Showing events starting from November 1, 2017 up to November 30, 2017

November 5, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

Join our weekly meeting to create a space to process events from the week, set and reflect upon self-care goals, and learn about various self-care care practices. 

Snacks provided. 

November 6, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

Join Jamon Jordan of the Black Scroll Network who will give a talk that focuses on the decades-long turbulent racial history that led to the 1967 Rebellion. He will detail what happened during the 1967 Rebellion, and the legacy of those five days and what has happened in Detroit as a result. This presentation is sponsored by the SSW DEI Office.

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November 6, 2017 - 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM ET

Join us for the second MSW town hall.  Town halls are a way for MSW students to:

Hear what is happening at the School

Ask questions

Find out how to engage so your voice is heard

This month's town hall will focus on communication and financial. We will be joined by the Office of the Associate Dean for Educational Programs, the Office of Student Services, the Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion, the Office of Field Instruction and the Student Union.

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November 7, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship is dedicated to improving health by developing a corps of multidisciplinary professionals committed to creating systemic change in human and health services and policies that impact underserved and vulnerable populations. Schweitzer Fellows are committed to promoting health equity through action, self-reflection, and a lifelong passion for learning and caring for others.

As a Schweitzer Fellow, you will acquire skills in creating intervention and prevention programs, and you will increase community capacity to address health needs. You will begin your professional career as an agent of change, confident and prepared to more effectively work with diverse and vulnerable people.

The fellowship requires students to be enrolled during the 2018-2019 school year.

Lunch will be provided.

Registration is required.

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November 7, 2017 - 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET

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

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November 9, 2017 - 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM ET

The U-M has long been a leader in social science research on the many dimensions of social inequality. This bicentennial symposium will highlight these contributions by focusing on the work of distinguished social scientists who were trained at the University. An illustrious group of Michigan graduates from an array of social science fields will discuss past, present, and future research on issues related to gender, race, poverty, inequality, and economic mobility.

November 9, 2017 - 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

This course will focus on navigating the ethics around three distinct areas of practice that are often impacted by dementia; end of life nutrition, "safe" decision making; and choice in engaging in sexual encounters. The inter-disciplinary instructors will describe how balancing self-determination and dignity in aging can be clouded by concerns from others around "protecting" this possibly vulnerable population of persons impacted by dementia.

REGISTRATION NOTE: Members of the Aging Consortium should send an email to ssw.conted@umich.edu in order to register for this course.

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

November 9, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

Join the Management Leadership Learning Community for a Lunch n' Learn presentation on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in organizations. Our presenter is Yodit Mesfin-Johnson with NEW: Solutions for Nonprofits and Yodit will speak on many experiences with this topic in their organization. This event is in conjunction with the DE&I office and Diversity Week.

YODIT MESFIN JOHNSON is Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Strategy for NEW | Solutions for Nonprofits. She has overall strategic and operational responsibility for all NEW programs and manages NEW's program directors. As the chief program officer she provides leadership to NEW’s strategic planning process and implements new programmatic strategic initiatives. She is a nationally recognized leader in business development, nonprofit management and social entrepreneurship.

Yodit brings extensive corporate, entrepreneurial and community based experience to this role. Prior to joining NEW, Yodit directed a statewide business and economic development program for the Center for Empowerment and Economic Development (CEED). In that capacity and since, she has been a frequent speaker and advocate for nonprofits and socially conscious innovators.

Yodit studied Marketing, Communications and Gender Studies at Eastern Michigan University. She is the 2016 recipient of the Black United Fund’s Epic Leader and Community Conduit Award. A nationally recognized speaker, teacher, activist and on-air personality, Yodit juggles many responsibilities, including being a Mom,while using her voice to champion causes that promote equity, access and opportunity for all people.

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