Public Education Campaign Newsletter

July 2007 • In This Issue

	• Message from Campaign Chairs
	• My Life Was Changed by a Social Worker
	• Insider's Look at the Campaign
	• How Do These Ads Come About?
	• What's coming in 2007
	• NASW Survey Gets National Coverage
	• School Participation in the Campaign

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My Life Was Changed by a Social Worker
Promoting Social Workers Through Real Life Stories

Before intervention, Hansel Rodriguez would strike out – at his mother, his classmates, himself. With the help of a psychiatric social worker, he learned to connect with the world. His mother still becomes emotional when she speaks of the transformation. A son she had almost lost to anger can now tell her he loves her before heading off to summer leadership camp. Spring 2007 “

“I was like a crane,” says Eun Joon Choi through her interpreter, “I used to stand apart from the others.” Now she counts many people as her friends, and she credits her turnaround to her social worker at a senior services center.“It is important that people know about this help. It has changed my life, and I want other people to know that social workers do this wonderful work.”

Ivory Pete says, “I’d had breast cancer two years before. I didn’t think I could face it again. I’d already given up” when social worker Alycia Hughes came into her room. “You think there’s nobody to help you in the world. But she listened. She was a part of my care…God blessed me the day I met her.”

“Counseling has helped me get back into civilian life. I can
handle groups better. I can handle jobs and interviews better. If I hadn’t had Dr. Selig to help, I don’t know what I’d be doing now.” Chuck Ross wants other military personnel who experience combat stress to get the help they need. “This isn’t about being crazy, or being tough. It’s about taking responsibility for yourself and your actions…You can’t do it alone. You need someone trained and educated who can tell you what you’re going through.”