By Rachel Boyer, MSW, LMSW Ahead of the 2024 NASW National Conference, more than 200 social workers from 36 states and one U.S. Territory attended 172 meetings with Congressional offices in both the U.S. House and Senate on June 18, 2024. The purpose of these...
By Rachel Boyer, MSW, LMSW Ahead of the 2024 NASW National Conference, more than 200 social workers from 36 states and one U.S. Territory attended 172 meetings with Congressional offices in both the U.S. House and Senate on June 18, 2024. The purpose of these...
NASW STATEMENT The nation awoke on June 12 to the worst case of a single person committing mass murder with a gun in its history. A gunman killed 49 people and injured more than 50 at Pulse, an Orlando nightclub that serves a predominately LGBTQ clientele. Most of the...
The United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on international drug policy was held April 18-21. This UNGASS brings together the international community and member countries of the United Nations to discuss principles and strategies to address the...
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is both dismayed and disappointed by the legislative actions taken by Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee to deny equal treatment of LGBT individuals and families. The following is a brief summary of each law:...
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has joined several mental health organizations to urge states repeal or not pass so-called "Religious Freedom" laws that discriminate against people who are LGBT. Such legislation allows individuals and businesses to...
NASW’s Georgia Chapter urges social workers to protest state policies that discriminate against college students who migrated to the United States as children and are undocumented.
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has openly expressed alarm at the frequency of gun-related mass murder and the high annual death and serious injury rate related to guns. Given the number of people, including children, who suffer from gun violence...