NASW Resources on Racial Injustice

Below is a list of some of the resources available from the national NASW on racial injustice.

NASW Racial Equity Page:

https://www.socialworkers.org/Practice/Ethnicity-Race/Racial-Justice

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

NASW Press Publications

• Multicultural Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Identity: http://www.naswpress.org/publications/diversity/multicultural-perspectives.html

• Grand Challenges for Society: Evidence-Based Social Work Practice – https://www.naswpress.org/publications/Profession/grand-challenges-society.html