2022 Social Work Pioneers Honored for Blazing Trails
By Paul R. Pace Five Black women who are NASW Social Work Pioneers® have been honored for their dedication to the profession, improving their communities, and leading the way as trailblazers. Their...
View ArticleNASW Foundation Lyons and Gosnell MSW Scholarships Promote Diversity, Equity...
By Paul R. Pace While Tamara Harris, LSW, has a background in finance, her second career is a first-generation social worker. In addition to helping people improve their mental health, her other...
View Article2022 Summit Convenes Transdisciplinary Global Community With Focus on...
By Paul R. Pace The world needs new policies, social contracts and practices that foster relationships and partnerships that build security and confidence for all people and promote the sustainability...
View ArticleApril is Alcohol Awareness Month: Learn the Facts about Risky Drinking and...
A client who is trying to get pregnant tells you she’s been having a glass of wine every night to unwind. “That’s ok, right?” she asks. What do you say? How much drinking is too much? Is there a level...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Three Years Later: A Changing Landscape
Article by Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead, Kim M. Simpson and Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Consultant, Susan Bodiker. It is easy to forget how terrified we were in the early...
View ArticleFive Facts Social Workers Need to Know About Women and Drinking
It’s National Women’s Health Week (May 14-20), an opportunity for social workers to encourage women to make their health a priority, including avoiding drinking too much alcohol. With their...
View ArticleDonors Share Reasons for Supporting NASW Foundation
By Paul R. Pace As someone who ran a large organization when he was dean at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, Richard P. Barth, PhD, MSW, says he knows the need for unanticipated...
View ArticleVaccination Barriers for People Experiencing Homelessness: How Social Workers...
By Lauren Morris, MSW, ACM, LCSW-S, Connect to End COVID-19 Ambassador and NASW (DC-VA) Member Hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 are trending down according to the Centers for Disease Control...
View ArticleSocial Work’s Critical Role in Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Article by Diana Ling, MA, Program Manager; and Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH, Senior Health Strategist; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of...
View ArticleHelp Your Fellow Social Workers in Just Eight Minutes
We’re listening! Tell us what you know, think—and wish you knew—about client alcohol and other substance use. Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve...
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