NASW-MA Chapter

Have you taken our survey yet? Save the date for our FREE Continuing education event: MLK forum on Racial Justice on January 22, 2025! We need your help in selecting the topic of this year's event! Complete our survey today! https://ow.ly/NYy150TjhXs

Meet our Honoree - Patricia Baker, Senior Benefits Policy Advocate, receiving the Public Citizen of the Year Award. Join us in celebration on October 17th (5:30pm) at La Cantina Italiana in Framingham. Learn more here https://lnkd.in/eeYGyjJs Patricia Baker joined MLRI’s Benefits Practice Group in 1983. As a Senior Policy Advocate at MLRI, Patricia works at both the state and federal level on a range of legislative, administrative, and policy matters that affect low-income families, elders and persons with disabilities. Patricia has authored and edited numerous publications, including the Food Stamp/SNAP Advocacy Guide as well as other MLRI Advocacy Guides involving cash assistance programs, immigrant eligibility issues and homeless rights, and co-authored and contributed to several national reports for the Food Research Action Center and Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. During 2022, Patricia successfully advocated with the MA Congressional Delegation to secure language in the United for Ukraine Act to secure federally funded SNAP and cash benefits to Ukrainian refugee families. Congratulate Patricia by attending our ceremony, purchasing an ad in our ceremony's program book, or sponsoring the ceremony. Visit: https://lnkd.in/eeYGyjJs

Meet our Honoree - Kathy Lopes, LICSW, receiving the Beverly Ross Fliegel Social Policy and Change Award. Join us in celebration on October 17th (5:30pm) at La Cantina Italiana in Framingham. Learn more here https://lnkd.in/eeYGyjJs Kathy Lopes is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Newton Public Schools and the current Vice President of the National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) and inaugural 1st Vice President of the Association of Massachusetts School Equity Leaders (AMSEL). She has a demonstrated history of administrative and clinical experience within mental health, education, government and non-profit sectors. She is also the founder of inKlusion - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consulting Services, where she offers training and facilitation on topics of cultural humility, antiracism, social justice and advocacy. Lopes is also the co-author of Change the Narrative: How to Foster an Antiracist School Culture in Your School. Congratulate Kathy by attending our ceremony, purchasing an ad in our ceremony's program book, or sponsoring the ceremony. Visit: https://lnkd.in/eeYGyjJs

September 10th is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay. We use today as an opportunity to #StartTheConversation about changing the narrative on suicide, which requires systemic change. It's about shifting from a culture of silence and stigma to one of openness, understanding, and support. If you need to talk to someone today or any day, call or text (988) which is available 24/7. Learn more at: www.988lifeline.org & check out our bio for more resources. #WSPD

Take a look at our morning workshop selections for our Virtual School Social Work Conference (Friday, October 25). Participants will have different choices for our morning sessions that cover a wide range of topics related to working with children and adolescents in school settings. Join us in this collaborative effort to enhance the lives of our children and young people, as we strengthen our educational communities. Learn more about our morning workshops ➡️ www.naswma.org/SSWConf2024

Save the date for our FREE Continuing education event: MLK forum on Racial Justice on January 22, 2025! We need your help in selecting the topic of this year's event! Complete our survey today! https://ow.ly/Ljfu50TjhTb

It's time to start thinking about the next legislative session and #SocialWorkers we want to hear from YOU! Take 3 minutes to help inform our 2025-2026 legislative agenda. Click the link to access the survey: https://ow.ly/pmpR50SXNOR #Advocacy #Survey #LegislativeAgenda #LegislativeAdvocacy #SocialWork

Earlier this week, our MSW Social Work Interns spent their first day tabling at Boston University School of Social Work Student Expo. Please join us in welcoming Audrey and Dakota, who will collaborate with the NASW-MA team for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Online registrations are open for our Chapter's Virtual School Social Work Conference 2024, a premier event designed to bring together school social workers, adjustment counselors, and other youth-focused professionals dedicated to supporting students at all educational levels and beyond. Join us on Friday, October 25, 2024 @ 8:00am EST and earn 5.5 CEUs! CEUs have been approved for LMHCs. Learn more ➡️ www.naswma.org/SSWConf2024 Participants will hear a Keynote Panel Discussion featuring two seasoned school social workers and two administrators as they share their journey implementing Tier 1 Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) interventions in schools. Participants will then have different choices in each of two workshop sessions that cover a wide range of topics related to working with children and adolescents in school settings. Register Today ⏰

On #NationalReadABookDay, we want to share what NASW-MA Chapter Staff has been reading this summer during their free time: Crisbelly Medina Adames: Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quiñonez, Brianna Silva: The Measure By Nikki Erlick, Adam Linn: The Terror by Dan Simmons, Beth Morrison: The Woman Behind the New Deal by Kristin Downey. Feel free to drop your book recommendations for #SocialWorkers in the comments ⬇️