NASW-PA had the biggest turn-out ever for lobby day 2004, 450 attendees.The day began with opening remarks by Bob Mason, Member of the NASW-PA Social Policy Committee and incoming Chair, Cynthia Corbin, NASW-PA President. Both spoke about the role of social workers in bringing about social change and acting on a macro level.

Willie Baptist spoke on the right to HEALTH and what that means to citizens and the difference between having health care and having one's right to health actually fulfilled.

Groups then broke off into trainings on Economic Human Rights. These trainings were run by members of the KWRU social work strategy commitee. The trainings focused on the right to health since that was the focus of the day but emphasis was put on what that right actually meant and that it went well beyond health care.

The rally portion of the day followed. Various Penn legislators spoke on the current violations witnessed across the state resulting from the lack of these rights being guaranteed in PENN and the importance of lobbying to change this. Tara Colon spoke about the effect on her life by living in a country that does not guaranteed these rights and very powerfully outlined what it is like to truly suffer under the current political and social climate.