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Welcome to NASW Washington Chapter!

  We hope to see you at a Workshop very soon!

NASW Washington Chapter Leadership Positions!

The Washington Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers will elect leaders in the spring of 2010. Are you interested in serving in one of the leadership positions?

The WA Chapter Nomination Leadership Identification Committee is responsible for nominating candidates for election to the various leadership positions of the organization.

The leadership positions that will be elected are for the WA Chapter Board of Directors and Nominations Leadership Identification Committee (NLIC). The positions to be elected for the Board of Directors are:

• President elect
• Secretary
• VP of Communication and Marketing
• VP of Diversity
• Blue MT Region Representative
• Columbia River Region Representative
• MT Rainer Region Representative
• South Puget Sound Region Representative
• Suburban King County Region Representative
• BSW Student Representative
• MSW Student Representative

Most Board of Director positions will serve two year terms starting July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2012. The positions that will only serve a one year term are President elect, BSW Student Representative, and MSW Student Representative. These position terms begin July 1, 2010, and end June 30, 2011.

The candidate nomination application can be found on the WA Chapter website, www.nasw-wa.org. To be considered by the NLIC for one of the Board of Director positions, you have to complete the candidate nomination application, and return it to the WA Chapter by February 1, 2010.

Also, each region of the WA Chapter, there are nine regions across the state, has a representative to the NLIC. The region representatives identify members interested in serving on the Board of Directors as well as serving on the NLIC committee. The NLIC positions that will be elected in the spring of 2010 are:

• Columbia River Region Representative
• Inland Empire Region Representative
• South Puget Sound Region Representative
• Suburban King County Region Representative

NLIC region representatives serve a two year term beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2012.

The leadership positions are open to all NASW WA Chapter members. If you want to be considered for one of the leadership positions, please complete the nomination application and return it to the WA Chapter by February 1, 2010.

 

Continuing Education

To Register for Workshops, Please Click on Continuing Education,  then Calendar of Events, and then the class you would like to attend.  Thank you!  We look forward to seeing you in the classes!

Lobby Day 2010

The annual WA Chapter Lobby Day will be held on Monday, February 15, 2010.

Lobby Day is an exciting event and allows NASW members to meet with their state legislators in Olympia to discuss issues important to the profession of social work and our clients. In past years, social workers have participated in Lobby Day from all regions of the state. Social workers from all disciplines have joined in advocating one on one or in groups with their legislators. Students from all the schools of social work have been represented at this important event that advocates on professional and social justice issues.

Why attend Lobby Day? The answer is advocacy. Lobby Day enables you as an individual social worker and as a social work profession to have a voice on legislation that impacts you and your clients. Lobby Day is the day that social workers engage in strong unity to share the values and perspectives of the profession on issues before the Legislature. Lobby Day is the opportunity for to you to educate and engage your legislators.

To participate in Lobby Day, all you have to do is show up on February 15, 2010. Lobby Day will be held at the General Administration Building Auditorium located at 11th Avenue and Columbia Street, Olympia. WA (http://www.ga.wa.gov/images/campus-map.pdf). Lobby Day is sponsored by the WA Chapter Legislative Action committee (LAC) and begins at 9:00AM until Noon. The day will begin with social workers assembling at the State Office Building and being briefed on the issues to be discussed with their Legislators. Those participating in Lobby Day are encouraged to schedule individual or group meetings with their State Legislators in the afternoon of February 15, 2010, if at all possible. Due to the schedules of Legislators, it may only be possible to schedule an appointment to discuss the issues in the morning.

GET EDUCATED AND TAKE ACTION ON SOCIAL WORK LEGISLATION
 

Please join us for
National Association of Social Workers
Lobby Day

When: Monday, February 15th, 2010 from 9am to 12pm
Where: General Administration Building Auditorium, 11th Avenue
and Columbia Street in Olympia
Why: Learn about current social work legislation and meet with
your legislators to advocate for the profession and the people we
serve.

 For more information, please visit the NASW, Washington Chapter
website: http://www.nasw-wa.org/ or call 206-706-7084
* Photo by Jimmy Wayne 

2010 Awards Nominations

NASW WA State Chapter would like to honor people from the following categories.  If you know of someone or a agency that you think deserves to be recognized please download the nomination form and send it back to the NASW WA State office.  The list of categories are listed below (click on the position to read what the criterias for that nomination are).

• Social Worker of the Year
• Social Work Educator of the Year
• Outstanding Recent Graduate
• Outstanding Student
• Outstanding Agency of the Year
• Public Citizen of the Year

2010 Awards Nominations Form