By Paul R. Pace “Right now, the LGBTQIA+ community is under attack,” says Seth J. Meyer, PhD, LCSW, assistant professor of nonprofit studies and public administration at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. Threats to libraries, education, LGBTQIA+ books,...
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Social Workers Can Help Create Queer-Friendly Nonprofits
The LGBTQIA+ community is under attack, but social workers can help
NASW in Supreme Court brief supports student suspended for social media comments made off-campus
The amicus brief asked the court to create a standard that does not prevent schools from responding to off-campus speech that invades a student’s right to be safe and to access equal educational opportunity, while also making clear that certain student off-campus speech, such as activism, remains protected under the First Amendment.
Despite Derek Chauvin verdict, we must reimagine law enforcement
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy Advisor Like millions of Americans, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) was relieved with the guilty verdict imposed by the Minnesota jury upon Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Although...
The Pause in the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine: What Social Workers Should Know
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on April 13 made a momentous decision to indefinitely pause the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine. The action was triggered by reports...
NASW Endorses Complex Care Core Competencies
By Carrie Dorn, MPA, LMSWand Rebecca Koppel, MSW, MPHNASW is proud to endorse the Core Competencies for Frontline Complex Care Providers created by the National Center for Complex Health & Social Needs. The Competencies were developed by a working group of diverse...
Social Work Profession Awarded Federal Grant to Develop Interstate Licensure Compact
Multi-year initiative will improve access to social work services, enhance the mobility of social workers and strengthen the state licensure system. Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), as part of an initiative to promote licensure portability for...
Unaccompanied Migrant Children: A Looming Border Crisis
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy Advisor Shortly after Election Day, the new Biden-Harris Administration announced that immigration reform was one of its highest priorities. President Biden also pledged to rescind the inhumane asylum-seeker policies of the...