Data shows that COVID-19 is affecting Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other people of color the most.
The Atlantic's COVID Racial Data Tracker is a collaboration between the COVID Tracking Project and the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research.
NASW is committed to social justice for all and to ending racism. In this video, NASW CEO Angelo McClain, PhD, LICSW, speaks about how NASW national and chapter staff are mobilized and increasing our efforts in the face of America's racism pandemic.
Racism is America's defining social problem. By not acknowledging and addressing this, social workers are ignoring their ethical obligation. We cannot sit idly by as acts of racism, hatred, violence, and murder are repeatedly targeted toward black and brown people. Silence is not an option, and expressions of outrage and dismay are not enough.
Chapter urges members to take action to address racism in Texas and beyond.
Police must root out the many police officers who continue to view Black lives as being less than that of other Americans.
Chapter urges all Americans come together to fight racism, will be consulting with members on next action steps.
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