By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW No matter the generation, Black women have always been relentless advocates for change, fighting tirelessly for equality, peace, and justice. We must honor these women - the unyielding warriors who carved a path through the storm of...
No matter the generation, Black women have always been relentless advocates for change, fighting tirelessly for equality, peace, and justice.
Part 2 of NASW’s analysis of President Obama’s FY 2015 Budget addresses Department of Justice (DOJ) provisions. Several programs and services that align with key NASW public policies receive renewed attention and increased funding. Department of Justice...
President Obama’s 2015 budget created equal measures of excitement and dismay in Congress last week, but NASW was pleased to see that social and economic justice and potential opportunities for the social work profession factored prominently into many areas of the...
For decades North Dakota had been losing population. However, over the last five years, North Dakota has experienced an oil boom based on high oil prices and the use of hydraulic fracturing technologies (fracking). This boom has brought economic expansion and...
One in four people with HIV in the United States are women or girls over the age of 13. It is estimated that over 25,000 women and girls in the U.S. do not know they are living with HIV. On March 10, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Health and...
It is estimated that the children of parents either who are currently in the military or who are veterans numbers over 4 million in the United States. These children and their families have and/or continue to experience multiple deployments, family separation,...
The National Association of Social Workers has a strong position against discrimination of persons based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Criminalizing relationships based on one’s sexual orientation or gender identity violates fundamental human...