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Alumni Honored with SSW Distinguished Alumni Awards

Michigan Social Work

In the State House, Chang led the way on air quality protection, education, criminal justice reforms, improving economic opportunities and affordable, safe drinking water. She has also held senior leadership positions at the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Health and Human Services.

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The Impact of Collective Trauma and How Behavioral Health Organizations Can Help

Relias

Building resilience through communal rituals, storytelling, and advocacy can facilitate individual recovery and contribute to the collective healing process. Individual healing from collective trauma is a deeply personal journey that requires self-awareness, self-compassion, and resilience.

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NASW Member Voices: White House Move to Decriminalize Marijuana at federal level should be followed by states

Social Work Blog

This is why criminal justice reform advocates find it promising that Biden has tasked the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review the marijuana scheduling policy with the intent of removing it as a Schedule I drug.

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Discriminatory policies targeting LGBTQ+ people are form of political violence

Social Work Blog

This entrenched harm highlights the pressing necessity for advocacy and policy reforms aimed at mitigating political violence, safeguarding LGBTQ+ individuals, and fostering a society grounded in equity and inclusion. How can social workers help?