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| https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/congresswoman-barbara-lee-to-receive-national-association-of-social-workers-public-elected-official-of-the-year-award | Congresswoman Barbara Lee To Receive National Association of Social Workers Public Elected Official of the Year Award | 2003-08-01 | 2003 | 2003-08 | Democrat | House | CA | Barbara Lee | L000551 | lee.house.gov | legacy | 08.01.03 Congresswoman Barbara Lee To Receive National Association of Social Workers' Public Elected Official of the Year Award Washington, DC Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) will be honored with the National Association of Social Workers' (NASW) Public Elected Official of the Year Award tomorrow night in Washington.In a statement on Lee, the NASW hailed the legislator for her vital role in reconnecting the social work profession to its activist roots. Lee's outstanding service and political career has deeply influenced global peace, civil and human rights, health and human services, and social work practice. Her long history of political activism makes her a unique role model for social workers throughout the nation. Throughout Lee's political career, she has sought to use her training as a social worker to help solve the problems and challenges that confront the people of the 9th district and those of the nation, according to the NASW. She has worked to build bipartisan coalitions to provide for the basic and interrelated needs of all Americans: health care, affordable housing, education, jobs, and the quest to create livable communities in a peaceful world. I am honored to receive this award from the National Association of Social Workers because my background as a social worker shapes my work in Congress every day, said Lee. The central principles that I learned in classes and in practice are absolutely relevant to my legislative mission, said Lee. The NASW lays out core principles that represent the foundation of our profession: service, social justice, the dignity and worth of the person, the importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence. These principles help me, as a social worker and legislator, recognize the real costs exacted by violence, poverty, and injustice. Due to prior commitments in Oakland, including a town hall meeting on immigration, Lee will not be present for the dinner, but the award will be accepted by a representative from her Washington staff. ### Next Article | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |