By Janlee Wong, NASW-CA Executive Director
More than 50 people were shot and killed and many wounded at Al Noor and Linwood Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, a tragedy beyond comprehension for most human beings on the planet.
Sadly the killer and his admirers have an evil and twisted mission born of hate and ..Read More…
By Janlee Wong, NASWCA Executive Director
Kurt Wellman passed away late last year and when the NASW-CA family learned of his passing, many of us were deeply saddened. I first met Kurt as a very energetic BSW student at San Diego State University (SDSU). You couldn’t miss Kurt. He was an older student who ..Read More…
National Women’s Health Week is May 12-18 and is a reminder for all women to take care of themselves and to make their personal health a priority. Click here to read more:
The House of Representatives is slated to vote THURSDAY, APRIL 4, on
H.R.1585, the bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of
2019, introduced by Representatives Karen Bass (D-CA-37) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01).
H.R.1585 is a reauthorization bill that includes narrowly-focused
enhancements to address gaps identified by victims and survivors of
domestic and sexual violence and the ..Read More…
By Drs. Jen Maguire and Pam Bowers
As we know, social work students help power real community change while earning their social work degrees. In Humboldt State University’s Department of Social Work, students have multiple ways to engage in community change. Be it through community projects, research assistantships, internships, volunteering or participation in campus clubs, ..Read More…
By Al Murdach MSW (retired)
This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus important for practitioners to ponder and explore. Our word for this column is: authority.
Authority is a word most social workers prefer to avoid when describing their relationships with clients. Other words such as nurture, care, support, encourage, ..Read More…
Six Second-year graduate students showcased their Theses Research and two first-year graduate students showcased their faculty-student collaborations in Las Vegas on Feb 25 and 26, 2019 through their peer-reviewed, scholarly presentations at the 22nd Annual Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS) Conference.
To present his/her research project at the conference, each of the thesis ..Read More…
NASW’s Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has been promoting social justice for more than 45 years. Established in 1972 to provide financial legal assistance and to support cases and issues of concern to NASW members and the social work profession, LDF also offers educational programs to improve the legal status and knowledge of ..Read More…
After a weeklong strike in December (during which former Congressman Patrick Kennedy joined clinicians on picket lines), NUHW’s 4,000 therapists and professionals returned to the bargaining table to press Kaiser to fix the chronic understaffing that has forced many patients to wait months between treatment appointments.
Unfortunately, despite six additional months of bargaining, Kaiser ..Read More…
