Around the country, NASW chapters are organizing for racial justice.
NASW's Maine and New Hampshire chapters support the NASW national statement that strongly condemns the continued death of unarmed people who are African American at the hands of police. The urgency of the hour demands that we channel the energy and stand by the protesters to reform the police policies and culture and address the multiple factors of structural racism and violence.
Policing in America is racially violent. Calls to “defund the police” have spawned initiatives to rethink and reimagine policing. Social workers have been engaged in efforts to create more equitable and effective systems for public service for years. This virtual congressional briefing will feature the work of social and criminal justice scholars and practitioners.
This conversation discusses the history of LGBTQ pride including the 1966 Compton Cafeteria Riots, which preceded the well-known 1969 Stonewall Riots. Through the transgender community's activism around police brutality, the origins of pride began. Queer liberation and racial justice are still incorporated today's through the Black Lives Matter movement and rallies against police brutality and injustice.
Recorded June 30, 2020, and facilitated by Bianca Mayes, MPH, CHES of Garden State Equality and Jennifer Thompson, MSW Executive Director NASW-NJ
NASW-MS strongly supports changing the state flag of Mississippi to move forward in the best interest of all Mississippians. Recent discussions surrounding systemic and structural racism, racially insensitive symbols, and figures in our society have continued to place a negative spotlight on the flag of Mississippi and its residents.
NASW-GA asked members to contact their legislators to support Hates Crime Bill H.B. 426. We authorized our lobbyists to stay vigilant in ensuring that NASW-GA’s support of the Hates Crime Bill reached the General Assembly.
Additionally, our chapter joined a coalition led by the Atlanta-Metro Chamber of Commerce in signing a statement urging Members of the General Assembly to support, approve and sign into law a comprehensive, specific and clear bill against hate crimes. The coalition’s actions played a significant role in placing pressure on Members of the General Assembly and Governor Kemp to pass a Hate Crimes Bill into law.
Join NASW-NJ's Executive Director, Jennifer Thompson, MSW, Dr. Tawanda Hubbard, LCSW, and Dr. Widian Nicola, LCSW, for a discussion regarding race and trauma. This discussion examines the systems that perpetuate intergenerational trauma related to racism.
This webinar is part of NASW-NJ's Race, Responsibility, and Reconciliation Series.
Recorded on June 25, 2020.
Watch a community conversation with Dr. La'Tesha Sampson, LCSW, and Jennifer Thompson, MSW.
Recorded on June 19, 2020.
NASW Ohio is invigorated and inspired by the current shift in the United States to re-imagine community safety and policing as we know it. We recognize the many wins, both achieved and forthcoming, across the country that many of us never thought possible.
We’re eager to make meaningful progress toward racial justice. Help us by urging your legislators to advance An Act Relative to Saving Black Lives and Transforming Public Safety (SD.2968/HD.5128). This emergency bill, introduced by Senator Creem and Representative Miranda just last week, aims to reform Massachusetts’ policing practices by setting stricter standards and increasing accountability for law enforcement.
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.