By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW – NASW Senior Policy Adviser Lewiston, Maine has become the latest city to capture the nation’s attention when 18 people were killed and more than a dozen injured in shootings at multiple locations in this town of less than 40,000 people. This...
It is not too much to insist our political leaders at least enact commonsense gun laws aimed at reducing gun violence.
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The National Association of Social Workers, Mississippi Chapter is calling for the immediate removal of candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith from the ballot for the U. S. Senate. Hyde-Smith, a white Republican from Mississippi, was at a speaking engagement in Tupelo and...
Dear Colleagues, We are thinking about you and the thousands of North Carolinians who have been impacted and will be impacted in the wake of Hurricane Florence. The National Association of Social Workers North Carolina Chapter (NASW-NC) is in contact with the North...
By Josette Keelor, News contributor The Trump administration has proposed $763 billion in budget cuts over the next 10 years. These cuts would repeal the Affordable Care Act and eliminate the Medicaid expansion, as well as greatly change how the Supplemental Nutrition...
As the nation continues to witness the chaos resulting from the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” policy of separating children from their parents when they enter the United States, many organizations including the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)...
NASW is joining with partners to promote the June 30 national protest rally and mobilization against the Trump Administration's "Zero Tolerance" Family Separation Policy. The Zero Tolerance Family Separation Policy has caused the separation of families entering the...