By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA The leaked report of a draft Supreme Court ruling to completely overturn the seminal abortion rights opinion Roe v. Wade sent shockwaves throughout the country. While most reproductive health and other social justice advocates expected the...
For millions of Americans, especially people of color who are women, transgender or non-binary, reversing Roe v. Wade will be a life-altering decree.
National Association of Social Workers member Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) today met with NASW officials to discuss various issues, including mental health, poverty, and health care, and congratulate the association on its 60th Anniversary. "The fact that it's 60...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the first federal report on the scientific and medical research behind conversion therapy. “Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth." The report provides a...
The National Association of Social Workers is pleased to announce Congressional social work champions introduced legislation today that will improve older Americans’ access to mental health services by updating the way the Medicare Program reimburses clinical social...
Twelve United Nations entities this week released an joint statement calling for an end to violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. The document, “Ending violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay,...
That Pope Francis visited the United States is in itself a momentous event. Though many Christians lined the streets of the Washington, D.C. to catch a glimpse of the world’s most well-known religious leader, others were just as anxious to hear his views on a range of...
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is an enthusiastic supporter of the NAACP’s America’s Journey for Justice , which culminated in Washington, D.C. on September 16. One of the main purposes of this journey, a march that covered 1,001 miles from Selma,...