In response to President Biden’s recent announcement that he will no longer run for a second term, the NASW Metro DC Chapter thanks him and Vice President Kamala Harris for their successful fight to expand investments in mental and behavioral h...

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Political activism in the District of Columbia must not include violence as a tactic to influence election and pubic policy outcomes, states the Metro DC Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Violence is not effective and is e...

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An estimated 1 in 4, around 61 million, U.S. adults report having at least one disability. Alongside experiences of disability, intersectional experiences of race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, and age exist and can often magnify barriers.&nbs...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that everyone ages six months and older receive a newly formulated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccination to protect against the most severe health outcomes this fall and winter. The sho...

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Pride Month in June is a great time for you to update your LGBTQIA25+-related social work resources, earn required LGBTQIA25+ CEs, and refresh your clinical knowledge and understanding about working better with the ever-changing LGBTQIA25+ population...

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At-Large DC Councilmember Robert White—whom the NASW Metro DC Chapter endorsed for a second term—overwhelmingly won the Democratic primary June 4.  White is a longtime advocate for the social work profession and the chapter’...

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A Dupont Circle community center to support and serve the LGBTQ+ community has opened just in time for Pride Month and is providing nonbinary and transgender behavioral, mental, and other healthcare; food assistance; sexual health education; free HIV...

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Get a jump on your license-required 40 CEs before the July 31, 2025, deadline by accessing a single event that nearly 95% of your peers say they recommend!   As of May 22, you have one full month left for you to view the 35 diverse session...

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Four years ago, DC social workers and the rest of the nation watched in horror the videotaped murder of George Floyd, Jr., a Minneapolis Black man who was slowly suffocated by a white police officer during a simple investigation into a potential...

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Want to help elect politicians supportive of social workers, our values, and our policy goals? Have opinions about what the NASW Metro DC Chapter might do to strengthen the social work profession and better support clients in terms of regul...

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