Rebecca Gonzales, NASW-CA’s Director of Government Relations and Political Affairs, and our NASW-CA interns were in attendance at today’s press conference where Senator Glazer announced legislation to aid vulnerable residents have emergency access to electricity during natural disasters. Press release below:
Senator Steve Glazer, January 08, 2020 Photo credit: California Senate Democrats Wednesday, January 08, ..Read More…
Congratulations to Christa Tipton, NASW-CA Region F Assistant Director, for winning our chapter Refer-a-Member contest for 2019! Thank you to Christa and all of those who referred members during this campaign. We appreciate all of our valued members!
By S. Jolene Hui, MSW, LCSW
NASW-CA Membership Director
Crystal Anthony is a voice for her community. And now she is a voice for social workers in the state of California.
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker and NASW member, Anthony was recently appointed by Governor Newsom to serve on the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. ..Read More…
Janice joined NASW in 2015 as a member and was elected for the Assistant Regional Director position with Region B in 2019. Janice decided to run for this position because she cares deeply about professional standards, organizational services, and professional development. She believes that we can bring members together to work on maintaining and creating ..Read More…
Photo provided by Humboldt State University This is a press release from Humboldt State University:
Nov 20, 2019
A pair of new grants from the U.S. Department of Education will bring nearly $5 million to Humboldt and Del Norte county schools to train and place Humboldt State Master of Social Work (MSW) students as school ..Read More…
FILE PHOTO: Firefighters battle a wind-driven wildfire called the Saddle Ridge fire in the early morning hours Friday in Porter Ranch, California, U.S., October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
To support current NASW members (1) who reside full-time in California; (2) who are currently registered with the licensing board (BBS); and who lost their permanent residence or ..Read More…
Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced the following appointments:
Xóchitl Rodriguez Murillo, 36, of Woodland, has been appointed deputy secretary of minority veterans affairs for the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Murillo has served as Mayor of the City of Woodland since 2018 and as a sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve since 2012. She was an ..Read More…
Governor Gavin Newsom has announced the following appointments:
Deborah San Juan, 56, of Fairfield, has been appointed to the Board of Parole Hearings. She has been a licensed clinical social worker at the Sutter Solano Medical Center since 2015. San Juan served in several positions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 1987 to ..Read More…
By Ahmanise Sanati, LCSW, PPSC, Region H Director
As the country continues to fund inhumane detention camps around the country and as we prepared for ICE raids in our communities, thousands of advocates, activists and impacted persons gathered for vigils around the world highlighting the crisis.
On July 12, NASW-CA Region H sponsored Lights ..Read More…
