Showing events starting from October 1, 2016 up to October 31, 2016
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Leadership Talk: Jennifer Cole
October 20, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Interested in the intersection of leadership and health?
Come hear from Jennifer Tang Cole, from Boston College about her research and work within the health systems.
In addition to her research and work in HIV/AIDS: Evidence-based programs, policies and services, she also has over a decade of experience as a non profit administrator with proven success in program non profit management including budgeting and financial management for SW managers and program evaluation.
Food will be provided.
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JCLP Lunch and Learn: Text Study
October 20, 2016 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Join the students of the Jewish Communal Leadership Program in the Sukkah Thursday (10/20) from 12 PM to 2 PM for a Lunch and Learn text study!
The Sukkah is a temporary dwelling in which, traditionally Jews sleep, eat, and celebrate during the annual Sukkot harvest festival.
We'll be engaging with traditional Jewish texts and contemporary reflections to explore how the holiday's themes of safety and refuge are relevant to our experiences as social workers.
Drop in and join us when and for as long as you can. No knowledge/experience with Judaism/Hebrew necessary. All are welcome!
A light lunch from Jerusalem Garden will be provided.
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Field Placement Application Materials Due for Winter Field Starts
October 20, 2016 - 5:00pm
Field placement application materials due to the Office of Field Instruction for students starting their field placement in Janurary 2017.
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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!
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School of Social Work Alumni Homecoming Tailgate Party
October 22, 2016 - 12:30pm to 2:30pm
SSW Alumni, join Dean Videka and reconnect with former classmates while enjoying plenty of food, giveaways, and school spirit. Transportation is provided between the School of Social Work and the Big House.
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SSW Reads
October 23, 2016 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Students, staff, and faculty are invited to participate in a discussion of the first chapter of Grace Lee Boggs's book, The Next American Revolution. The first 30 people to arrive will receive a hard copy of the book to borrow from the school.