The NASW has finally rescinded their support for the executive order. I am completely drained after this long fight but I am relieved that our profession is steering back toward our foundational ethics. We have won this battle yet we must remain vigilant to ensure these commitments hold firm.
August 5, 2020
Social Workers in Solidarity Against Safe Policing for Safe Communities Executive Order
Final supporters
Attn: National Association of Social Workers
Angelo McClain, CEO
Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, President
We are disappointed in the National Association of Social Workers public support of the Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities. The social work profession is anchored in the values of service, social justice, dignity and worth, human relationships, competence, and integrity. All of which call on us to aid in the fight to dismantle systems of oppression and racism. Our Code of Ethic demands us to act, not to join forces with systems that uphold structural racism.
“Social workers should act to prevent and eliminate domination of, exploitation of, and discrimination against any person, group, or class on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, or mental or physical ability.” Social Work Code of Ethics, Section 6..04(d)
We have an obligation to end white supremacy, and supporting this Executive Order counters the core of who we are as social workers. We demand that the NASW rescind public support of the Executive Order, acknowledge the role social work plays in upholding systems of oppression and publicly commit to deconstructing racist systems.
In solidarity with the movement for Black Lives,
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
June 18, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
June 18, 2020
June 17, 2020
The climb toward a thousand signatures is exhausting but we are still here pushing against this silence. If you know colleagues who have been waiting to take a stand please send this to them now so we can hit that milestone and force some accountability.
June 17, 2020
The exhaustion is setting in but I refuse to let this effort fade into the background. We need to hit this hundred signature mark today so the leadership cannot keep ignoring our demands. Please put this in front of anyone who still believes our profession needs to hold its ground.
330 Comments
The social work profession has a long and complex history of silencing and harm among BIPOC people, in large part due to its relationship with the criminal legal system. We owe it to our ancestors to imagine this work without policing and carceral responses to trauma.
This should not be signed into Executive order. I am disappointed in the NASW's approval of such a policing and dangerous order. It truly reflects the disparity between those on top and those who are om the ground doing the deep work with those who need it.
Social workers have a moral and ethical obligation to push for the defunding of police departments and reinvestment in social services. We are not here to make the prison industrial complex more palatable! This historic moment calls for better leadership than this.
We ask that you please NOT use social workers as bandaids for a system that needs to be dismantled. It is our ethical duty to dismantle oppression and oppressive systems. Don’t allow social workers to be used to clean up the mistakes of policing. We can do better!
As a black person and BSW holder working in my community , I’m appalled and disappointed in this stance made by the NASW. I signed because i want to see police departments across our nation defunded, not reformed. We keep our communities safe.
Social Work profession must do better!
Cannot be part of policing in institutions built against people of color.
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The NASW has finally rescinded their support for the executive order. I am completely drained after this long fight but I am relieved that our profession is steering back toward our foundational ethics. We have won this battle yet we must remain vigilant to ensure these commitments hold firm.
August 5, 2020
Social Workers in Solidarity Against Safe Policing for Safe Communities Executive Order
Final supporters
Attn: National Association of Social Workers
Angelo McClain, CEO
Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, President
We are disappointed in the National Association of Social Workers public support of the Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities. The social work profession is anchored in the values of service, social justice, dignity and worth, human relationships, competence, and integrity. All of which call on us to aid in the fight to dismantle systems of oppression and racism. Our Code of Ethic demands us to act, not to join forces with systems that uphold structural racism.
“Social workers should act to prevent and eliminate domination of, exploitation of, and discrimination against any person, group, or class on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, or mental or physical ability.” Social Work Code of Ethics, Section 6..04(d)
We have an obligation to end white supremacy, and supporting this Executive Order counters the core of who we are as social workers. We demand that the NASW rescind public support of the Executive Order, acknowledge the role social work plays in upholding systems of oppression and publicly commit to deconstructing racist systems.
In solidarity with the movement for Black Lives,
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
June 18, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
June 18, 2020
June 17, 2020
The climb toward a thousand signatures is exhausting but we are still here pushing against this silence. If you know colleagues who have been waiting to take a stand please send this to them now so we can hit that milestone and force some accountability.
June 17, 2020
The exhaustion is setting in but I refuse to let this effort fade into the background. We need to hit this hundred signature mark today so the leadership cannot keep ignoring our demands. Please put this in front of anyone who still believes our profession needs to hold its ground.
330 Comments
We need to be working to uplift communities to the point they don't need social workers or police in the first place! Putting social workers in police stations is just slapping a new coat of paint on a building that has a crumbling foundation. LET'S DO BETTER!
The social work profession has a long and complex history of silencing and harm among BIPOC people, in large part due to its relationship with the criminal legal system. We owe it to our ancestors to imagine this work without policing and carceral responses to trauma.
This should not be signed into Executive order. I am disappointed in the NASW's approval of such a policing and dangerous order. It truly reflects the disparity between those on top and those who are om the ground doing the deep work with those who need it.
Social workers have a moral and ethical obligation to push for the defunding of police departments and reinvestment in social services. We are not here to make the prison industrial complex more palatable! This historic moment calls for better leadership than this.
We ask that you please NOT use social workers as bandaids for a system that needs to be dismantled. It is our ethical duty to dismantle oppression and oppressive systems. Don’t allow social workers to be used to clean up the mistakes of policing. We can do better!
As a black person and BSW holder working in my community , I’m appalled and disappointed in this stance made by the NASW. I signed because i want to see police departments across our nation defunded, not reformed. We keep our communities safe.
Social Work profession must do better!
Cannot be part of policing in institutions built against people of color.
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We need to be working to uplift communities to the point they don't need social workers or police in the first place! Putting social workers in police stations is just slapping a new coat of paint on a building that has a crumbling foundation. LET'S DO BETTER!