Around the country, NASW chapters are organizing for racial justice.
Join NASW-MA for a discussion of the book "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide," by Carol Anderson. The discussion will be facilitated by Gary Bailey, Assistant Dean for Community Engagement and Social Justice and Professor of Practice at Simmons University School of Social Work.
This event is designed to move social work schools along in their journeys to become antiracist institutions where racial justice is embedded across all activities, including hiring, student retention, classrooms, and field placements. It includes a keynote, a panel discussion featuring decision makers at schools of social work, and workshops.
Before we begin setting goals to create an equitable profession, we must acknowledge historical and current racism in social work practice. This Town Hall will focus on our history and the voices of current social workers in the field. Please join us for this important work.
Social Workers Unraveling Racism (SWUR) invites you to join the second installment of the Community Conversations series.
SWUR is a committee of the Maryland Chapter of NASW founded in 2015 in response to Freddie Gray's death and the subsequent Baltimore Uprising. We are social workers in Maryland devoted to racial justice. We are committed to the examination and education about how racism impacts ourselves, our profession, our clients, and society. Our goal is to use these learnings to enact change in our communities and to eliminate racism in our world.
NASW-VT virtual meeting to support each other and reflect on the current events. Racism is not new, but current events have unfolded a new level of urgency to remind us to reflect on our personal values.
Dr. N. J. Akbar, Vice President of Akron Board of Education and equity expert will lead a discussion on that district’s recent racism resolution and commitment to racial equity. He will share his support policy changes that will help to eradicate racism and the role our organization could play to support PACE-endorsed candidates beyond the endorsement process.
Join Kristin Miller, LCSW, and NASW-NJ's Executive Director, Jennifer Thompson, MSW, for a conversation about white privilege, white fragility and the concept of racial identity development.
Watch a recording of this conversation on Facebook Live.
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.
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.