Anti-Racism Resources

    NASW Social Justice Briefs


    • The Color of Juvenile Transfer: Policy & Practice Recommendations
    • The Role of Racial Profiling in Encounters with Law Enforcement
    • Ferguson, Missouri Aftermath: National Implications for Disparities in the Criminal Justice Continuum
    • Abolishing Cash Bail to Promote Social Justice

    Essays and Articles


    • Undoing Racism: How the Social Work Profession is Working Toward Healing and Equality
    • Social Work is Grappling with Two Pandemics: COVID 19 and Racism
    • NASW Chapters respond to murder of George Floyd; intensify call to end racism
    • Social workers have roles in community policing efforts
    • NASW Social Work Talks Podcast Episode “Clinical Social Work in a Police Department”

    Essays and Articles


    • NASW responds to negative column on social work and policing
    • Anti-Racism Now and Forever More - NASW National Committee on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity
    • NASW and its Chapters respond to murder of George Floyd; intensify call to end racism
    • NASW condemns yet another incident of lethal force against an African American

    Studies, Reports and Standards


    • Institutional Racism & the Social Work Profession: A Call to Action
    • Standards & Indicators for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice
    • NASW Code of Ethics

    NASW Press Publications


    • Multicultural Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Identity
    • Grand Challenges for Society: Evidence-Based Social Work Practice