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Workshop & Expo for Small Businesses: New Opportunities for Creating Equitable Enterprises in Detroit
September 14, 2023 - 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET
As part of DesignCore’s Month of Design series of events, Dr. Trina Shanks and Sonia Harb are hosting a workshop in collaboration with U-M units from four schools on campus: Business + Impact (B+I) at the Ross School of Business; the Community Enterprise Clinic at the Law School; the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project at the Ford School of Public Policy; and ENGAGE at the School of Social Work.
Open to all community members thinking about starting a business, nonprofit, or co-op, particularly those looking into green energy. This workshop will introduce equitable models of business and employment. Community members, business owners, scholars, students, and industry experts will discuss models that empower employees, foster community development, promote democratic decision making and participatory management, and provide an avenue for broad-based wealth distribution.
The event will begin with a hands-on design exercise to introduce the key steps to launching a business including researching customer needs, defining opportunities, brainstorming solutions, prototyping a business model, and testing its feasibility. Expert overviews of new business opportunities in Detroit will be provided that have been enabled by recent innovations in the building blocks of business and policy changes such as the Inflation Reduction Act. Resources developed at the University of Michigan will be shared, followed by a resource fair featuring no-cost providers at the University of Michigan and beyond to help with the startup process. The event will also have catered food and drink. -
Suicide Prevention Awareness Event at Ypsilanti District LIbrary
September 14, 2023 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET
The Suicide Prevention, Treatment, and Research Lab (STaR) and Washtenaw County Community Mental Health (CMH) are hosting an event to raise awareness about suicide prevention, foster dialogue, and promote community engagement. There will be opportunities to engage with the team, learn about suicide prevention, and get some merch! Please join us at the event at the Ypsilanti District Library on Thursday, September 14th from 6-8 PM. Contact Nidhi Tigadi ([email protected]) with any questions.
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Navigating Growth Using Enhanced Genograms in Social Work Practice
September 15, 2023 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
This workshop will provide comprehensive content and strategies about creating and using enhanced genograms in social work practice. It is a tool social workers can use to understand client and community stories in a way that identifies past traumas and potential sources for healing and strength. In addition, this workshop will model how to implement an enhanced genogram in real time, as well as strategies for helping clients and communities to understand their own core story. This might include tips for daily practice during times of stress.
This workshop has been developed to train participants in skills that can be used in multiple settings, including interpersonal practice as well as working with organizations and communities.
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SSW Meeting - Recruitment, Admissions, Student Services and Financial Aid Committee (RASSFA)
September 19, 2023 - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM ET
Visit the SSW meeting calendar for full schedule information.
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SSW Meeting - Promotion and Tenure Committee
September 20, 2023 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET
Visit the SSW meeting calendar for full schedule information.
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Placement Verification Due by 5:00 PM
September 20, 2023 - 5:00 PM ET
All students enrolled in field (SW515 or SW691) for Fall 2023 must turn in the Field Placement Verification form by this deadline. This form is considered complete after your Field Instructor signs off on it.
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Undoing Racism Workgroup
September 21, 2023 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
The journey to dismantle racism has not ended. Join us to build community collaboration and continue the conversation about anti-racist practices. We invite all members of our school community to attend meetings.
Zoom information will be sent via email before the workgroup session.
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Winter 2024 Field Placement Application Due: On-Campus Students Starting Field in Winter 2024
September 22, 2023 ET
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Global Approaches to Child Maltreatment Prevention
September 22, 2023 - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM ET
The webinar covers what constitutes informal social control of child maltreatment (ISC_CM) and what we know about it cross-culturally. Based on research in Korea, China, Russia, Spain, Nepal, Vietnam, Ghana, and Tunisia the course introduces the conditions under which ISC_CM is associated with better outcomes for children and the conditions under which it is not. A particular focus is given to conditions in which ISC_CM is normative in Ghana and how that fact changes the potential for child protection. The course suggests an alternative to the current model, in which protection cases are triaged differently, with "minor" cases of maltreatment reverted to designated accountable community leaders who coordinate and supervise protection of the child with the tools of informal social control and informal social support. The alternate approach would require extensive community education and relationship building with communities and between communities and the child protection system.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Alumni and Friends Homecoming Reception
September 22, 2023 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
We hope you will join us for a homecoming celebration with SSW alumni, faculty, students and staff. Dessert will be provided along with the opportunity to take a tour of the School's unique art collection.