Bill Text: TX HR872 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 2023 as Social Work Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-14 - Reported enrolled [HR872 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR872-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 872 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The observance of Social Work Month in March 2023 | ||
| provides a welcome opportunity to raise awareness of the important | ||
| contributions made by members of this profession; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Acknowledging the long history of this vocation, the | ||
| National Association of Social Workers has adopted the theme | ||
| "Social Work Breaks Barriers" for 2023; early pioneers in the field | ||
| include Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Star, who opened Hull House in | ||
| Chicago in 1889 for the benefit of the city's large immigrant | ||
| population; other transformational figures have been George Edmund | ||
| Haynes, who cofounded the National Urban League, and Ida B. Wells, | ||
| the heroic women's rights and anti-lynching activist; during the | ||
| Great Depression, Frances Perkins, the first female secretary of | ||
| labor, was instrumental in the advent of the 40-hour workweek, | ||
| minimum wage, and Social Security; Whitney M. Young Jr., NASW | ||
| president in the Civil Rights era, collaborated with President | ||
| Lyndon B. Johnson and other leaders to end racial employment | ||
| discrimination; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, social work is among the fastest-growing | ||
| careers in the United States, with more than 700,000 professionals | ||
| employed in a wide variety of settings, from schools, hospitals, | ||
| and corporations to the criminal justice system and government | ||
| agencies; each day, they help people at both the individual level | ||
| and the systems level; while some assist with immediate needs such | ||
| as food, shelter, and medical care, others are involved in | ||
| advocating for laws and policies to effect long-term solutions; | ||
| they have pushed for the adoption of livable wages, workplace | ||
| safety measures, and other reforms; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Social workers play a crucial role in battling the | ||
| opioid crisis, and they are among the leading providers of mental | ||
| health care; they serve in the wake of natural disasters and in the | ||
| midst of family tragedies; each day, their code of ethics prompts | ||
| them to fight injustice and champion equal rights for all people; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, For well over a century, social workers have | ||
| dedicated themselves to improving the well-being of their fellow | ||
| Americans, and their tireless endeavors have empowered individuals | ||
| and strengthened communities all across the nation; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize March 2023 as Social Work Month. | ||
| Bernal | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 872 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 14, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
