Social workers help clients navigate attacks on the undocumented By Faye Beard Deaths in custody, physical and sexual abuse, and mistreatment of children and pregnant women are among the human rights violations against U.S. immigration detainees. An investigation...
Social workers help clients navigate attacks on the undocumented
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy AdvisorHaiti on Aug. 14 was hit with a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people and injured more than 12,000. The true scope of the disaster is unknown and the death toll will likely rise in coming...
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy AdvisorThe U.S. District Court in Houston on July 16 issued a decision that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program is unlawful, thereby partially halting it. The decision declaring DACA unlawful is based...
By Sam Hickman, MSWExecutive Director of the National Association of Social Workers West Virginia Chapter The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) West Virginia Chapter, and the other state advocacy groups, are cognizant of our state’s unique position in...
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy AdvisorWhile much of the nation is beginning to return to a degree of normalcy since the start of national COVID vaccine distribution, there are still nagging and serious barriers to ending the pandemic in the United...
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy AdvisorJust days after the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021(MORE Act) was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Amazon, the nation’s second largest private employer, announced it...
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the rest of the Civil Rights and Social Justice community should be elated that the nation now has a seasoned and committed head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights division. On June 25th, the Senate...