Showing events starting from October 1, 2018 up to October 31, 2018
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Active Minds Panel Discussion
October 22, 2018 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET
Student panelists tell their own stories
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Neubacher Ceremony
October 24, 2018 - 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM ET
The Ceremony recognizes U-M affiliates (faculty/staff/students/alums) who have been nominated and selected for their contributions to disability issues.
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Disability and Accessible Teaching: Current Perspectives and Best Practices
October 24, 2018 - 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM ET
Facilitators: Grant Jackson (CRLT) and Stephanie Rosen (University Libraries)
Free session but registration required at crlt.umich.edu
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SSW Book Club
October 25, 2018 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Join us in room 2629 SSWB for our next Book Club meeting. We will continue our discussion of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.
Learn more about the book from the book website and trailer.
Learn more about the SSW Book Club.
All members of the SSW community are invited. Feel free to bring your lunch.
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Student Forum on School Climate
October 29, 2018 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Join the SSW Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for a student forum to discuss the School of Social Work’s recent climate survey results and engage in the ongoing conversation around improving school climate. Join us so that together we can foster a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable learning community!
Lunch will be provided.
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Updated ADA Information: Assistive Animals and Emotional Support Animals (ESA)
October 29, 2018 - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET
Panelists: Christina Kline, Disability Coordinator, U-M Office for institutional Equity; Jack Bernard, U-M Associate General Counsel
Moderator: Jeff Edelstein
Do you know the difference between Emotional Support Animals and assistive animals? Do you know which animals can legally be kept in dorms or in rentals? Which animals can be taken into public spaces such as restaurants and stores? Our panel can provide answers.
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Language and Disability: An Exploration
October 30, 2018 - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM ET
Panelists: Petra Kuppers, Lloyd Shelton, Dessa Cosma, Pam McGuinty, Luke Kudryashov
This event will explore language and disability experiences through multiple lenses, including poetry, political implications, access to the nuances of English for people with hearing loss, and a discussion panel on linguistic authority, implications of language choice, and building community across differences.
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Understanding the Trump Administration’s Memo on “Gender”: Policy Basics Teach-In
October 31, 2018 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET
This pop-up discussion will focus on recent news reports about the leaked policy memo circulating among Trump administration officials defining gender in ways that would discriminate against transgender, non-binary, and intersex populations. We will focus specifically on the policy-related dimension of this issue, situate the debate within a broader policy framework, and outline the current policy landscape as it relates to civil rights.