By Janlee Wong, MSW, NASWCA Executive Director
Sadly, mass shootings, as well as gun violence in general, have become commonplace, and too frequent in the U.S. and around the world. Some say it’s been normalized, spread by the Internet and social media. Others include such reasons as the widespread proliferation of guns despite continuing gun ..Read More…
By Janlee Wong, MSW
The current controversy involving the incident with the Covington Catholic High School students, the Black Hebrew Israelites and Native Americans mirrors the political and racial divisions in our country today. High school students in Washington DC for a pro-life march, encounter others who are also expressing their opinion and views in ..Read More…
Ron Dellums, MSW
By Janlee Wong, MSW
A great historical social worker, Mr. Ron Dellums, 82, passed away July 30, 2018.
One of the great stories I heard Mr. Dellums tell is how he began his career in social work. He received his MSW from the School of Social Welfare at University of ..Read More…
Save the Children: Families Belong Together
By Janlee Wong
As the nation continues to witness the chaos resulting from the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” policy of separating children from their parents when they enter the U.S., many organizations, ..Read More…
By Janlee Wong, NASWCA Executive Director
With the passage of the GOP tax bill, look for the GOP Congress to lead in 2018 with cuts to health and social programs to offset the cost of tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy.
While we know the theory behind the tax cuts is ..Read More…
The Dream Is Not Ending, It’s Only Beginning
By NASWCA Executive Director Janlee Wong, MSW
The Trump Administration decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has many thinking the “nightmare” of immigration raids and deportations has begun for this remarkable and successful group of children and adults. The National Association ..Read More…
My Conversation with a Republican
By Janlee Wong, NASWCA Executive Director
For several of my columns since last November’s election, I’ve encouraged conversations with Republicans, particularly Trump supporters. Based on a National Public Radio interview with Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), I’ve constructed the following imaginary conversation on health care.
WONG: What about the ..Read More…
By NASWCA Executive Director Janlee Wong
Almost two-and-one-half months into the Trump administration, we still are blitzed every day with some form of Trump or Trump-related news, most of which is antithetical to what social workers believe. Most of this 24/7 blitz still seems to be generated through Tweets or the sudden ..Read More…
As we mourn our losses due to gun violence in the past year, we ask What we can do as social workers? We focus on gun violence because it is more of something that we can control and reduce, unlike accidents and natural disasters.
As social workers we are trained ..Read More…
Recently, the Washington Post (February 18, 2016) printed an opinion article by Charles G. Koch in which he highlights the few areas that he and Bernie Sanders might agree on. Charles Koch is a billionaire businessman who, along with his brother David, makes many donations to anti-government ..Read More…
