Harold House – NASW Public Citizen of the Year
Dr. S. Megan Berthold – 2009 NASW Social Worker of the Year
State Representative Ruth Balser – NASW Public Elected Official of the Year

Juneteenth 2025: Honoring the Past, Confronting Today’s Civil Rights Challenges
By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, recognizes the day in 1865 when the last remaining enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were set free by Union troops—two whole years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves...