Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH Our delegation was received today by the social work faculty of Helwan University. We were met by the Dean, Prof. Dr. Maher Abo Elmaate, and by the Vice Deans for Post Graduate Studies and Community Organization. Their faculty...
Month: October 2009
NASW Executive Director Elizabeth Clark Leads Social Work Delegation to Egypt (Part IV)
Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH Our delegation was received today by the social work faculty of Helwan University. We were met by the Dean, Prof. Dr. Maher Abo Elmaate, and by the Vice Deans for Post Graduate Studies and Community Organization. Their faculty...
NASW Advocacy – News from the Hill, Sept 2009
Video: Can We Live up to the Social Work Legacy? Please take a moment to view a video NASW just recorded for you regarding the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act (H.R. 795/ S.686. This legislation is a first step to address...
African-American and Latino Organizations Join Forces to Push for Health Care Reform
On October 5, the country's largest African-American and Latino organizations announced they are joining forces with other major national civil rights and grassroots organizations to mobilize the nation's 100 million people of color for a final push in support of...
Congress Reconsiders Anti-Trust Exemption for Health Insurance Industry
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing entitled, "Prohibiting Price Fixing and Other Anticompetitive Conduct in the Health Insurance Industry" scheduled for Wednesday, October 14, 2009. The hearing concerns identical new bills (S. 1681 and H.R. 3596)...
NASW Health Care Reform Roundup – October 6, 2009
Health Care Reform Legislation This week Congress is continuing to make steady progress writing health reform legislation. House Democratic leaders have nearly finished negotiating the merger of three somewhat different committee versions of their bill, H.R. 3200....
2009 Women, Money and Power Summit
Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH Executive Director NASW is a co-sponsor of the 2009 Women, Money and Power Summit in Washington, DC. Organized by The Feminist Majority and the YWCA, the meeting is bringing together women’s groups, social justice advocacy groups,...
NASW Member Named to National Advisory Council on Aging
A major responsibility for the council is to review and make recommendations regarding grant applications. By Paul R. Pace, NASW News Staff - Vol. 54, No. 9, October 2009 NASW member W. June Simmons, CEO of the Partners in Care Foundation, has been appointed to the...