By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW Sixty years ago, on the day before the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, NASW Social Work Pioneer W.E.B. DuBois died. The famed sociologist and civil rights activist was 95 years old and had moved to Ghana several years earlier to...
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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.
NASW is an Official Partner of the Poor People’s Campaign
[Updated Below] The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has joined as an official partner of the Poor People's Campaign (PPC). The guiding principles of the PPC include a commitment to the preservation of democracy, to lifting up and deepening the leadership...
NASW joins amicus brief to support sexual harassment survivor from University of Arizona
NASW supported student survivor Mackenzie Brown, who seeks to hold the University of Arizona responsible for its failure to address sex-based harassment under Title IX.
NASW joins amicus brief challenging discriminatory school discipline laws in South Carolina
The case is a class action on behalf of public school students in South Carolina and the Carolina Youth Action Project, challenging South Carolina’s “disturbing schools” and “disorderly conduct” laws.
Congressional Briefing: Improving Student Success through H.R. 7037
Join us for a Virtual Congressional briefing on the School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act (H.R. 7037). The legislation recognizes the critical need for more school social workers to help improve student success. WHEN: Wednesday, March 30 from 11 to noon...
NASW in Texas court case to reinstate injunction that supports transgender youth and their families
NASW’s Texas Chapter released a statement and NASW’s national office released a statement in support of transgender youth and their families.
NASW joined ACLU to get temporary restraining order in Texas transgender child case
The ACLU requested a temporary restraining order in district court to prevent Texas DCPS from conducting a child abuse investigation on a family who sought gender affirming health care for their trans child.