Inside the State Capitol Building, St. Paul, MN. Image source: Patrick O'Leary/University of Minnesota Since the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children (or CPS Task Force, for short) began in October, there has been an option on the CPS Task Force's website to send comments to the CPS Task Force directly. Additionally, in [...]
Source: Linda Grobman/Flickr Every year, The National Association of Social Workers–Minnesota (NASW-MN) sponsors Social Work Day at the Capital in Minnesota. This year Social Work Day will be on Monday, April 7, 2014, with the theme of "All Minnesotans Matter," keeping in line with last month's Social Work Month theme of "All People Matter." Although [...]
(written by Lindsay Brekke) The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits held an Advanced Advocacy training on February 8, 2012, which outlined a number of resources right here at our state Capitol for advocacy work by nonprofits. This post is a recap of this training and is meant to help others in their advocacy work. First is [...]
Monday April 4th was the 15th Annual Social Work Day at the Capitol. The local Fox 9 News covered the social workers' rally. Here's the short video: Social Workers' Rally Supports Dayton's Wealthy Tax: MyFoxTWINCITIES.com The MN Social Service Association put out a call to action. The full MN House, on April 6th, will begin [...]
