By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor The Nebraska legislature recently restored the voting rights of 7,000 people with felony convictions who have already completed their full sentences. However, two days before the law (Legislative Bill 20) was set to go into...
Advocacy
A Step Backwards for Voting Restoration for the Formerly Incarcerated
By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor The Nebraska legislature recently restored the voting rights of 7,000 people with felony convictions who have already completed their full sentences. However, two days before the law (Legislative Bill 20) was set to go into...
NASW Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill 2024
By Rachel Boyer, MSW, LMSW Ahead of the 2024 NASW National Conference, more than 200 social workers from 36 states and one U.S. Territory attended 172 meetings with Congressional offices in both the U.S. House and Senate on June 18, 2024. The purpose of these...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore does the right thing!
NASW praises governor for pardoning more than 175,000 people convicted of marijuana possession
President Biden’s asylum executive order is unacceptable
Administration must continue its commitment to comprehensive immigration reform
NASW remembers George Floyd Jr. on 4th anniversary of his death
Floyd’s murder spurred social workers to engage in advocacy to end structural racism, but more work must be done
NASW celebrates 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
Journey toward equitable education is incomplete, but NASW is committed to policies that bring justice, equity
The Evolution of Library Social Work
Library social work is neither macro nor micro – it is a generalist role where social workers can fluidly move between both ways of working with people.