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

Social Work Blog

By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA. It is especially heartening that the youth voters, Gen-Xers included , were fully engaged in the 2022 Midterm Elections. It goes without saying that it is important that the social work profession remains engaged with the pro-democracy coalition. The stakes remain high. About The Author.

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NASW Member Voices: A Voting Rights Victory from the Supreme Court

Social Work Blog

By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA The United States Supreme Court on June 8 made an important and unexpected decision by rejecting Alabama’s gerrymandered redistricting map that grossly diluted the Black vote. In order to achieve that objective, social workers and other social justice advocates have to become fully engaged in the 2024 elections.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

Mary Borecki Buck is an UConn School of Social Work alumna committed to supporting the education of future generations of social workers. This scholarship, created by Mary and her late husband, Raymond, will provide financial support to a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work program. Charlotte M.

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News Items – August 5, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Interim CPS CEO Wants to Engage With 100K Students at Risk of Not Re-Enrolling This Fall. billion it received in COVID-19 relief funding to pay for more staff like counselors, nurses and social workers. billion it received in COVID-19 relief funding to pay for more staff like counselors, nurses and social workers.