By NASW Staff On April 16, 2024, the House of Representatives reintroduced a truly seminal bipartisan criminal justice reform bill called the Second Chance Act (SCA). This news of the reintroduction of SCA is more gratifying when we realize that it coincides with the...
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Second Chance Act Reintroduced: Seminal Criminal Justice Reform Legislation
Law will less recidivism and improve quality of life of people who were formerly incarcerated
New Hampshire Chapter Program Probes Racism in Family Separation Systems
By Alison Laurio The NASW New Hampshire chapter’s May 4 symposium titled Getting to the Root: Dismantling Racism in Family Separation Systems was presented in partnership with the University of New Hampshire’s social work department, which provided some funding, said...
Why the John Lewis Voting Rights Bill is Crucial
This generation of lawmakers should respond to the call of the majority of Americans who support new legislation to protect the vote.
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.
Now that Affirmative Action is Dead, Look Back for the Way Forward | NASW Member Voices
More than 60 years of work to diversify schools and provide opportunities for minorities has been undone.
NASW seeks clemency for death-row inmate Johnny Johnson
NASW, including our Missouri Chapter, on July 20, 2023, requested Missouri Governor Parson grant clemency to Johnny Johnson, who was scheduled to be executed on Aug. 1, 2023.
The Democracy Restoration Act is a Civil and Voting Rights Imperative | NASW Member Voices
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) reintroduced the Democracy Restoration Act, federal legislation that seeks to restore voting rights in federal elections to the millions of disenfranchised Americans who have been released from prison but are still denied the right to vote.