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Did you know Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley is a Social Worker? Ashley Biden, MSW, is a #socialworker, career development and education liaison & advocate for social justice "I had always known I wanted to be a social worker," she said buff.ly/2YekCcY#SocialWorkersForBiden
Today is Jane Addams Day! Known as the mother of social work, Addams was the first American woman to get the Nobel Peace Prize. A dedicated community organizer and peace activist, she established settlement houses in Chicago for immigrants in the early 1900s. #socialworkers
ALERT: NASW CEO Angelo McClain will take part in a press conference tomorrow at 10 a.m. in front of the U.S. Capitol with House Democrats and child and immigration advocates to demand the Trump Administration revoke its policy to separate immigrant children from their families.
SOCIAL WORK MONTH FACT: There were 682,100 social workers in the U.S. in 2016. The number of people in the profession is expected to grow by 16 percent by 2026, making social work one of the fastest growing professions in the nation. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics #SWMonth
NASW mourns the death of DeEbony Groves, a social work student and senior @BelmontUniv, and others killed in a mass shooting at @WaffleHouse Nashville. The other victims are Taurean Sanderlin, Joe Perez and Akilah DaSilva.