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...
W.E.B. DuBois is being honored in October 2023 as a social work pioneer by the NASW Foundation.
September 25, 2020 About Social Work Responds The Association of Social Work Boards, the Council on Social Work Education, and the National Association of Social Workers are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work profession and the...
NASW mourns the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the most iconic figures of our times. America has lost a towering human rights figure and champion of women’s rights. Our thoughts are with her family, close colleagues and friends, and...
About Social Work Responds The Association of Social Work Boards, the Council on Social Work Education, and the National Association of Social Workers are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work profession and the people and...
August 24, 2020 About Social Work Responds The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work...
By Emily Glazer Congratulations! If you are reading this that means you are probably starting your first year of school as a social work student or maybe you’re currently in social work school, looking into possible careers and majors. Now that we are getting towards...
As millions of preK-12 students return to school that will be largely virtual this fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a national study of school social workers (SSWs) highlights the need to address hunger, housing instability, health, mental health and other...