Showing events starting from October 14, 2024 up to October 30, 2024
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Fall Study Break
October 14, 2024 to October 15, 2024
No classes or field for all students
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SSW Meeting - PRAXIS Committee: Promoting Action for Intersectional Social Justice
October 14, 2024 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
Visit the SSW meeting calendar for full schedule information.
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MSW Prospective Student Information Session - Virtual
October 15, 2024 - 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM 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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For Prospective Students - Connect Virtually with a Current MSW Student!
October 16, 2024 - 12:30 PM ET
What's the program really like? Where is your field placement? What do social work students do for fun? Join an MSW student as well as other prospective MSW students for a live webchat about the School of Social Work. Our MSW students are excited to answer any questions that you have and share their feedback about the program.
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Conversation Around Research Clusters
October 16, 2024 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET
Let’s Get the Conversation Started! Join Us to Discuss How We Can Leverage Our Clustered Scientific Expertise to Pursue Bold New Innovations in Social Work.
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Jewish Communal Leadership Program Sukkot Open House
October 16, 2024 - 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM ET
The Jewish Communal Leadership Program invites you to join JCLP for our annual Sukkot Open House in the SSW courtyard on Wednesday evening, October 16, 2024, from 5:00 - 6:30, with an informal welcome at 5:45 pm. All are welcome – no prior knowledge of Judaism or Jewish holidays required.
The annual harvest festival of Sukkot centers around the temporary structure of the sukkah where, traditionally, for eight days, Jews eat, gather, welcome guests, and reflect upon the richness of the natural world and the fragility of the human structures we build upon it. The laws of Sukkot mandate both hospitality and joy even in difficult times.
This year, at a time of great challenge on campus and beyond, please join us in building links of community and letting in the light. Together.
Seasonal hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served.
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Where does hope go? Collective Visioning Workshop (Electoral Wellness Session 2)
October 16, 2024 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM ET
The purpose of the Electoral Wellnes (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 willExperience 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
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Community Conversation: Supporting People Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
October 16, 2024 - 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM ET
We invite you to a Community Conversation around Supporting People in Our Lives Who Are Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence on October 16, 2024
More than 1 in 3 women and over 1 in 4 men experience intimate partner violence at some time during their lifetime. Due to the prevalence of intimate partner violence, we are likely to have friends, colleagues and relatives who disclose a current or past experience of intimate partner violence. In honor of Domestic Violence Violence Awareness month, let’s come together to discuss how we can support the survivors in our lives.
This is a time for conversation – to share feelings, raise concerns, and talk together as a school community. To aid the conversation, space will be limited. (We know it's coming up soon, so if you miss it, don't fear! If there is a lot of interest in this topic, we can hold another session soon.)
About the format. With these smaller Community Conversations, our hope is to explore restorative dialogue and build community, creating a space where we are all teachers and learners. We will draw heavily on practices from intergroup dialogue and restorative justice.
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Social Justice Changemaker Lecture
October 17, 2024 - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET
Join us for a discussion with Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine. Hannah-Jones has spent her career investigating racial inequality and injustice, and her reporting has earned her the MacArthur Fellowship, known as the Genius grant, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, and the National Magazine Award three times.
The Social Justice Changemaker Lecture was established by a generous gift from Dr. Neil C. Hawkins and Annmarie F. Hawkins and the Hawkins Family. This annual lecture focuses on important global social justice issues including race and nationality, immigration and refugees, income inequality, gender identity and sexual orientation, education, health, and mental and physical disabilities. The Lecture aims to bring prominent social justice experts and advocates from multiple disciplines, including social sciences, science, humanities, the arts, and the professions, to the University of Michigan Campus.
Event Schedule9:30 AM: Registration Opens
10 - 11:30 AM: Lecture
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Community Conversation: Communicating Across Political Differences
October 17, 2024 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
With the US elections less than a month away, we invite you to a Community Conversation around Communicating Across Political Differences at Work and Home on October 17, 2024 at noon.
Political differences can create tension in our relationships both at work and home. Let’s come together to discuss how we can navigate these tensions constructively and in ways that align with our values.
This is a time for conversation – to share feelings, raise concerns, and talk together as a school community. To aid the conversation, space will be limited. (We know it's coming up soon, so if you miss it, don't fear! If there is a lot of interest in this topic, we can hold another session soon.)
About the format. With these smaller Community Conversations, our hope is to explore restorative dialogue and build community, creating a space where we are all teachers and learners. We will draw heavily on practices from intergroup dialogue and restorative justice.