Around the State
Kaiser’s Mental Health Clinicians Authorize Statewide Strike
After a weeklong strike in December (during which former Congressman Patrick Kennedy joined clinicians on picket lines), NUHW’s 4,000 therapists...
CADD Corner: HSU Social Work Students Power Real Community Change
By Drs. Jen Maguire and Pam Bowers As we know, social work students help power real community change while earning...
Fresno State MSW Student Wins Infographic Contest
Yenifer Gallegos-Mejia (center) is pictured with Tina Paddock, NASW-CA Image Council and Christopher Cajski, CalSWEC. Congratulations to Fresno University MSW...
NASW-CA API Social Work Council-South Meeting
The NASW-CA API Social Work Council-South recently met for a mixer on Saturday April 20th in Arcadia. They discussed acculturation stress...
A Chat With Social Worker Bill Dorsey About the Tubbs Fire
By Shelly Kalmer Note: I wrote this article in late October when, at that time, the Tubbs Fire in Napa...
Social Work Month Excitement and Exhaustion
Jolene Hui at the Long Beach VA By S. Jolene Hui, MSW, LCSW, NASW-CA Membership Director I’m tired. Social Work...
Social Work Joint Symposium: A Big Success!
NASW-CA Director of Membership S. Jolene Hui provides gifts to her former instructor Jorja Leap and Rene Castro, thanking them...
Get to Know Your Regional Leader
Melissa “Elle” A. Ortega, MSW, MPH, Regional Director Region F Hello everyone! My name is Melissa A. Ortega, but I...
Victor Bloomberg, San Diego, visits NASW office for March Social Work Month
Victor Bloomberg (left) with NASWCA Executive Director Janlee Wong
Student Spotlight: Emily Padilla, MSW Candidate 2019, University of California, Los Angeles
How did you become interested in pursuing social work? When I started working in low-income schools in Spokane, WA, my...
