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• Social Work Month 2013
  • Social Work Month 2013 Toolkit Homepage
  • History
  • Logos
  • Statements
  • Theme
  • Questions: socialworkmonth@naswdc.org

  Social Work Month 2012
  Social Work Matters - Resources to promote eight core social work practice areas: youth, veterans, mental health, poverty reduction, health, aging, child protection, and communities.

  Social Work Month 2011
  Social Workers Change Futures - Targeted outreach and promotional ideas, including tips for securing endorsements, hosting events, publishing articles and marketing your private practice.

  Social Work Month 2010
  Social Workers Inspire Community Action - Visual guides to three social work public education websites, profiles of inspiring social workers, and tips for promoting the profession.

  Social Work Month 2009
  Social Work: Purpose and Possibility - Information and tools for social work student recruitment, sample consumer radio PSAs, and specific tips for working with the media.

Ways to Promote Social Work Month

• Add three social issues reporters to your contact list.
• Send a thank you note to a journalist for a good story.
• Introduce a social work expert to a reporter or editor.
• Participate in a print, radio, TV or online media interview.
• Post a comment to a media website or write a letter to the editor.
• Invite a local media person to emcee an event.
• Alert a columnist about a new social work research report.
• Produce and place a PSA on a local TV or radio station.
• Invite a journalism student or professor to a social work class.
• Ask a working journalist to join a nonprofit board or advisory group.

Resources

Social Workers Speak!	Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism	Help Starts Here