
2025 NASWGA Virtual Social Work Advocacy Day
Theme: Stronger Together - Social Workers, Advocacy
& Social Justice!
Date: February 27, 2025, Via Zoom
Time: 9:00 am to 2:30 pm
15-Minute Break 11:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Continuing Education (CE) Credit 5 Core Hours
Each year the NASW-GA promotes and hosts Social Work Advocacy Day to honor the core value of Social Justice. Social Work Advocacy Day is significant for three reasons:
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Social Work Advocacy Day makes social workers, social work students and faculty more aware of the legacy of responsibility. Social Workers share in being advocates for social justice while motivating and equipping them to be advocates for social change.
2. Social workers, social work students, and faculty are exposed to and informed of the current state as well as national emerging p political and social issues which impact the social work profession and those they serve; and
3. Social work practitioners, social work students, and faculty have an opportunity to perceive firsthand – an understanding of state government and the political process; thereby, learning how to employ the method.
AGENDA
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Wendi L. Clifton, Esq., NASW-GA Lobbyist
Lobbying 101 & 2025 Legislative Update
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Monica Nandan, Ph.D., MSW, MBA Director of Strategic Partnership and Social Impact and Professor, Social Work and Human Services-Kennesaw State University
Presentation: Why should social workers be engaged in policy practice and advocacy? How?
Educating attendees about the role of social workers in advocating for social justice and systemic change.
Break – 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Dr. Anthony Estreet, Ph.D., MBA, LCSW-C, CEO National Association of Social Workers
Presentation: Where Compassion Meets Action: Leading the Way in Social Work
Description: Dr. Estreet will provide insight into the current state of social work in the US, including future
developments, essential considerations for social workers, emerging trends in practice and research, and more.
12:25 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.
Aashna Panjwani and Kaitlin Ward, The Carter Center
Presentation: Advocating for Access to Mental Health Care: Next Steps for Parity
1:25 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Terry Mizrahi, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor Emeritus, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
Presentation: Electoral Activism - The Urgency is Now!
2:25 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Thank You & Close Out
**Please note: You cannot register via phone. You must register on a laptop, desktop or ipad.


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