Showing events on October 21, 2016
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Toxic Borders and Bondages: Intersecting Ecology with Capitalism, Racism, Heteropatriarchy and (Dis)possession
October 21, 2016 to October 22, 2016
Toxic Borders and Bondages: Intersecting Ecology with Capitalism, Racism, Heteropatriarchy and (Dis)possession" will offer graduate students the opportunity to explore the following questions.
How does the discourse and lived reality of "toxicity" redefine the borders of mind, body, and community?
What becomes coded as "toxic" and what does not?
Through a provocation to erect borders and a simultaneous admonition that they will fail, the notion of toxicity urges critical inquiry into how barriers of aversion are both configured and undermined. At this symposium, we aim to collaborate across discourses and develop a space for dialogue about how toxicity broadly writ has become discursively bonded to certain natural, human, and national bodies in order to uphold systems of colonization and imperialism, racism and white supremacy, capitalist accumulation and dispossession, patriarchy and compulsory heterosexuality, and other regimes of hierarchical oppression.
Keynote addresses will be given by environmental justice scholars Julie Sze from the University of California, Davis and John Gamber from Columbia University.
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Can 'Baby Bonds' Eliminate the Racial Wealth Gap?
October 21, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan invites you to the event: "Can 'Baby Bonds' Eliminate the Racial Wealth Gap?"
Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan is proud to sponsor the first in a new series of interactive talks, Fighting Poverty in 2017 and Beyond.
Our first speaker is Darrick Hamilton, Associate Professor of Economics and Urban Policy at The New School for Social Research - Department of Economics and Director of the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy. Professor Hamilton is a stratification economist, whose work focuses on the causes, consequences and remedies of racial and ethnic inequality in economic and health outcomes, which includes an examination of the intersection of identity, racism, colorism, and socioeconomic outcomes.
Professor Luke Shaefer, Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Professor of Public Policy, will provide introductory remarks and moderate.
Responding to Professor Hamilton's talk will be Professor Trina R. Shanks, Associate Professor at the U-M School of Social Work.
RSVP for lunch by October 19.
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All-Class Reunion Lunch
October 21, 2016 - 12:15pm to 1:30pm
School of Social Work alumni, join fellow alumni and Dean Videka for lunch, an update on the School of Social Work, and the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Awards.
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Feature Alumna Presentation
October 21, 2016 - 1:45pm to 3:00pm
Terry Axelrod, founder and CEO of Benevon, has more than 30 years’ experience in the nonprofit field. She created the Benevon Model after serving as the first development director at a private inner-city school, where she designed and implemented the fundraising programs that yielded $7.2 million in two years and a significant endowment. Over the past 20 years, Benevon has trained more than 4,500 nonprofit teams to customize this systematic process for building sustainable funding.
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CASC Donuts and Cider Social
October 21, 2016 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm
This is an event for CASC students to connect with other CASC students over cider and donuts. We hope to see you there!