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Web site created as recovery resource
Red and Black, GA
Graduate students in the School of Social Work are giving back the community by helping people overcome addictions. In honor of September’s National Alcohol …

Names in the news
Baltimore Sun, MD
The University of Maryland School of Social Work has announced the addition of four new faculty members. Charlotte Lyn Bright joins the school as an …

Social workers becoming an important part of school
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth, TX
As schools grapple with social issues such as childhood hunger, cyberbullying and teen pregnancy, the need for licensed social workers is crucial to student …

Unsung heroes of the ‘golden hour’
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena, CA
Social workers and chaplains make contact with them, providing invaluable support. But once the trauma team and trauma surgeons have finished their …

Eastern Michigan University social work professor wins national award
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor, MI
Leisa Thompson | The Ann Arbor NewsElvia Krajewski-Jaime, who recently won the National Association of Social Workers‘ 2008 Social Worker of the Year award, …

The ABC News edition of “Person of the Week” for July 11th featured Joanne Goldblum, LCSW. She was honored for her work founding The Diaper Bank. View Video: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/PersonOfWeek/story?id=5357591&page=1

While working as a social worker in New Haven, Conn., Joanne Goldblum had an alarming realization.

“I guess I’m a little bit singled-minded,” she said. “And I just got a little bit crazy about this idea that diapers are really a basic need. And somehow in our society we’ve turned them into a luxury that certain people can’t afford.”

Not only are diapers an expensive necessity, people on government assistance can’t use that help to buy them.

“I was really horrified to hear that food stamps put diapers on a list with alcohol, cigarettes and pet food for things that can’t be purchased,” she said of her inspiration to do something about the problem.

Kelli Garrett, a member of NASW, Tennessee Chapter and program services manager with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, was quoted in this CBS Evening News clip that ran on Monday, June 2, 2008.

Direct link to the video: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4147702n

She was also quoted in a recent USA Today article, “New breed of American emerges in need of food“.

We know social workers serve their clients and their communities on any given day.

We know we are a profession dedicated to communities, families and individuals.

We know that we need to tell more people, with pride, about the good work we do.

The National Social Work Public Education Campaign has created tools for social workers to use to educate people about the breadth and depth of the profession. We have created advertising, public relations and marketing materials that tell people about the profession. Now, we have a video that will show people that, on any given day, social workers help in so many ways.