Showing events starting from January 1, 2018 up to January 31, 2018
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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds: School of Social Work MLK Symposium Lecture
January 24, 2018 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
The School of Social Work invites the community to a lecture by adrienne maree brown, inspired by her most recent publication, “Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds”.
Emergent Strategy presents a visionary tapestry of grassroots organizing practices, principles, and tools that advance transformational growth through interdependent human interactions. Inspired by the collaborative possibilities evident in diverse and complex environmental ecosystems, her lecture will explore ways in which social justice advocates, organizers, activists and facilitators can embrace iterative pathways toward liberation, that are harnessed by intentional adaptations, and relational models of change.
adrienne maree brown is the author of Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds and the co-editor of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements. She is a writer, social justice facilitator, pleasure activist, healer and doula living in Detroit. She attended the Clarion Sci Fi Writers Workshop and the Hedgebrook Writers Residency in 2015, and Voices of Our Nation in 2014 as part of the inaugural Speculative Fiction Workshop. She was a 2013 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow and a 2013 and 2015 Knights Arts Challenge winner, writing and generating science fiction in and about Detroit. She was the Ursula Le Guin Feminist Sci Fi Fellow, and a Sundance/Time Warner 2016 Artist Grant Recipient.
Book signing will be hosted 1:30 - 2:00PM.
Book purchase will be available from 12:00 - 2:00PM
Co-sponored by: The School of Social Work Community Action Research Learning Community, The Community Action and Social Change Undergraduate Minor, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Allied Media Projects, and Literati Bookstore
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Tools for Emergent Strategy Facilitation: The Practice of Intersectional Organizing
January 24, 2018 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET
School of Social Work Community Action Research Learning Community Organizer Training
Led by adrienne maree brown, the following interactive skill based workshop will center emergent strategy facilitation techniques through an intersectional organizing framework. Adopting the four core elements of emergent facilitation described in her most recent publication, trust the people, principles, protocols and consensus will be discussed, presented, and practiced through presentation, dialogue, and reflective exercises. The workshop will serve as a tool for the creation and sustainability of organizational alliances, coalitions, collectives, and networks that advance principles of intersectionality toward social change.
Co-sponsored by the Community Action Social Change Undergraduate Minor Program, and Allied Media Projects.
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White Fragility-The New Racism, and More Effective Steps to Undoing Racism
January 25, 2018 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Andy Horning will be speaking about White Fragility, and how a focus on our own process can lead to better more effective steps to undoing racism. A 1997 graduate of the School of Social Work, Andy Horning is a therapist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado. He is on the faculty of the Hoffman Institute, a personal growth retreat site in California and is also the founder and host of Elephant Talk, a podcast on courageous conversation in relationships. Lunch will be provided.
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Trivia Night Social
January 25, 2018 - 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM ET
The MLLC wants to host opportunities for students in the management track to meet and become a closer cohort. Not in the management track? No problem, we welcome all! This is our second annual Trivia Night and we could not be more excited! We will break everyone up into teams, and then you will battle for exciting prizes! We hope to see you all there! Also, snacks will be provided.
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Family-Based Approaches to Working with Vulnerable Families
January 26, 2018 - 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM ET
The family system has been shown to me among the most influential systems operating in the lives of individuals. In fact, researchers and practitioners alike have shown the important role that families play in shaping behavioral outcomes. This course will focus on family-based preventive interventions. We will work to identify the epidemiology of prominent maladaptive behaviors, including the prevalence and etiology. Drawing from this basic science, we will work to identify theoretical frameworks to help guide our practice. Informed by our theoretical frameworks, we will identify family-based preventive interventions, the common pathways and mechanisms by which change occurs (i.e., mediators) from these interventions, as well as identifying for whom are interventions efficacious for and for whom not (i.e., moderators). We will then apply this knowledge to various case studies. This course will consist of didactic and interactive activities.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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International Coffee Hour
January 26, 2018 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
The Office of Global Activities hosts bi-weekly coffee hour for all international students and visitors at the School of Social Work. It is a time to relax and socialize with each other. Please come join us! Boba tea will be provided if you RSVP before 9 AM on the day of the event.
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Learning Community on Poverty and Inequality (LCPI) Event with Marci Ybarra
January 26, 2018 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET
This event will feature a presentation titled, "Program and economic outcomes by TANF work exemption status" by Marci A. Ybarra, PhD, an Assistant Professor at School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago.
Lunch will be provided.
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Trans Health Activism in Detroit: Moving Forward Together
January 26, 2018 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET
Detroit transgender and gender nonconforming communities are leading a movement to demand safety, opportunity, and access to health and wellness services. This panel will discuss the work being done as part of that movement at the Ruth Ellis Center, a youth social services agency that serves LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness and residential instability. Speakers will include leaders from the Ruth Ellis community, as well as members of the medical and behavioral health teams. This event is part of the University's annual MLK Symposium.
PanelistsAmara Marley
Brandi Smith
Lance Hicks, MSW
Tyffanie Walton, EIS
ModeratorMaureen Connolly, MD
Venue Accessibility
Department of Pediatrics
Henry Ford Health SystemAccessible entrance with power doors at South side, near the circle drive. Take elevator to 2nd floor. A gender neutral restroom is located on the 3rd floor, room #343T.
Questions? Contact irwg@umich.edu
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Entering, Engaging and Exiting Communities
January 27, 2018 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
This workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways. This interactive session engages participants through small and large group activities and discussion, applying principles for effective community engagement to the practice of social work. Offered by Edward Ginsberg Center staff, in partnership with the SSW Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
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Assessment and Intervention with Preschool Children
January 27, 2018 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
Participants will learn about comprehensive assessment and evidence based interventions with pre-school children (ages 3-5). This course aims to increase developmentally relevant and effective practice with preschool children and their families. A particular lens will be assessment and intervention in the context of school, however, assessment and intervention strategies within other settings will also be discussed. Special attention will be paid to the needs of preschool children most likely to be under-served by, or expelled from, preschool (e.g. children with behavior problems, and children impacted by trauma, and children with developmental delays.)
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.