CSWA collaborates with professional social work entities, archival collectives and experts in California history.
Pics from NASW-CA Lobby Days 2025.
Below left: Our table was filled information about CSWA’s mission, examples of our archival material, bookmarks, books authored by our founders and current board members and lots of stickers, which the students loved. (see pic to the right.)
CSWA is a proud member of the Conference of California Historical Societies.
CSWA is proud to partner with the National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter.
Each year CSWA’s boardmembers are invited speakers at NASW-CA’s Annual Conference held each fall, as well as NASW-CA’s Lobby Days held in Sacramento each Spring.
We also host an exhibit table at which conference attendees learn about our archival collection and our role in celebrating California’s extraordinary social workers..
(above) This is the slide deck shared at the 2024 Archives Bazaar. Come visit our table for the 2025 Archives Bazaar on October 18th.
CSWA Board President (below and middle) and CSWA Boardmember Nikola Alenkin (below, right) speaking to over a thousand social work students, faculty and clinicians at 2025 NASW-CA Lobby Days in Sacramento.
Our Hall of Distinction Ceremony is always co-located at the NASW-CA Annual Conference.
(right) UCLA PhD candidate in Social Welfare and CSWA Fellow Bethany Jo Murray describes CSWA’s work to an onlooker at the 2024 LA as Subject Archives Bazaar.
CSWA is long time member of LA As Subject.
In 2024 we participated in the annual Archives Bazaar for the 1st time.
This event celebrates LA County’s archival collections be they from a small LA neighborhood, or part of an internationsal museum.
It’s free and open to the public. Join us on Saturday, October 18th 2025 at Cal State L.A.!
CSWA is a proud member of the Society of California Archives (SCA).
