- Social Work Month 2013
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Social Work Month 2012
Social Work Matters - Resources to promote eight core social work practice areas: youth, veterans, mental health, poverty reduction, health, aging, child protection, and communities.Social Work Month 2011
Social Workers Change Futures - Targeted outreach and promotional ideas, including tips for securing endorsements, hosting events, publishing articles and marketing your private practice.Social Work Month 2010
Social Workers Inspire Community Action - Visual guides to three social work public education websites, profiles of inspiring social workers, and tips for promoting the profession.Social Work Month 2009
Social Work: Purpose and Possibility - Information and tools for social work student recruitment, sample consumer radio PSAs, and specific tips for working with the media.
Campaign Articles
Social workers shine light on profession
NASW News, May 2013
“We have been a profession for more than 100 years,” said Kathy Shelton-Riek, associate professor of social work at Livingstone College in North Carolina. “The celebration of Social Work Month gives professional social workers and students an opportunity to showcase the profession and to educate others about what we do. I think it is critical that we keep the dream of Jane Addams alive.”
Members urged to celebrate, advocate for the profession
NASW News, March 2013
Social Work Month has arrived, and NASW urges members to get involved in this nationwide acknowledgement of the social work profession. Sponsorship ads will air on NPR during March, and will reach an audience of more than 20 million per day. Also find out what’s happening at your state chapter.
List offers 100 ideas to celebrate Social Work Month
NASW News, February 2013
There are literally 100 ways social workers can help promote the profession this March. Help educate the public about social work in these action categories: Advocacy, Entertainment, Events, Media, Partners, Profession, Publications, Research, Social and Students.
A Look Back: Social Work Month Has a Long History
NASW News, January 2013
From its start in the 1960s, Social Work Month has been a nationwide effort. In 1965, the NASW News published a Social Workers’ Month Regional Report, which documented the efforts of NASW chapters spreading the new concept of Social Work Month awareness.
Experts Weigh in on Media Campaign Strategy
NASW News, January 2013
Helping journalists understand the importance of social work title protection is a step in the right direction, according Julie Drizin, director of the Journalism Center on Children and Families at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Social Work Month 2013: Theme Chosen
NASW News, November 2012
Many practitioners and students say their work is about helping others move forward. Organizers want the 2013 campaign to amplify the social worker’s role in helping people use their personal strengths to create a vision and a plan for what life can be.
Social Workers Often Incorrectly Identified in Media
NASW News, November 2012
One way to aid the media education campaign is to address the issue with editors of professional journalist style and reference guides. The most widely used guide is The Associated Press Stylebook.
NASW Building Media Education Campaign
NASW News, October 2012
NASW and its chapters are building an education campaign this fall that promotes clarification of social work title protection in news stories and headlines so that social workers are not misrepresented in the media.