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Racial Justice Advocacy

Sign-On Letters

NASW has signed on to the following coalition letters related to racial justice:

NASW signs onto The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights coalition letter urging lawmakers to remain focused on the fight against racial discrimination in voting (2/2/2022)
NASW signs on to Declaration for American Democracy coalition letter urging Senators to Delay Recess to Pass Federal Voting Rights (12/2/2021)
NASW signs on to Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights coalition letter urging Congress to make the child tax credit (CTC) and earned income tax credit (EITC) permanent (9/7/2021)
NASW signs onto joint statement led by AAC&U, the AAUP, the AHA, and PEN America about legislative efforts to restrict education about racism and American history (6/16/2021)
NASW signs on to letter requesting Congress to enact no less than President Biden's American Rescue Plan (2/4/2021)
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights letter asking Senators to follow principles for COVID-19 legislation (7/20/2020)
Letter urging Congressional leaders to address the needs of our most vulnerable communities being hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic in increasing COVID-19 testing (6/29/2020)
Open letter strenuously objecting to the administration's exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to implement indefinite, illegal and life-threatening restrictions on humanitarian protections at the southern U.S. border (5/27/2020)
Letter to Congress urging cosponsorship of The Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2020, H.R. 6561 (5/18/2020)
Letter to Congressional leaders urging them to include The Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2020 (H.R. 6561) in any further iterations of legislation to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic (5/18/2020)
Letter to the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding: COVID-19 pandemic results in government to ration treatment (4/13/2020)

Undoing Racism Through Social Work, Vol. 2

NASW Report to the Profession on Racial Justice Priorities and Action

NASW convened racial justice scholars and activists to build a collaborative vision for anti-racist social work. Learn about priorities for social work education, training, practice, workforce, research and policy in this report.

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2021 Blueprint of Federal Social Policy Priorities

The Blueprint outlines our recommendations to the Biden-Harris administration and Congress.

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