the millions of disenfranchised Americans who have been released from prison but are still denied the right to vote.
Ethics & Law
NASW disappointed by ruling upholding firing of pregnant Catholic school teacher
This expansion of the ministerial exception risks threatening the civil rights of thousands of New Jersey employees.

Now that Affirmative Action is Dead, Look Back for the Way Forward | NASW Member Voices
When the Supreme Court finally declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, Frederick Douglass, amid an outpouring of outrage, advised that we must first take a collective deep breath.

NASW scores legal victory in same-sex parenting case in Michigan
On July 24, 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court in Pueblo v. Haas ruled in our favor, granting unmarried people in same-sex relationships the right to seek custody and parenting time with their children even if there was no genetic connection.

NASW Files Amicus Brief Supporting LGBTQ Families in Michigan Supreme Court Case
NASW, including the NASW Michigan Chapter, submitted an amicus brief on March 10, 2023, to the Michigan Supreme Court as it hears the case Pueblo v. Haas to determine custody rights for separated, unmarried LGBTQ couples.