SWAC seeks to promote social justice and dismantle systems of oppression by advancing transformative policies, advancing equitable services, and advocating for ethical practices and representation of social workers at every level.

Our Mission

(1) Create clear pathways for individual social service and social change workers to connect with power-building organizations in their areas of interest/specialization so that they can engage in radical political education, and contribute to the collective movement to shift the field of professionalized social-service work to a solidarity-focused model, and

(2) Create a platform for sustained, radical dialogue and joint organizing actions on the issues confronting the human services that, at present, are not being met by mainstream organizations. This includes building capacity for a rapid response network against fascist policies.

Our Principles

1. Provide tools for organizing for collective change in human service workplaces, the profession, and academic programs;

2. Connect people to groups for organizing inside and outside the profession;

3. Network for action to fight harmful policies and protocols levied against human service workers and service users;

4. Mobilize to name, address, and dismantle social and economic inequities;

5. Expand base building to offer support to current organizing efforts;

6. Develop new leaders within social service and social change organizations dedicated to sustained actions that contribute to the long-term transformation of our field and ensure opportunities for training and ongoing support;

7. Provide support and representation to social service workers who are organizing or litigating for systemic change.

8. Mobilize through sustained collective action, using anti-racist and abolitionist praxis and ensuring an empowering work model to help dismantle systemic social and economic inequities and transform the professionalized social-service field into a solidarity-focused model.