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Alumni Webinar Series | Housing in America and the Affordable Housing Crisis
November 18, 2021 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Note: This webinar series features invited alumni speakers with expertise in a variety of social work practice settings. The series is offered free of charge to alumni of the U-M School of Social Work, but anyone who is interested is welcome to register. You do not need to be an alum to participate in these sessions.
There is an insufficient supply of decent affordable housing to meet today's needs. The price of housing continues to increase beyond the reach of many households. Especially hard hit are low-wage earners who do not earn enough income to rent an average priced apartment, and as more and more gentrification occurs, are forced to commute until they find affordability. How does one use affordable housing to rebuild distressed neighborhoods, design communities of opportunity, generate equitable environments, create a strong sense of belonging and hope for the children's future?Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Undoing Racism Workshop Meeting
November 18, 2021 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Undoing Racism is a community collective of students, staff, and faculty in the School of Social Work dedicated to fighting white supremacy at the individual, school, and structural levels.
This workgroup was established in 2019 after students, staff, and faculty took part in the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond Undoing Racism© workshops. Since then, the Undoing Racism workgroup has been working to implement the People’s Institute anti-racist community organizing model – recognizing that community organizing within our school is critical to move toward an anti-racist and anti-oppressive program to bring along all members of the community.
The Undoing Racism workgroup also emphasizes the role that white members of our community must take on to dismantle and undo white supremacist structures that benefit and maintain power for white people. Our work has largely been focused on building collective community – a fundamental step in the People’s Institute organizing model. Our dialogue and strategic planning to advance towards an anti-racist and anti-oppressive program and school community must begin with building relationships and strengthening community bonds to engage in internal and external anti-racism work.
Meetings are held on the last Thursday of every month from 12-2pm (with some exceptions). All members of our school community are invited to attend.
A Zoom link will be sent out the day of the event to all those who RSVP.
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Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Celebration
November 18, 2021 - 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM ET
Representatives from the University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ford School of Public Policy, and School of Public Health will join the Virtual Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Celebration to present: Preparing for Graduate School after your AmeriCorps Service. During this presentation, panelists from the University of Michigan to discuss preparation for graduate school after your service year. Topics include how to know if you're ready for graduate school, researching graduate programs, the application process, funding/financing for graduate programs, and Q&A.
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Racial Disparities Among Autistic Youth Experiencing Depression
November 18, 2021 - 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET
Postdoctoral Fellow Ed-Dee Williams PhD ‘21 is presenting “Racial Disparities Among Autistic Youth Experiencing Depression” at the International Meeting for Autism Research.
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Idealist Virtual Social Impact Graduate School Fair
November 18, 2021 - 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET
Join the Idealist Social Impact Virtual Graduate School fair to speak with an admissions representative about U-M's MSW and PhD programs.
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Trans Visibility Passport Day
November 19, 2021 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
The SSW Office of Global Activities and U-M Spectrum Center are collaborating to host Trans Visibility Passport Day!
During this event, individuals may apply for or renew a passport, request a name change, and/or update their gender marker on their passport with the generous help of the Washtenaw County Clerk’s office. To register for this event and learn more about the cost, payment, requirements, and necessary paperwork, please click here.
Please contact [email protected] with any questions or concerns.
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Launching Your Career in Mental Health - Life after Graduation
November 19, 2021 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Welcome to the wonderful world of being a mental health professional! If you're wondering what the day to day life of a full time mental health professional looks like, what to put in your resume, what skills employers are seeking, and how to best transition into full time work, this is the seminar for you.The SSW Career Services Office has invited Caitlin Quenneville, LMSW (she/her/hers), Outpatient Supervisor at Starfish Family Services, to speak about launching a career in mental health. Caitlin is a LMSW - C who has been working as a clinical therapist and supervisor for the past 11 years and is hoping to provide support and answer questions you have related to entering the workforce as a mental health professional. In addition to time for questions and discussion, topics include:What should I put in my resume?
How do I sell my internship experience? What if I feel like my internship experience was not fulfilling or related to the role I'm applying for?
What are the differences between contractual/independent and salaried work?
How do I get supervision?
What is it like to be doing clinical social work full time?
Tips for getting hired at Starfish/similar agencies
Contact Michelle Woods at [email protected] for zoom information if attending.
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The Africentric Therapist: A Case Study on Working with Young Adult Children of African Immigrants
November 22, 2021 - 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM ET
Black, African, and of immigrant origin. How do you navigate intersectional identities and contexts, often at odds with one another, while tending to your mental health?
In this virtual lecture and discussion, Change Kwesele Malama, Ph.D, LLMSW, presents her research gathered from interviews with young adult children of African immigrants, exploring ideas of mental health and the home; cultural and historical considerations in mental health practice for African immigrant communities; and the importance of (more) support for an Africentric worldview in academic and mental health practice.
Captured in a three-paper dissertation, Kwesele Malama's research depicts narratives of children of African immigrants and African immigrant communities to amplify and integrate their voices and communities in academic scholarship and mental health practice.
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Thanksgiving recess begins 5pm (11/23 - 11/28)
November 23, 2021 ET
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Classes resume
November 29, 2021 ET