NASW invites you to vote for newspaper articles, newspaper columns, magazine stories, blogs, radio segments, television news programs, TV shows, films, film documentaries, and trade publications that you think best portrayed the social work profession in 2016.

Please read each article before choosing which you think best portrays the social work profession.

Tackling Microagressions in a Post-Trump Era

Social Work Helper

How can social workers of all races and cultures handle and defuse relations between people of various backgrounds and addres their own insensitivity in the racially charged era of the Trump Administration?

Treating Trauma in America’s Refugees

Social Work Today Magazine

This article describes how social workers are developing culturally sensitive tools to address the experiences of America’s refugees.

Trauma Informed Care: What Is It  and Why Should We Care?

Social Work Helper

Over the last 20 years, there has been increasing recognition of the role that psychological trauma plays in a wide range of health, mental health and social problems …

LGBT Elder Housing: Opening Doors With our Finding Closets

Social Work Today Magazine

LGBT older adults struggle to find welcoming, affordable elder housing.This article describes the challenges they face and how some are finding solutions.

Why It’s Not So Easy to ‘Just Get the Hell Out

Social Work Helper

One of the many difficult questions survivors of toxic relationships ask themselves is “why is it so hard to leave someone who treats me so badly?” The social work profession offers answers and solutions.

Americans & Guns: A Complex Relationship

Social Work Today Magazine

The article explores how gun violence in all regions of the nation is giving policy advocates, citizens, and social workers reason to ask what is driving this serious and saddening public health problem. This article explores important questions about this phenomenon in a frank, expertly-written style.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Has Removed All its Inspection Records — Here’s Why It Matters

Social Work Helper

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has removed thousands of records of inspections of facilities that use animals. This should concern social workers who are committed to promoting protection of the environment and social justice, including the cruelty against animals.

Social Worker Safety: Ultimate Self-Care

Social Work Today Magazine

This article explores the reality that social workers often put themselves in harm’s way while on the job and must be trained to protect themselves and learn how to create safer work environments.

Moral Distress in the Social Work Workplace: When Workplace and Conscience Collide

Social Work Today Magazine

Anguish can follow when a social worker’s ethics conflict with the demands of the workplace. Its implications run deep. This article explores the challenges social workers face in an insightful,expertly-written style.