Around the country, NASW chapters are organizing for racial justice.
NASW-NJ and NASW-NYC will be co-hosting a pair of webinars on social work and advocacy which will culminate in two days of virtual action July 28-29.
Using the tools provided during the two webinars, we'll be asking our members to take some time on July 28 and July 29 to make phone calls to their local, state, and nationally elected officials to advocate for police reform.
Social workers are advocates and change agents. Today we stand with our colleagues from around the nation in a call to action for police reform.
Watch a recording of this conversation.
On July 23, join Sharea Farmer, LCSW, Kia Alexander, LCSW, and Nicole G. Epps, MSW, for an informal meet-up to connect with other Black social workers and discuss common issues faced in your work.
Join Dr. Anne Deepak and Dr. Tawanda Hubbard for a presentation and conversation on anti-racism in social work as a path towards building authentic relationships and creating institutional change.
join NASW-NJ and NASW-NYC for a training on virtual advocacy and tools for engaging in social change in a virtual space.
This webinar is Part 2 of the NASW-NJ / NASW-NYC Call to Action: A Virtual Advocacy Campaign on July 28-29.
Our identity as social workers calls us to action. It calls us to lean in, use our unique skills and lead difficult dialogues that create change. Now more than ever, our code of ethics and values call us to action.
This webinar is Part 1 of the NASW-NJ / NASW-NYC Call to Action: A Virtual Advocacy Campaign
NASW-MA Criminal Justice Committee, hereby offers response and recommendations to the omnipresent, and long-standing, national issue of police brutality and racist practices embedded in police systems and culture. While this response is offered in concert with media coverage and exposure of unjust and inhumane brutal police responses, it is written to highlight many concerning and commonplace practices ingrained in the culture of policing that actively serve to disparage, degrade, and disempower community members.
Watch this July 10, 2020, recording of a meeting that includes a p anel discussion with Q&A from NABSW, Mwanafunzi at Ohio State University and NASW Ohio chapter.
Listen to social workers on their experiences with policing and to their ideas on how to stop police brutality.
Hear guest speakers working in different aspects of social work, plus an open discussio. The goal was to gather opinions and ideas from our members on reconceptualizing public safety and policing. Part of a discussion series on Social and Racial Injustice
NASW-NYS humbly requests stories, experiences, and evidence of white supremacy and racism from BIPOC social workers within NASW-NYS, their social work education, and social work practice. Data collected will be used to support our Anti-Racism plan, and Town Hall series and Revolutionize Social Work work groups. All questions are options, so you may answer one or up to all four prompts.
Protest in North Carolina (Photo from NASW-NC member Chris Budnick)
NASW staff and membership are organizing and participating in town halls and other critical conversations.
Learn about our racial equity events
Protest in Fairbanks, AK (Photo by NASW-AK member Leigh Bolin)
NASW is committed to ending racism through public education, social justice advocacy and professional training. We need your help to do this work.