At SSWR 2020, we launched our new Grand Challenges for Social Work Calendar! Each month, we will focus on one of the Grand Challenges, highlighting work that is being done to advance the field and address some of society’s largest challenges. Below is the list of corresponding Grand Challenges each month. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up, and let us know how you are #Up4theChallenge by telling us how you are working to address the Grand Challenges for Social Work!
January: Reduce extreme economic inequality
February: Achieve equal opportunity and justice
March: Promote smart decarceration
April: Build financial capability for all
May: Ensure healthy development for all youth
June: Eradicate social isolation
July: Harness technology for social good
August: Create social responses to a changing environment
September: Advance long and productive lives
October: Build healthy relationships to end violence
November: End homelessness
December: Close the health gap