Below is a list of some of the resources available from the national NASW on racial injustice.
NASW Racial Equity Page:
NASW Social Justice Briefs
The Color of Juvenile Transfer: Policy & Practice Recommendations: https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=30n7g-nwam8%3d&portalid=0
The Role of Racial Profiling in Encounters with Law Enforcement: http://www.socialworkblog.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Role-of-Racial-Profiling-in-Encounters-with-Law-Enforcement.pdf
Ferguson, Missouri Aftermath: National Implications for Disparities in the Criminal Justice Continuum: http://www.socialworkblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Ferguson-Missouri-Aftermath.pdf
Abolishing Cash Bail to Promote Social Justice: https://www.socialworkers.org/Portals/0/PDF/Advocacy/Public/Social-Justice/Abolishing-Cash-Bail-SJB-June-2019.pdf
Essays and Articles
Undoing Racism: How the Social Work Profession is Working Toward Healing and Equality: https://www.socialworkers.org/News/Social-Work-Advocates/2019-August-September/Undoing-Racism
Social Work is Grappling with Two Pandemics: COVID 19 and Racism – http://www.socialworkblog.org/advocacy/2020/06/two-pandemics/
NASW Chapters respond to murder of George Floyd; intensify call to end racism: http://www.socialworkblog.org/advocacy/2020/06/nasw-chapters-respond-to-murder-of-george-floyd-intesify-call-to-end-racism/
Social workers have roles in community policing efforts: https://www.socialworkers.org/News/NASW-News/ID/109/Social-workers-have-roles-in-community-policing-efforts
NASW Social Work Talks Podcast Episode, “Clinical Social Work in a Police Department”: https://www.socialworkers.org/News/Social-Work-Talks-Podcast/EP45-Clinical-Social-Work-in-a-Police-Department
NASW Position Statements
NASW responds to negative column on social work and policing: http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/media/nasw-responds-to-negative-column-on-social-work-and-policing.html
Anti-Racism Now and Forever More - NASW National Committee on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity: https://www.socialworkers.org/News/News-Releases/ID/2187/Anti-Racism-Now-and-Forever-More
NASW and its Chapters respond to murder of George Floyd; intensify call to end racism: http://www.socialworkblog.org/advocacy/2020/06/nasw-chapters-respond-to-murder-of-george-floyd-intesify-call-to-end-racism/
NASW condemns yet another incident of lethal force against an African American: https://www.socialworkers.org/News/News-Releases/ID/2164/NASW-condemns-yet-another-incident-of-lethal-police-force-against-an-African-American
Studies, Reports and Standards
Institutional Racism & the Social Work Profession: A Call to Action – https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=SWK1aR53FAk%3D&portalid=0
Achieving Racial Equity - Social Work Policy Institute: https://www.naswfoundation.org/Portals/9/NASW%20Foundation%20PDFS/About/SWPI/SWPI%20Achieving%20Racial%20Equity%202014.pdf?ver=2018-08-26-192629-773
Standards and Indicators for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice: https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=WmWvxnhEnmI%3d&portalid=0
NASW Code of Ethics: https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics
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