I hope that we can share dialogue to collectively find ways to show our passion to work against what is so visibly occurring in our nation. If you are writer, write politicians and papers. If you are an organizer, help create forums for those to find a safe space. If you are a listener, be present.
During these troubling times we are reminded of our NASW Code of Ethics Ethical Principles which states:
Value: Social Justice
Ethical Principle: Social workers challenge social injustice.
Social workers pursue social change, particularly with and on behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals and groups of people. Social workers' social change efforts are focused primarily on issues of poverty, unemployment, discrimination, and other forms of social injustice. These activities seek to promote sensitivity to and knowledge about oppression and cultural and ethnic diversity. Social workers strive to ensure access to needed information, services, and resources; equality of opportunity; and meaningful participation in decision making for all people.
Ethical Standards: 1.05 Cultural Competence and Social Diversity
(c) Social workers should obtain education about and seek to understand the nature of social diversity and oppression with respect to race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, and mental or physical disability.
Please let me know how myself or any of the staff of NASW-NC can support any efforts to respond to the Charlottesville tragedy.
Ryan Estes, LCSW, LCAS, CCS
President, NASW-NC Board of Directors
seanryanestes@gmail.com
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