Showing events starting from September 11, 2024 up to September 29, 2024

September 18, 2024 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

We are excited to announce the launch of our inaugural School of Social Work Grand Rounds series this fall. The Grand Rounds are designed to keep social work professionals informed about evolving areas within social justice.

Join Us for the First Grand Rounds Event!

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Exploring Racial Justice Through Immersive Virtual Reality: The 1,000 Cut Journey

Achieving racial justice requires more than intellectual understanding; it demands a profound, visceral grasp of racism that engages both the mind and the body. The 1,000 Cut Journey offers a groundbreaking approach through its Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) experience, where participants step into the life of Michael Sterling, a Black male character, and navigate the pervasive challenges of racism across childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, within various settings such as the classroom, neighborhood, and workplace.

Designed with white, liberal audiences in mind, the 1,000 Cut Journey merges empirical and theoretical research on multidimensional racism with an immersive narrative. This innovative approach seeks to foster a deeper connection and in turn, enhanced competence and more genuine engagement with racial issues.

In this talk, Dr. Cogburn, co-creator of the 1,000 Cut Journey alongside Jeremy Bailenson from the Stanford University Virtual Human Interaction Lab, will delve into the transdisciplinary process behind creating this IVR experience. She will present initial findings from empirical research conducted with white, graduate-level social work students and discuss the broader implications of these findings. Additionally, Dr. Cogburn will explore future directions for integrating emerging technologies into social science research to further advance our understanding of race and racism.

Join us to discover how immersive technology can transform perspectives and contribute to the ongoing quest for racial justice.

About The Presenter

 Dr. Courtney D. Cogburn is a tenured Associate Professor at Columbia University School of Social Work and a faculty member at the Columbia Population Research Center. Her research employs a transdisciplinary approach to enhance the understanding and measurement of racism, with a particular focus on its impact on racial health inequities. Dr. Cogburn investigates how media and technology can be leveraged to combat racism and address health inequities.

September 18, 2024 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

Join a virtual discussion with the editors of Haymarket Book's popular new title Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care, hosted by University of Michigan students, staff, and faculty. This book is "a critical anthology exploring the debates, conundrums, and promising practices around abolition and social work in academia and within impacted communities. Within social work—a profession that has often been complicit in the building and sustaining of the carceral state—abolitionist thinking, movement-building, and radical praxis are shifting the field."

The book's editors, Mimi E. Kim, Cameron W. Rasmussen, and Durrell M. Washington, Sr., share how they came to publish this important text and explore whether and how abolitionist principles and politics can be incorporated into social work. Throughout the chapters, the book invites readers to consider whether it is possible for social work to bolster the work of abolition, the tensions and paradoxes with abolition given the social work profession's legacies and trajectories, and examples of social work praxis rooted in abolitionist principles. 

As abolitionist organizer, educator, and curator Mariame Kaba writes in the foreword, "The promise of social work is often a carceral promise. The state and its representatives look to social workers when cops seem too violent or too expensive—when they need "someone else" to call or "somewhere else" to incarcerate people. Ida Wells-Barnett, though, and the contributors to this book, show that social work can do more than just tape some cushions to the bars. It can work to pull them down."

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September 18, 2024 - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM ET

We invite you to become a Community Conversations facilitator! We extend this opportunity to all SSW staff, students, and faculty.

There will be a two-session Community Conversations facilitator training, held on Zoom on September 18 and September 25 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST. Both sessions are required, along with pre-work to be completed before the first session on Sept 18. The training will equip you with intergroup and restorative dialogue skills, which include a strong anti-racist history and deeply embed PODS into their structure and approach. These skills are applicable in micro-, mezzo-, and macro- social work practice and help to develop all of the nine social work competencies.

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September 19, 2024 - 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM ET

This online session will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor's School of Social Work MSW program. Topics covered will include: Online Program, On-Campus Program, Curriculum Options, Application Process, Financial Aid, and more!

All registered attendees will receive a recording of the session.

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September 19, 2024 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

This course introduces participants to the growing and impactful field of mental health evaluations for immigration cases. Participants will explore various forms of immigration relief and understand the critical role mental health evaluations play in supporting individuals applying for different types of relief.

This course will help participants understand the legal context, ethical considerations, and the vital importance of cultural competence and humility in conducting mental health evaluations for immigration cases. In addition to introducing participants to this growing field, participants will also leave with an understanding of how they can better support those going through the immigration application process.

Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.

September 19, 2024 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET

This training is specifically geared towards new Field Instructors, however any Field Instructor is welcome to attend the training as a refresher.

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RSVP deadline is Friday 09/13/24 at 12:00 PM.

September 19, 2024 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET

Please join us at the So Cool So Just Fair! This event is organized by the University of Michigan's Community Action and Social Change Undergraduate Minor with the support of The Ginsberg Center. 

The So Cool, So Just Fair is a recruitment opportunity for campus organizations to connect and be in community with students and organizations that are actively working on campus to create change, like the Dot Org. The fair will be on Thursday, September 19th from 3-5 pm on the Diag. Tables will be provided for student organizations and departments to table during this time. Small food items will be provided. We hope to see you there! 

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September 20, 2024 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET

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