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National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics

Section 6.04 Social and Political Action
(a) Social workers should engage in social and political action that seeks to ensure that all people have equal access to the resources, employment, services, and opportunities they require to meet their basic human needs and to develop fully. Social workers should be aware of the impact of the political arena on practice and should advocate for changes in policy and legislation to improve social conditions to meet basic human needs and promote social justice.

(b) Social workers should act to expand choice and opportunity for all people, with special regard for vulnerable, disadvantaged, oppressed, and exploited people and groups.

(c) Social workers should promote conditions that encourage respect for cultural and social diversity within the United States and globally. Social workers should promote policies and practices that demonstrate respect for difference, support the expansion of cultural knowledge and resources, advocate for programs and institutions that demonstrate cultural competence, and promote policies that safeguard the rights of and confirm equity and social justice for all people.

(d) Social workers should act to prevent and eliminate domination of, exploitation of, and discrimination against any person, group, or class on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, s*x, s*xual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, or mental or physical ability.

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May you face each day with courage and find inspiration around every corner!

10/01/2024

It can be easy to believe lies about who and what we are, especially when those lies were communicated to us when we were young (such as through our caregiver’s actions or words).

We naturally took in their actions as our truth:

“Oh. I am not worthy of love.” 😞

Children naturally believe what grown ups tell them or show them to be “true.”

We believe it (unconsciously)…and then we grow into adults ourselves and set our boundaries accordingly.

(“After all, it’s true, isn’t it? Isn’t love something that I have to earn through keeping-the-people-pleased?”)

And no matter how many facts we learn about boundaries, we can’t seem to get them to translate into real changes.

Why?

Often these insidious and foundational lies are a big reason why.

If I am not worthy of love or care, how can I set boundaries that are loving to me?

How powerful it is, as we do the work of discovering our true boundaries (a journey so full of healing and growth), to receive the natural clarity that truth always brings.

We were never hard to love.

They just didn’t know how.

❤️
Molly
Counselor-turned-Boundaries-Guide

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