Upcoming Advocacy and Policy News and Events

NASW-NC would like to share several upcoming advocacy events and news! 

First, are you teaching any social work courses this semester? NASW-NC would love to add you to our Social Work Policy Educators Consortium if so! This is a great place to network with others teaching future social workers. Please email Kay Castillo, kcastillo.naswnc@socialworkers.org to be added to the list serve!

Upcoming events:

• Tuesday, September 13, 1:30pm - 3:00pm: Voting is Social Work: Researchers Speak Out. Register here by September 12.
• The LGBT Center of Raleigh and the NC Justice Center are partnering for an upcoming webinar called Building Your Power at Work Know-Your-Rights training on Wednesday, September 14, 6:00 pm - 7:30pm. Click here to register.
• NASW invites all social work students and recent graduates to a student-focused series to enhance your skills and connect you with colleagues from across the country. NASW members and non-members are all welcome to attend. Registration is free and the first one starts Thursday, September 15! More information here. There are also several recorded webinars from last year to check out including one on macro social work.
• Thursday, September 22 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm, join the Greenville Local Program Unit virtually for an NASW-NC Legislative Update and Advocacy Presentation. Register by September 20! Students and NASW-NC members can attend free.
• NASW-NC’s Student Webinar Series kicks off on Thursday, September 22 at 6:00pm! This first webinar is entitled How to Approach Your Internship to Prepare for your Career. Register here.
• Join NASW-NC’s webinar Social Work Practice in the Shadow of the Eugenic Legacy, October 26, 2022 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm. Social workers’ participation in the eugenics movement from the early 1900’s onward is well documented and calls upon us to examine our profession’s complicity in upholding systems of oppression and profound harm. North Carolina, in particular, is notable for its decades-long support for eugenic practices, and for the direct involvement of social workers in the process. Please join NASW-NC on October 26, 2022 from 12:00-1:30pm to learn about the history and context of social workers’ participation in eugenic practices in North Carolina and present-day manifestations of the eugenic legacy in clinical practice and in social welfare systems more broadly, including concepts of “fitness” and the sequestration and control of those deemed unfit. Webinar free for all including 1.5 hours of CE. Click here to register.
• The NASW-NC Virtual Fall Conference will be held on November 14-15, 2022, from 8:30am – 5:00pm both days. Fall Conference registration IS open! Register by November 8^th. This year’s conference features a track on Reproductive Justice and Maternal Health.

NASW and NASW-NC’s Political Action Committees have made several endorsements!
Both NASW and NASW-NC have Political Action Committees (PACE) that make endorsements in races for the upcoming 2022 mid-term elections. The committees review policy positions for each candidate who provided information on a survey seeking endorsements. The committees assess candidate’s support for the social work profession when making decisions on who to endorse.

NASW’s PACE Committee makes endorsements in federal races and, so far, they have endorsed three candidates in North Carolina. Click here to view NASW PACE endorsements.

The NC-PACE Committee makes endorsements in races for North Carolina House, North Carolina Senate, and statewide judges. Click here to view NC-PACE endorsements so far!