The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) in August 2021, along with 26 other organizations committed to civil rights, filed an amicus brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court in support of Victoria Crisitello. Crisitello was an elementary school art teacher who...
This expansion of the ministerial exception risks threatening the civil rights of thousands of New Jersey employees.
NASW recently turned off comments on Instagram after receiving several inflammatory and inaccurate comments from some followers.
The U.S. Supreme Court made an historic decision that federal anti-discrimination laws protect gay and transgender workers. NASW wholeheartedly supports this decision and was involved in the case.
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed every aspect of our lives over just a few weeks. The ethical dilemmas that have emerged would have been considered fodder for a disaster movie plot not too long ago, yet today these dilemmas are reality.
The amicus brief urges the Court to reject these attempts to expand the ministerial exception and instead, rule in a manner that allows teachers and other employees at religious schools to retain their critical workplace civil rights protections.
The court ruled in favor of transgender students’ rights to be safe in schools.
The brief explains that a diversity of foster and adoptive families is needed to help ensure that all children find loving and supportive families — and that gay and lesbian parents are essential partners in this effort.