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Social Work Month Project for 2025: Thank You for Your Compassion and Action
Social Work: Compassion+Action. THANK you for your vital work in challenging times, every day, every month. Please spend Social Work Month with us at The New Social Worker. Follow us all month (March 2025) to celebrate the social work profession.
Submit Your Poem to the National Poetry Contest for Social Workers 2026
The University of Iowa School of Social Work conducts an annual, nationwide poetry contest to acknowledge the creative talent of social workers and to draw attention to social work as a profession. Submit your poem by 1/31/26.
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Poetry: Compassion + Action = The Power of Social Work
A "spoken word" poem written and performed during Social Work Month, on the theme of compassion plus action.
2025 Winners of the National Social Work Poetry Contest
Happy National Poetry Month! The National Social Work Poetry Contest is sponsored by the University of Iowa School of Social Work and The New Social Worker magazine. Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 contest! Read the winning poems.
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The Marriage of Empathy and Compassion: A Road to Enhancement, Action, and Change
Today, the demands before us are greater than ever. It is vital to protect ourselves through boundaries and other self-care strategies. Before we can offer compassion to our clients, we must find and hold onto it for ourselves.
Why Social Work Needs Cultural Humility
Cultural humility provides a framework for upholding the ethical principles of social work—seeing each person holistically, striving for justice, and resisting oversimplified categorizations.
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Social Workers Create Enduring Action Through Compassion in the Workplace
We can create enduring action in our workplaces through enhanced compassion for each other. Indeed, if we are to persist, in political times that require social workers now more than ever, we must.
Embracing Ubuntu: Fostering Compassion and Action Through African Philosophy
As social workers think deeply about the “dignity and worth of the person,” we are reminded of the African philosophy “Ubuntu,” which emphasizes the interconnectedness of individuals with their surroundings and physical world.
Send Us Your Creative Work!
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The New Social Worker seeks creative works from social workers and social work students. Contact the editor to submit your artwork, poetry, music, and other creative works. Thank you!
