Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Events

October 4, 2017 - 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM ET

Students bring a diversity of needs to our classroom. Teaching with accessibility in mind can help us include and accommodate them all. In this session, you will learn how to incorporate inclusive teaching principles and practices that promote accessibility to all students.

October 2, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM ET

There are many hidden ways in which culture influences behavior. Starting with an understanding of American culture, this session focuses on cultural differences between countries and how "common sense" assumptions we make about others may be flawed.

You will learn to:

Determine some American cultural values and norms that might differ from other cultures.

Discuss some of the challenges persons from other cultures might face at a US educational institution, as a student or employee.

Identify examples of verbal and nonverbal communication, symbolic meaning, cultural norms and cultural values.

You will benefit by:

Obtaining a general framework for understanding culture.

Increasing self-awareness and improving competency in both inter -and intra-cultural communications

September 27, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

In light of recent hate incidents on campus and in our community, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and CAPS are providing a safe space to come together, reflect, and focus on self-care in these difficult times. RSVP Here »

September 22, 2017 - 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM ET

This professional development workshop will help students and professional social workers learn and appreciate the role of language in social work practice. All social workers, monolingual and multilingual alike, perform the role of language interpreter (and/or translator) in practice. Ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in practice calls for methods, philosophies, and tools that can allow us to build relationships across class, gender, immigration status, sexuality, language and race. Interpretation- facilitating communication across lines that might otherwise divide communities is essential to working towards our commitment to DE&I. Participants will learn methods and strategies for interpretation with special attention to the potential for power imbalances that influence the way in which communication is mediated through an interpreter.

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September 14, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

In higher education, as in all industries, workplace policies and practices that support employment success for people with mental health conditions are sound management practices that benefit all workers and employers. Participants will learn about effective approaches for providing employees with mental health conditions what they need to perform their best on the job and raise awareness across their institutions about the importance of adopting an inclusive work culture that fosters mental health and well-being.

September 4, 2017 - 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET

Pride Outside is the largest LGBTQ+ welcome event on campus where all active LGBTQ+ groups come and advertise their organization. Enjoy free food and live music while learning more about LGBTQ+ life at UofM!

September 2, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET

Join the Office of Multi-Ethnic Students Affairs as they host their inaugural Welcome Week event: MESA-Palooza. Discover on-campus resources about social justice, race & ethnicity, and leadership development while enjoying refreshments and music. Everyone is welcome.

September 1, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET

Come meet first generation students who are the first in their families to go to college for a bachelor's degree. This event is free and open to all incoming and transfer first-generation students and their parents to meet and greet faculty, staff, and students across the university. Organized by the First Generation College Students @ Michigan.

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August 25, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Susan Eisenberg, 2016 Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist, returns to Ann Arbor to share her virtual exhibit titled On Equal Terms: Gender and Solidarity. Her multimedia work chronicles the experiences of women working in trade and union positions and how they navigate sexism and discrimination in male-dominated workplaces.

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July 10, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Due to the marginalization of transgender people, having basic health needs met is a barrier for those who identify as trans. Research proves that a major barrier lies within higher education because educators are not discussing trans topics, specifically around hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgeries, as well as ways to communicate with and address trans people. Because overall well-being and physical health needs are not being met, civic health/civic well-being and a trans person’s quality of life are directly connected. This presentation will explore techniques to be more inclusive in and out of the classroom, as well as ways to actively support trans people as they strive to address their basic health care needs.

Presentation by Brendon Holloway, MSW Candidate

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June 6, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Join the DE&I Office for a lunch conversation to discuss relevant Diversity, Equity and Inclusion topics. This will also be a community building space to support each other as we work together to strengthen DE&I in the School of Social Work.

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May 15, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Join the DE&I Office and OSS for a lunch conversation to discuss relevant Diversity, Equity and Inclusion topics. This will also be a community building space to support each other as we work together to strengthen DE&I in the School of Social Work.

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April 17, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Join the Office of Student Services and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for a DEI lunch. This will be a space to build community and to continue our dialogue on diversity, equity and inclusion in the School of Social Work and larger community. Lunch will be provided.

April 10, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Join the Office of Student Services and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for an informal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) related drop in lunch session. This will be a space for building community, as well as an opportunity to talk about any DEI questions, concerns, or ways that you would like to contribute to DEI efforts.

April 8, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET

An admissions representive will attend the California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education at San Jose State University to share information about U-M's MSW and PhD programs. 

April 6, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Join the Office of Student Services and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for an informal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) related drop in lunch session. This will be a space for building community, as well as an opportunity to talk about any DEI questions, concerns, or ways that you would like to contribute to DEI efforts.

April 6, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET

The Critical Intersectionality Interdiciplinary Workshop provides space for Rackham PhD students to discuss, share readings, and present research regarding complex theoretical and methodological issues related to intersectionality. All workshops will meet from noon to 1:30pm in the School of Social Work in the Curtis Room Conference Center in the basement, unless otherwise noted. Rackham PhD students of all diciplines are welcome. Lunch will be provided. 

March 29, 2017 - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM ET

Assistant Professor Kristin Seefeldt will discuss her new book, "Abandoned Families Social Isolation in the Twenty-First Century".

About the Book: 

Education, employment, and home ownership have long been considered stepping stones to the middle class. But in Abandoned Families, social policy expert Kristin Seefeldt shows how many working families have access only to a separate but unequal set of poor-quality jobs, low-performing schools, and declining housing markets which offer few chances for upward mobility. Through in-depth interviews over a six-year period with women in Detroit, Seefeldt charts the increasing social isolation of many low-income workers, particularly African Americans, and analyzes how economic and residential segregation keep them from achieving the American Dream of upward mobility.

March 27, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Join the Office of Student Services and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for an informal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) related drop in lunch session. This will be a space for building community, as well as an opportunity to talk about any DEI questions, concerns, or ways that you would like to contribute to DEI efforts.

March 23, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Join the Office of Student Services and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for an informal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) related drop in lunch session. This will be a space for building community, as well as an opportunity to talk about any DEI questions, concerns, or ways that you would like to contribute to DEI efforts.

March 23, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET

The Critical Intersectionality Interdiciplinary Workshop provides space for Rackham PhD students to discuss, share readings, and present research regarding complex theoretical and methodological issues related to intersectionality. All workshops will meet from noon to 1:30pm in the School of Social Work in the Curtis Room Conference Center in the basement, unless otherwise noted. Rackham PhD students of all diciplines are welcome. Lunch will be provided. 

March 21, 2017 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET

Matthew Desmond, author of New York Times "Bestseller Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" and Alex Kotlowitz, award-winning journalist whose coverage of poverty and race spans decades, will engage in a conversation surrounding the theme of race and poverty, followed by Q & A.

ASL interpretation will be provided.

March 21, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

Join us for a live showing of a lunch webinar with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

As the new presidential administration takes office, many social workers question the extent to which it will reflect the profession's values of equality and social and economic justice. Students, too, may be wondering how the administration's policies will impact their work with clients and communities, in particular the implications for marginalized groups. What are some ways to help students make sense of the emerging, often confusing, political era in the classroom?

Lunch will be provided.

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