Showing events starting from March 1, 2016 up to March 31, 2016

March 16, 2016 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET

This workshop, primarily targeted to students in the health professions, will focus on how healthcare professionals provide holistic care to LGBTQ+ individuals. Through the course of the workshop, participants will learn about health care disparities, social justice issues within the medical system, and best practices for working with LGBTQ+ individuals. Attendees will also have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and practice these skills within interprofessional teams.

Due to the limited capacity of the room, an RSVP link will be included on the event flyer. Those interested in attending the workshop are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to RSVP beforehand.  

RSVP Will Close Tuesday, March 15 at 5pm.

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March 17, 2016 - 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM ET

Substantial breakfast at 8 am.  Research retreat from 9 am - 4 pm.  Hearty lunch provided.  Facilitated by the SSW Research Office, the Curtis Center, and Robert Mittman.  

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March 18, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET

This session will address many questions that students have before starting the MSW program. Faculty, staff, and students of the MSW program will be available to discuss the curriculum, field placement, career services, the student experience, and more. There will be an opportunity to ask questions during the session. Join us!

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March 18, 2016 - 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

Join us for a public presentation by distinguished alumni, Nancy Amidei. 

CEUs Pending

March 18, 2016 - 4:30 PM to 8:30 PM ET

Coffee hour is a time to relax and socialize with international students, RPCVs, Master's International students, Coverdell Fellows and anyone who is interested in cross-cultural engagement.  

Following coffee hour, there will be a potluck to give individuals the opportunity to exchange recipes, eat some delicious food, and connect with other international students and students who have had experience abroad through Peace Corps or have an international interest. 

Each participant will bring a dish that will serve about five people. There is a kitchen with a microwave and an oven which you can use to reheat your dish if necessary. It is totally acceptable to bring a prepared dish, buy something from the store, order a dish from your favorite restaurant, etc. If interested, register here by Monday, March 14. 

March 19, 2016 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET

This is an advanced methods mini-course focused on forensic interviewing of children. The mini-course is particularly relevant to interviewing children alleged to have been sexually abused, but also be relevant to gathering information from children about a spectrum of traumatic experiences. This mini-course will provide a critical review of the evidence/research that is relied upon in forensic interviewing of children and will provide information about best practice. The course takes a child-centered/social justice approach, will admonish professionals to take into account the child's needs, developmental stage, and functioning, as well as the specifics of the allegations, when conducting forensic interviews. ...

Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.

March 21, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Writing opinion essays offers one more way for each of us to engage in social justice, by sharing our expertise and our passion through our published words. Students need not finish their MSW before they publish; for example, Laura De Palma (MSW 2014) published multiple essays in the Huffington Post both before and after graduation.

This interactive workshop will focus on how to write an op-ed.

We will start with a brief presentation covering audience and purpose, and the content and shape of an op-ed. Next, we will break into small groups to brainstorm ideas and provide feedback on drafts.

Bring whatever you have: ideas, a title, an outline, a draft. If you do have a draft or outline, please bring two printed copies for peer feedback. If you never thought about writing for the public, but just want an overview of op-eds, you are absolutely invited, and can choose whether to stay for the brainstorming session.

All members of the SSW community are welcome. Feel free to bring your lunch.

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March 21, 2016 - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM ET

With over 2 million people held in U.S. jails and prisons, the United States is the world's leading jailer. The shadow of the prison, however, extends far beyond the prison gates. Join us for a conversation on the curious place of the prison in American public life. The conversation will be led by an esteemed panel of experts.

Brett Story, documentary film maker and critical geographer with the CUNY center on Place, Politics, and Culture will show clips from her new film, The Prison in 12 Landscapes, and lead us in a discussion of the not so obvious places the prison rears its head. For a preview of the film see: https://vimeo.com/105073038

John Eason, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University will share notes from his forthcoming book, "Big House on the Prairie: Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation, a study of prison placement and an ethnography of a rural prison town".

Walter Smith, a formerly incarcerated community activist, radio host, and 5 time championship body builder who was wrongfully imprisoned for 11 years and eventually exonerated after filing a motion for DNA testing. He has since hosted the weekly radio program "Street Soldier," written a book, and done violence prevention workshops throughout the nation.

The Event will be hosted by Reuben Jonathan Miller, Assistant Professor of Social Work, faculty Associate, ISR, and Faculty Affiliate, DAAS and Hazelette Crosby Robinson, a formerly incarcerated community activist, alumna of the University of Michigan School of Social Work, and Research Associate on the Detroit Reentry Project.

This timely conversation with a professor, a geographer and film maker, and an exonerated, formerly incarcerated activist will direct our attention away from the prison itself and help us to attend to its impact across communities, across geographies, and across sites of cultural representation.