NASW North Carolina Chapter Govt Director Valerie Arendt (left) and NASW Arizona Chapter Govt Director Brandie Reiner protest on the U.S. Supreme Court docket after Roe v. Wade reversal was introduced.
The Nationwide Affiliation of Social Staff (NASW) reached a possible information viewers of about 500 million readers in June, thanks largely to protection of the affiliation’s warning of the psychological well being affect of the U.S. Supreme Court docket choice to reverse Roe v. Wade.
Listed here are our Prime 10 Information Hits for June 2022.
- Somerset County, PA introduced caseworkers would be capable of earn as much as $24,000 in tuition reimbursement, according to an articles in Yahoo and the Tribune-Democrat. The article cited NASW knowledge that signifies the typical social work graduate has $30,000 in scholar mortgage debt. The articles reached a possible readership of 66 million readers.
- NASW, the American Psychological Affiliation and the American Psychiatric Affiliation have been coated in Yahoo, The Hill, the Associated Press and dozens of different information retailers for warning that the reversal of Roe v. Wade would jeopardize the psychological well being of hundreds of thousands of Individuals who would lose reproductive rights. The articles reached a mixed potential readership of greater than 115 million readers.
- Yahoo Finance reported Stacey Hardy-Chandler, Ph.D., J.D., LCSW, has been named CEO of the Affiliation of Social Work Boards. The article, which reached a possible 46 million readers, talked about Hardy-Chandler is a former NASW Nevada Chapter Social Employee of the Yr.
- The Skokie, IL Patch reported that the NASW Illinois Chapter had endorsed Democrat Kevin Olickal, who’s difficult incumbent State Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback. The article reached a possible 13 million readers. The Patch later reported that Olickal appeared to win the election, main by 560 votes out of a complete of greater than 9,400 votes solid.
- Kathy Weaver, President of the NASW Michigan Chapter mentioned in a press launched reported by the Detroit Michigan Patch that the chapter supported laws to create the Scholar Psychological Well being Apprenticeship Retention and Coaching (SMART) grant program. This system would pay social work graduate college students and others $25 an hour for as much as 20 hours per week for fieldwork in public faculty settings. The article reached a possible 13 million readers.
- Psychology Right this moment posted a blog about the first American Psychiatric Association in-person annual meeting since the pandemic began in New Orleans in late May. Through the convention, the problem of how psychiatrists have interacted with minority and marginalized communities have been addressed. The weblog cited NASW’s 2007 report: Institutional Racism and the Social Work Career: A Name to Motion. The article reached a possible 12 million readers.
- The Jerusalem Post interviewed social workers Jennifer Heckendorn and Samantha Carducci, who have been attending the NASW 2022 Nationwide Convention in Washington, D.C. however went to the U.S. Supreme Court docket to protest after listening to the U.S. Supreme Court docket had reversed Roe v. Wade. “It’s an enormous situation for social staff. We’re those that present companies to ladies which have been sexually assaulted, that cope with unintended pregnancies and that need assistance to navigate,” Carducci mentioned. The article reached a possible 5 million readers.
- NASW Pennsylvania Chapter Social Employee of the Yr Chad Dion Lassiter wrote a column for the Philadelphia Inquirer (subscription solely) that mentioned the promise of Juneteenth had not been fulfilled as Black Individuals proceed to lag economically and in different measures of societal success. The article reached a possible 4 million readers.
- The monetary information service Benzinga ran a press launch from ECINS, one of many sponsors of the NASW 2022 Nationwide Convention, saying the corporate’s participation within the occasion. ECINS presents software program that enables social staff to do larger collaboration with different groups and companies. The press release reached a possible 4 million readers.
- Spectrum Information 1 reported on a shortage of social workers in North Carolina Schools. The report cited NASW suggestions that colleges have not less than one social employee per 250 college students.
