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From the Pen of the President: June 2022
NASW-Illinois Chapter President Kenna Dunlap Johnson, MBA, MSW, LCSW While many children begin their summer breaks, I can’t help but...
NASW-IL Staff
Jun 1, 20224 min read
From the Pen of the Executive Director: May 2022
Joel L. Rubin, MSW, LSW, ACSW, CAE NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director As I write this, many social work students across the state...
NASW-IL Staff
May 1, 20222 min read
From the Pen of the President: April 2022
NASW-Illinois Chapter President Kenna Dunlap Johnson, MBA, MSW, LCSW While February and March 2022 have not been without hardship in our...
NASW-IL Staff
Apr 1, 20223 min read
From the Pen of the Executive Director: March 2022
Joel L. Rubin, MSW, LSW, ACSW, CAE NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director Happy Social Work Month! This year’s national NASW theme is,...
NASW-IL Staff
Mar 1, 20221 min read
From the Pen of the President: February 2022
NASW-Illinois Chapter President Kenna Dunlap Johnson, MBA, MSW, LCSW Welcome to 2022 Hello again, NASW-IL members and social workers...
NASW-IL Staff
Feb 1, 20226 min read
From the Pen of the Executive Director: January 2022
Joel L. Rubin, MSW, ACSW, CAE NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director Happy 2022 to all of you! Last January, I wrote the following: “We...
NASW-IL Staff
Jan 4, 20224 min read
From the Pen of the President: December 2021
NASW-Illinois Chapter President Kenna Dunlap Johnson, MBA, MSW, LCSW As another year comes to a close, there is time to reflect on what...
NASW-IL Staff
Dec 1, 20213 min read
From the Pen of the Executive Director: November 2021
Joel L. Rubin, MSW, ACSW, CAE NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director Fall 2021 has been a very active period of time in the...
NASW-IL Staff
Nov 1, 20214 min read
From the Pen of the President: October 2021
NASW-Illinois Chapter President Kenna Dunlap Johnson, MBA, MSW, LCSW Welcome NASW-Illinois Chapter members to fall 2021. To me, fall is a...
NASW-IL Staff
Oct 1, 20214 min read
From the Pen of the Executive Director: September 2021
Joel L. Rubin, MSW, ACSW, CAE NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director What we hoped to be a more “open” summer of 2021 coming out of the...
NASW-IL Staff
Sep 1, 20213 min read
From the Pen of the President: August 2021
NASW-Illinois Chapter President Kenna Dunlap Johnson, MBA, MSW, LCSW On July 1, 2021, I started a two-year term as president for the...
NASW-IL Staff
Aug 1, 20214 min read
From the Pen of the Executive Director: July 2021
Joel L. Rubin, MSW, ACSW, CAE NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director As I was putting together my column, I referred back to my...
NASW-IL Staff
Jul 1, 20213 min read
From the Pen of the President: June 2021
NASW-Illinois Chapter President Grisel Rodríguez-Morales, MSW, LCSW THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I’m feeling quite grateful for the...
NASW-IL Staff
Jun 1, 20213 min read
From the Pen of the Executive Director: May 2021
Joel L. Rubin, MSW, ACSW, CAE NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director One hundred days. This number has been a metric for many notable...
NASW-IL Staff
May 1, 20213 min read
From the Pen of the President: April 2021
NASW-Illinois Chapter President Grisel Rodríguez-Morales, MSW, LCSW It has been one year since I wrote the first “From the Pen…” article,...
NASW-IL Staff
Apr 1, 20212 min read
From the Pen of the Executive Director: March 2021
Joel L. Rubin, MSW, ACSW, CAE NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director Happy Social Work Month! This year’s social work month theme,...
NASW-IL Staff
Mar 4, 20212 min read
From the Pen of the President: February 2021
NASW-Illinois Chapter President Grisel Rodríguez-Morales, MSW, LCSW We close the divide because we know, to put our future first, we must...
NASW-IL Staff
Feb 1, 20213 min read
From the Pen of the Executive Director: January 2021
Joel L. Rubin, MSW, ACSW, CAE NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director This past month, I ended all of my email correspondence with,...
NASW-IL Staff
Jan 5, 20212 min read
From the Pen of the President: December 2020
NASW-Illinois Chapter President Grisel Rodríguez-Morales, MSW, LCSW Am I the only one feeling excited about the year 2020 coming to an...
NASW-IL Staff
Dec 1, 20203 min read
From the Pen of the Executive Director: November 2020
Joel L. Rubin, MSW, ACSW, CAE NASW-Illinois Chapter Executive Director The past month and through the elections, I—along with countless...
NASW-IL Staff
Nov 1, 20203 min read
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