Social Work Day on the Hill, March 17, 2015
Social Work Day on the Hill will take place in Washington, DC, on World Social Work Day, March 17, 2015.
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SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE A HAMMER, a tool that is rigidly used, or PUTTY, a tool that is flexible. There are human benefits and casualties. Let's teach our kids how to reduce the casualties and advance the...
View ArticleArt for Reproductive Justice
These works from the Repeal Hyde Art Project are part of a series on reproductive justice.
View ArticleCelebrating Students During Social Work Month
A Social Work Month message on the Path to Licensure, by Mary Jo Monahan, CEO of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB).
View ArticleSocial Work Is Not a Poverty Profession
Social workers are not obligated by our code of ethics or any other doctrine to live a life of financial destitution or take a vow of poverty.
View ArticleA Social Worker Will Be There
A Social Worker Will Be There, a poem about social work, by Bonnie Lee Camp.
View ArticleMusical Interlude - Fabian Carrera Plays Vivaldi
Florida Intenational University social work student and accomplished classical guitarist Fabian Carrera plays Vivaldi Concerto in D Major.
View ArticleOur Clients/Our Selves - Mezzo Morning/Mourning Mezzo – Intervene (W)here? (!)
Social work poetry by Gregory Gross.
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter - What a Social Work Educator's Students Have To Say
It wasn't until August 9, 2014, when 18-year-old Michael Brown was gunned down in Ferguson, MO, that the words “Black Lives Matter” resonated on social media sites and in the news. Why did Black lives...
View ArticleSocial Work Pride
The reason I am so delighted to be a social worker is pride in our commitments, our extraordinary history, and all of the remarkable leaders, from our beginning through the years, who have never given...
View ArticleHope Through Social Work
A poem on hope through the empathy, understanding, and empowerment of social work, by Alexandria Lewis.
View ArticleCelebrating the Prudent Professional Life of a Social Worker
Being “prudent” means being careful about one’s own interest, exercising good judgment, and being careful about one’s behavior. Licensed social workers take care of themselves and their clients by...
View ArticleAn Interview on Late Adulthood
North Carolina State University social work student Sierra Stanford interviews her grandmother and two aunts about their lives.
View ArticleNever Lose Hope
Artwork entitled "Never Lose Hope," by social work student Laura Daugherty of Warner University. Social work is more than lending a helping hand, but can provide a sense of hope, which is rooted deep...
View ArticleI Found Social Work Along Life's Path
As a child, I did not plan to or dream of becoming a social worker; rather, as I have traveled along my life’s path, I have felt increasingly that social work is my calling.
View ArticleCarolyn Called
A story of loss, change, growing older, and difficult family conversations
View ArticleA Thousand Times
Amy Sugeno, LCSW, sings her original song about adoption, "A Thousand Times."
View ArticleWhen “Just Say No” is Not Enough: Teaching Harm Reduction
Harm reduction is a strengths-based and client-centered helping strategy utilized in both prevention and practice models. Although its roots are in addictions treatment and public health, the...
View ArticleAs We Celebrate Social Work Month, Recognize NASW, Social Work Profession...
NASW president Darrell Wheeler's Social Work Month message urges social workers not to "rest on past laurels – there is so much yet to do, and we cannot afford to lose precious gains already made."
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