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Dr. Tami Gouveia, who served two terms as an elected Massachusetts State Representative, authored an op-ed in Social Work Today advocating for more social workers to run for government positions. As a social worker and policy maker, Gouveia outlines how many issues of social work can be solved by fixing failures at the institutional and organizational level.