Glossary of Legislative Terms | Tips for Effective Advocacy | Links of Legislative Interest

A critical component of NASW is our ongoing advocacy at the Federal and State levels. In Georgia, our presence is visible at the State Capitol and our voice is respected among legislators. We encourage our members to advocate for the profession of social work and our clients by being informed and involved in the legislative process. If you have a position on a particular issue affecting the social work profession or the clients you serve, please email the NASW-GA Chapter Office. You can help us address YOUR concerns by taking a few moments to contact us.

Legislative & Social Action

Please click the link below to go to the new
NASW Georgia Chapter Legislative & Social Action web page:
http://capwiz.com/socialworkers/ga/home/

Keep updated during the 2010 Legislative Session…

 Legislative Action E-list

 

Go to http://capwiz.com/socialworkers/ga/mlm/signup and enter the required fields to be added to the 2010 Action E-list.  By enrolling in the Action E-list, you will receive state legislative information from NASW Georgia Chapter and federal legislative information from the NASW National Office.

 

Legislative & Social Action

 

Log onto http://capwiz.com/socialworkers/ga/home for state and federal legislative information, including:

 

  • Elected Officials (Search for Georgia state leadership and committees)
  • Policy Tools (State legislative directory; state officials and agencies; search local government; congressional delegation; media guide; and election guide)
  • Issues
    • Legislative Alerts and Updates - News and information about important issues;
    • Current Legislation - Summaries and status information about key bills;
    • Key Votes - Key congressional roll call votes; and
    • Capitol Hill Basics - Tips about communicating with Members and general information about Hill staffers, the legislative process and more. 
  • Key Votes
  • Capitol Hill Basics (Information to assist in communicating effectively with members of the Georgia legislature)

Legislative Session

For the latest legislative update from our Legislative Advocate, click NASW-GA legislative update.

For details on the legislative session, click www.legis.state.ga.us.

If there are committee meetings of interest that you want to watch, the House televises meetings on the Internet. Click http://www.georgia.gov/00/channel/0,2141,4802_6107101,00.html for more information.

Glossary of Legislative Terms 

Tips For Effective Advocacy

Links of Legislative Interest

  • State of Georgia Track current Georgia legislation; full text of bills available; Information on members of the General Assembly; research existing Georgia Code
  • Georgia Secretary of State Information on registering to vote and the election process
  • Georgia Rural Urban Summit Legislative Report Card containing voting records for Georgia legislators on specific legislation; legislative issues summary; legislative alerts; public policy issues
  • Georgia League of Women Voters Non-partisan, political information relating to state and local government in Georgia, including background on issues, Voter Guides (in season), calendar of issue discussion events, directories
  • Project Vote Smart Find out who your Senator and Representative is in the Georgia General Assembly and the U.S. Congress; look up voting records
  • Thomas Legislative information on U.S. Congress including status of bills, committee information and congressional voting records
  • Handsnet Online collaboration and information sharing for the human services community
  • Ballot Initiative Strategy Center A central resource library of ballot initiatives information for the progressive community
  • Governing.com Comprehensive list of web links for political and policy related sites
  • Opensecrets.org Comprehensive site by the Center for Responsive Politics to track political contributions by industry type or by candidate (national and state levels)
  • Urban Institute nonpartisan economic & social policy research organization

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Links are provided for informational purposes only.
NASW/GA does not monitor accuracy or contents of these sites.
Please advise if you find a site that is no longer in operation.
We welcome your suggestions for additional links.
 

Georgia Chapter-National Association of Social Workers
3070 Presidential Drive · Suite 226 · Atlanta, GA 30340
 (770) 234-0567 phone · (770) 234-0565 fax 
Email: naswga@mindspring.com