By Ja’Bree Harris, MSW Democracy is not self-sustaining. It survives only when those of us committed to justice, equity, and human dignity fight to protect it. As social workers, we are not just service providers, we are advocates, organizers, and protectors of civil...
SAVE ACT is an attack on democracy itself.
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) applauds NBA Commissioner Adam Silver for imposing a lifetime ban and $2.5-million fine on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for making racist and demeaning remarks about African Americans. However, NASW...
President Barack Obama will join former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush this week at the LBJ Presidential Library Library in Austin, Texas, to honor the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The gathering of the current and former...
The National Association and its partner organizations need your help in urging Congress to pass legislation to fix the Voting Rights Act. The U.S. Supreme Court last June declared the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional when it came to identifying jurisdictions...
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...
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...
By Paul R. Pace, News staff Recent MSW graduate Mary Ruth Govindavari said she strongly opposes the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy, which empowers officers to stop pedestrians, question them and potentially search them if they have a...