Showing events starting from November 1, 2019 up to November 30, 2019

November 16, 2019 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET

Join us for our Ambassador Harvest Party as we celebrate community and the passing of seasons. Entrees and beverages will be provided so please be sure to RSVP so we can get accurate numbers for food. The menu will cover vegan & vegetarian options. Appetizers, side dishes, and desserts are encouraged yet are NOT required.

Faculty, Family, and kids are welcome! Come for the food and stay for games, conversation, and community. The Northwood Community Center is accessible by the Michigan Bus Line. Northwood buses pick up at the Central Campus Transit and run every 10-15 minutes.

Note: The Northwood Express Bus does NOT stop at the Community Center so pay attention to the Bus Line and/or ask the driver if you are uncertain. We hope to see you there!

November 18, 2019 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Come have lunch and network with esteemed alum Andrea Muladore. 

Andrea Muladore, MSW '81,  spent 31 years at MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland, Michigan, where she served as manager of social work, spiritual care and Employee Assistance (EAP) programs. She developed the spiritual care program from the ground up and worked to insure that social work maintained its core values and strengths as hospitals transitioned to case management (often nursing driven). This is a great opportunity for those who are interested in health care, clinical work and management.

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November 18, 2019 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET

In Separated, William D. Lopez examines the lasting damage done by a daylong act of collaborative immigration enforcement in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Exploring the chaos of immigration enforcement through the lens of community health, Lopez discusses deportation's rippling negative effects and what it looks like from the perspective of the people who experience it. Focusing on those left behind, he reveals their efforts to cope with trauma, avoid homelessness, handle worsening health, and keep their families together.

November 18, 2019 - 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM ET

The Spectrum Center invites this year's Transgender Awareness Week Keynote, Kavi Ade. Kavi Ade is a black trans queer speaker, arts educator, and nationally recognized poet of Afro and Indigenous Caribbean descent. Speaking on race, gender, sexuality, mental health, domestic violence, and sexual assault, Kavi's work grapples with being set at the throne of violence, and exploring the ways in which a body can learn to survive. Using art as resistance, they create transformative dialogue that aims to combat supremacist powers, and heal communities that have been harmed. Kavi has given poetry readings and keynote speeches, led workshops, and spoken on panels in numerous cities and communities, including over 100 colleges and universities, domestically and internationally. Kavi received the leeway foundation's transformation of work that honors "women and trans* artists and cultural producers who create art for social change, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work."

November 19, 2019 - 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM ET

Join the Community Action and Social Change (CASC) Minor to learn about the importance of social justice in Art & Design.  This event provides you with an opportunity to network with current and prospective CASC students in the STAMPS School of Art & Design and is hosted by CASC-STAMP students, Sara Kenward and Sophia Schwartz.  

November 19, 2019 - 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM ET

Have Funding Will Travel is an opportunity to explore a variety of funding options for overseas internships and research opportunities, for both undergraduate and graduate/professional students. Representatives of several U-M funding offices will provide information, and you will be able to meet with them individually. This is a crucial opportunity to explore awards will lead to international travel, careers, and more. Everyone is welcome, but undergraduate juniors and first-year masters students are especially encouraged!

This session will begin with an introductory panel presentation, after which you may rotate throughout the room for answers tailored to the questions you have.

Food will be provided! Come take a well-deserved study break and think about where your education can take you.

This event is sponsored by the International Institute

November 20, 2019 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

The SSW Book Club will discuss Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye.

You are welcome to join us, whether or not you have attended before, and whether or not you have finished the book.

All members of the SSW community are invited. Feel free to bring your lunch.

November 20, 2019 - 5:00 PM ET

Join us as we explore the connection of African-Hispanic roots in American History by Detroit based ensemble RicanStruction

The performance troupe of director Osvaldo “Ozzie” Rivera, dancers Celia Benvenutti, Sheila Royster as well as percussionists Chinelo Amen Ra, and Enrique Hernandez, will utilize a performance/lecture approach that transforms us on an Afro Puerto Rican musical journey through the Spanish Speaking Caribbean highlighting the significance of African-Hispanic presence. This historical perspective illuminates how three primary cultural and racial "currents" (African, Spanish & Native American) influence present-day Latin American music and culture.

A significant component of the presentation features a participatory segment where the audience can participate in the Afro Puerto Rican community-building tradition of Bomba. (*Bomba’s origins are rooted in the island's history of African enslavement)

Refreshments will be served, please RSVP.

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Sponsored by the New Leaders in African-Centered Social Work and The School of Social Work