National Assembly Today

We are pleased to present the newly elected Officers of the National Human Services Assembly Board of Directors. They are: BOARD CHAIR – Jeff Fleischer, President & CEO, Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (current Vice Chair) VICE CHAIR – Darlyne Bailey, Ph.D., Professor and Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr […]

The National Human Services Assembly held its 2019 Annual Convening, Essential Conversations on Human Services, on Tuesday, June 11. Of the stimulating discussions, Brandon Toth, the National Assembly’s Director of Public Policy, moderated the panel, “How Human Service Organizations Can Strategically Marshal Grassroots Advocacy Campaigns.” He was joined by: Khalilah Harris, Managing Director for K-12 […]

We’re excited to share another reframing example from the field, this time from the Southeast. Family Services in Winston-Salem, NC, an Alliance for Strong Families and Communities (Alliance) member founded in 1905, serves Forsyth County. Through partnerships with community agencies, Family Services provides child development and domestic and family violence services, among others. Its vision […]

Four years ago, Mohammed AL Samawi was hoping to survive. One more hour, one more day, for a future. He was caught up in the war that was breaking out in his native Yemen. It is a war of competing interests, internal to Yemen and controlled by global powers that operate at a level divorced […]

We’re always excited to share some great reframing in action. In this issue, we check back in with our friends at Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana (VOA), who started reframing after attending a National Reframing Initiative workshop at the Volunteers of America National Conference in 2016. Most recently, the organization incorporated the Building Well-Being […]