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?NASW Member Voices: Supreme Courts Ends Affirmative Action. What are the Implications?

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By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA The U.S. In addition to these groups, women are included as beneficiaries of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Corporate America has been receptive to diversity, equity and inclusion policies. Diversity, equity and inclusion programs at businesses could be threatened by ruling.

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Member Voices: The Death of Tyre Nichols — Lethal Police Encounters Continue Unabated

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By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA The widely televised tape of Tyre Nichols being mercilessly beaten by members of the Memphis Police Department was shocking beyond words. Clearly diversity ꟷ while important ꟷ is not in itself the solution. He is a co-chairperson on the Justice Roundtable’s Drug Policy Reform Working Group.

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NASW Member Voices: Worsening Systemic Intolerance is an Existential Threat to our Nation

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By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA America, seemingly suddenly, finds itself in the middle of the most existentially threatening crisis of racism and intolerance since the events leading up to and including the Civil War. Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA, is the retired Senior Policy Advisor for the National Association of Social Workers.

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NASW Member Voices: It is crucial Democratic Coalition that delivered Midterm Elections Successes Must Stay Intact for 2024

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By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA. It is encouraging the Democratic turnout demonstrated a diverse coalition of African Americans, Hispanics, progressive Whites, and young voters that held together despite predictions from detractors that the coalition would fracture. About The Author.