By Alison Laurio David LaPensee, MSW, ACSW, LICSW, LCSW, has traveled to 30 countries and 47 U.S. states. He said he has been taking photos for decades and always has his camera with him. "If I went alone or with other people, I always had something to do in the...
David LaPensee has traveled to 30 countries and 47 U.S. states. He said he has been taking photos for decades and always has his camera with him.
Students from the Touro College Graduate School of Social Work, and Professor Jennifer Zelnick (pictured, front row), went to Albany, N.Y., recently to lobby legislators on the New York state “Dream Act” – legislation that would extend public and private funding for...
By Rena Malai, News staff NASW’s Connecticut Chapter has campaigned for more than 20 years for qualified social workers to fill the state’s social work jobs. The effort has paid off recently, as two state service agencies agreed to give hiring preference to social...
By Rena Malai, News staff Social Work Month has arrived, and NASW urges members to get involved in this nationwide acknowledgement of the social work profession. Sponsorship ads will air on NPR during March, and will reach an audience of more than 20 million, said...
By Paul R. Pace, News staff NASW has been active in White House efforts to reduce gun violence in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings that took place in December in Newtown, Conn. NASW CEO Elizabeth J. Clark participated in a White House meeting...
Many social workers have discovered that their education and clinical experiences help them become highly effective elected officials.
By Paul R. Pace, News staff The NASW Foundation hosted the Knee/Wittman and Rhoda G. Sarnat awards ceremony and reception for the 2011 honorees in November at the NASW national office in Washington, D.C. NASW CEO and Foundation President Elizabeth J. Clark gave the...