Social Justice in the Real World: CASC Minor Alumni Panel

Join us a for a panel discussion with CASC Minor alumni. Panelists will share their stories and journey engaging in social justice and change work. Learn more about their academic career as undergraduate students, experience in the minor, and the challenges, and lessons learned about applications of social justice "in the real world". Light dinner served and RSVP not required to participate. 

Alumni Panelists:

• Anouk Versavel (2017): Anouk Versavel (she/her/hers) graduated in 2017 from UofM with majors in Women’s Studies and Sociology (Law Justice and Social Change) and a CASC minor. During undergrad, Anouk was a CASC student board member, taught yoga at aUM, and worked for the Global Feminisms Project through the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Originally from Antwerp, Belgium, she moved to San Francisco, CA after graduation and for 2 years worked as a Project Manager at Civic Edge Consulting, a communications firm with public sector clients. She also volunteered at the UC Hastings Center for WorkLife Law. Anouk just started studying at Northwestern School of Law and will graduate with a JD in 2022. 
• Amy Ketner (2013): Amy Ketner was born and raised in the Flint area, a place which influenced her understanding of society and identity from an early age.  After graduating from UM in 2013, Amy accompanied youth and young adults in Santiago, Chile for two years through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.  Since her return to the US, Amy has worked at St. Mary Student Parish (a Catholic Church), coordinating the parish's programs in Spanish. Together with the community, she formed an immigration team to support parishioners and community members who are undocumented, and to promote education and advocacy around immigrant rights.  Amy collaborates with other community organizers across SE Michigan, building a network of parishes and organizations to accompany our immigrant community. 
• Emily Hill (2014): Emily is a licensed clinical social worker. Emily graduated with a BA in Psychology and minor in CASC in 2014, and then went on to earn her MSW from the University of Michigan in 2015. After graduation, Emily worked as a child therapist in community mental health in Wayne County, providing school-based and home-based behavioral health services to children and families. She then transitioned to working as a research associate for the School of Public Health and Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities on a national study focused on improving medication adherence for youth living with HIV. Emily currently works as a clinical social worker in the HIV/AIDS clinic in the University of Michigan Health System, where her primary responsibility is risk reduction counseling and education. Emily also works as a private practice therapist at Amplify Colectivo in downtown Ann Arbor, and will be pursuing a certification to become a Sex Therapist/Sexuality Educator beginning next year. 
• Tahany Alsabahi (2017): Tahany Alsabahi is a 2017 graduate of the University of Michigan (U-M), where she double majored in International Studies and Middle Eastern & North African Studies and minored in Community Action and Social Change. As a student, Tahany worked as a Program Coordinator for the Program on Intergroup Relations; co-founded the Yemeni Students’ Association to create a space for Yemeni students to organize around the war in Yemen; and co-chaired Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE), where she led campaigns urging the University to divest from companies complicit in human rights abuses. For two year after graduating, Tahany worked in higher ed social justice initiatives in the College of LS&A. Currently, she's in her first year of law school at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and hopes to take her CASC background to the legal field. 
• Violet Kelly-Andrews (2018): Graduated in 2018 with a major in Performing Arts Management and minors in CASC and History. After graduating, moved to New York City to spend the summer doing arts education before moving to London to a Masters program at King's College London in Arts and Cultural Management. Masters dissertation was in evaluating the impact of a diversity and leadership program that Arts Council England funded. More info on program can be found here: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/change-makers