Thank you for your membership with the National Association of Social Workers. We wanted to provide NASW-WA members with an update for July 2021. The Chapter Board of Directors and Staff are working to finalize Committee member and board vacancy appointments. These should be completed during the month of July -- thank you to our members willing to serve in volunteer leadership roles. To see our 2022 Board of Directors, click here.

The NASW-WA Board of Directors reviewed progress on the 2018 - 2021 Strategic Plan, proposed goals and objectives for the 2021 - 2024 Strategic Plan, and identified performance measurements for achieving those goals and objectives. The Board voted to adopt the 2021 - 2024 Strategic Plan. The new plan will be in effect from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024.This document serves as a summary of this planning process to present and be made available to members of NASW-WA Chapter. Click below to read the plan!

The Washington Chapter Board of Directors, Chapter Committees, and staff worked to hard to accomplish key tasks and activities during the 2020 - 2021 Fiscal Year. Take a moment to review our work in our Annual Report. Many thanks to our 2020 - 2021 Board and Chapter Committee members who contributed to our chapter's success this year!

Chapter staff and committee worked hard to create opportunities for engagement and learning this past year. In order to provide Chapter members with advance notice of workshops, staff created the NASW-WA Continuing Education Catalog for July - December 2021. The catalog features our continuing education events on a variety of learning opportunities -- informed by chapter membership preferences. Visit our list of events here: https://www.nasw-wa.org/professional-learning-events

Practice Area Network meetings occurred January through June this year! The Membership Engagement Committee will commence meetings this fall with topical presentations and intentional discussions.

CALL FOR PRESENTERS! Are you interested in presenting a workshop for NASW-WA? We have an open call for presenters (live, virtual, or recorded). Click here for more information about what we're looking for: https://www.nasw-wa.org/request-for-proposals