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Showing events starting from February 1, 2019 up to February 28, 2019

  1. Art and Design for Community Change

    February 1, 2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm

    This course is aimed to create the following impacts on student learning: increased knowledge of the history of community based art and design in the US; increased knowledge of methods for collaborative community based art and design; develop skills in collaboration with community groups in developing community based art and design projects; Knowledge and skills to evaluate the impact of community based art and design activity.

    Our class is organized around principles of adragogy (adult learning), empowerment, and collaboration. We will develop a co-­learning environment that will include presentations, skill building activities and exercises, speakers, and different media. Experiential activities will be central to the structure and process of this course.

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

  2. 2nd Year Continuing Students Field Goal Statement/Resume Due

    February 4, 2019 - 5:00pm

    2nd-year Continuing Students goal statement/resume due to Career Center for review

  3. Teaching drop-in

    February 5, 2019 - 8:00am to 9:00am

  4. MSW Prospective Student Session

    February 5, 2019 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

    This session will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University of Michigan School of Social Work MSW program. Topics covered will include: MSW Curriculum, Dual Degree Programs, Application Process, Financial Aid, and more.

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  5. CASC/SPH Takeover

    February 6, 2019 - 10:00am to 2:00pm

    Join the Community Action and Social Change (CASC) Minor to learn about the importance of social justice in Public Health. CASC/SPH students will be at the front desk in SPH1, come hang out with them and grab a free slice of pizza! 

  6. Community & Conversation: DEI Open House

    February 6, 2019 - 11:00am to 2:00pm

    You're invited to join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for our winter open house! Come drop in to learn more about what the office has been working on, and the upcoming initiatives planned for this semester. Participants can come and go freely during this event. Light refreshments will be available. Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to participate.

  7. CASC Ford Luncheon: Policy and Social Justice

    February 6, 2019 - 11:30am to 2:00pm

    Join the Community Action and Social Change (CASC) Minor to learn about the importance of social justice in Public Policy.  This event provides you with an opportunity to network with current and prospective CASC students in the Ford School of Public Policy and is hosted by CASC-Ford student, Caroline Kelly.

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  8. School of Social Work MLK Event
Juliana Huxtable Live in Performance School of Social Work MLK Event Juliana Huxtable Live in Performance

    February 6, 2019 - 5:00pm

    The University of Michigan School of Social Work is pleased to present Juliana Huxtable live in performance at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre for the 2018 Martin Luther King Symposium. Huxtable is a NYC-based artist, DJ and poet whose work probes the perception and presentation of identity, history and online communities.  Her performance marks Michigan Social Work’s first commissioned artist in over 20 years, as a part of the Social Justice Art Collection.

    Huxtable will present a new iteration of her performance work highlighting her compelling use of language, and collaborations in music, projection, and lighting design.  Featuring instrumental performances by her frequent collaborators, the pianist, percussionist, and composer Joe Heffernan, Detroit-based harpist Ahya Simone with lighting design by Michael Potvin. Through Huxtable’s explorations, one may contemplate the power and powerlessness of the body as well as its dispossession in relation to technology, violence, and blackness.

    In conjunction with SW713 :  Art and Design for Social Work, Social Justice and Community Change Instructed by Professor Larry Gant.

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    Doors at 4:30 PM

    5 PM Performance

    Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

    Free

    Related Projects Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today

    Huxtable’s work is also included in the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s presentation of Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today. Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the exhibition examines the radical impact of internet culture on visual art since the invention of the web in 1989. This exhibition presents more than forty works across a variety of media—painting, performance, photography, sculpture, video, and web-based projects. It features work by some of the most important artists working today, including Judith Barry, Juliana Huxtable, Pierre Huyghe, Josh Kline, Laura Owens, Trevor Paglen, Seth Price, Cindy Sherman, Frances Stark, and Martine Syms.

    December 15, 2018, to April 7, 2019

    University of Michigan Museum of Art

    Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

    Huxtable will also give a Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Lecture.

    February 7, 2018,  5:15 PM

    Michigan Theater

    Sponsors

    Major funding was provided by The Faculty Alliance for Diversity at the University of Michigan School of Social Work.

    Michigan Social Work gratefully acknowledges for their support, The Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The Institute for Research on Woman and
    Gender, and The Spectrum Center.

  9. Creating Resilient Communities: Your Role

    February 8, 2019 - 9:00am to 12:15pm

    This workshop will introduce participants to the Adverse Childhood Experience study. By highlighting the impact of adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress, participants will be able to identify how specific experiences impact the health and social behaviors of individuals.

    Michigan ACE's Initiative seeks to share invaluable information about the implications of ACE's in our communities as well strategies for prevention and healing.

    Toxic stress experiences by members of target groups will be discussed. Resiliency strategies that professionals and community members can utilize to positively improve outcomes for children and families will be explored.

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

  10. Philanthropy and Evaluation

    February 8, 2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm

    This mini-course will focus on issues of contemporary philanthropy and the ways in which both philanthropic entities and their grantees can evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness and impact of philanthropic investments.

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

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