Showing events starting from November 1, 2024 up to November 30, 2024

November 10, 2024 - 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET

The purpose of the Electoral Wellness (Civic Engagement & Mental/Emotional Wellbeing) series is to invite the SSW DEI community into an ongoing conversation about power and hope during the Fall 2024 election cycle in a way that is meant to build trust and self-awareness. This experiential series will allow SSW students, faculty, and staff to build relationships in a setting that is grounded in restorative justice practices such as trust-building and active listening. This calendar of three sessions will use interactive activities to support participants in engaging in mindfulness and collective visioning as tools to protect hopefulness and plan for a socially just future in the face of uncertainty and political unrest.

Outcomes: Participants will

Experience Restorative Justice values in practice 

Engage in self-awareness by naming feelings through the use of art

Examine power checks and balances within National and State Governments

Explore electoral hopes and fears

Discuss practices for discussing the election with clients

Practice grounding tools in the space that can be used with clients in the field

Engage in a collective visioning exercise

Process emotions following the 2024 election

This 3 part series will conclude on zoom with a post-election collective visioning session and an election processing space.

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November 18, 2024 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM ET

Panel discussion to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance. 

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November 19, 2024 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET

Join us for a screening and panel discussion of the documentary Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice.

Our panelists, including Audrey Geyer, film director, and Matthew Fletcher from the University of Michigan Law School, will explore the film's themes of Indigenous legal activism and the fight to protect sacred lands and treaty rights. The event will start with watching the movie and then a hybrid discussion will take place starting at 7:25 pm.

This event, is being hosted by the DEI Office in collaboration with the LatinX and Indigenous Social Work Alliance.

All are welcome to attend this important discussion, and we encourage students, staff, and faculty to participate.

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