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Social Work in Action (September 2012)

Sep 11, 2013

Laura Lein, dean and professor of social work at the University of Michigan, testified June 5 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.

NASW Foundation announces Ruth Fizdale Program Grants

Sep 03, 2013

The Ruth Fizdale Program underwrites research projects that link practice and policy issues with relevant social issues.

NASW Foundation announces Consuelo W. Gosnell Memorial Scholarship recipients

Sep 03, 2013

The Gosnell Scholarships are awarded for one academic year to students who have demonstrated a commitment to working with, or a special affinity for American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic/Latino populations.

NASW Foundation announces Lyons Memorial MSW Scholarship recipients

Sep 03, 2013

The Lyons Scholarships are awarded to Master of Social Work candidates who express an interest in or work with the African American community through practice in health or mental health services.

Patricia Yu receives Jane B. Aron Doctoral Fellowship

Sep 03, 2013

The Aron Fellowship provides partial support for doctoral students who are engaged in dissertation research in health care policy and practice.

Jacqueline Richardson-Melecio receives Eileen Blackey Doctoral Fellowship

Sep 03, 2013

The Blackey Fellowship provides partial support to social work doctoral candidates who are engaged in dissertation research in welfare policy and practice.

NASW applauds a defining Presidential message for a historic commemoration

Aug 24, 2013

On Saturday, August 24, 2013, social workers joined tens of thousands of other Americans to recognize and commemorate one of the most important mass expressions of social consciousness in this country’s history—The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

NASW statement on 2013 National Action to Realize the Dream March

Aug 15, 2013

NASW urges you to support the National Action to Realize the Dream March on August. And we want you to work with us on the grassroots level and nationally in months ahead to use the momentum from this event to support legislation and regulations to address social issues that are important to our profession.

NASW’s statement on the Supreme Court’s voting rights ruling

Jul 01, 2013

The Court’s decision on Section 4(b) will likely lead to many discriminatory voter suppression laws in states that have histories of voting rights violations. The Court also ignored the fact that Congress had reauthorized the Voters Rights Act in 2006 with overwhelming bipartisan support.

NASW statement on Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage rulings

Jun 26, 2013

NASW commends the Supreme Court of the United States for its decision today to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional in the case U.S. v. Windsor.

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