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Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Annual Conference
March 13, 2019 - 7:00pm to March 17, 2019 5:00pm
An admissions representive will exhibit at the Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Annual Conference in Jacksonville Florida to share information about U-M's MSW and PhD programs.
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Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Screening of Heather Booth: Changing the World
March 13, 2019 - 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Screening of Heather Booth: Changing the World and Discussion with Heather Booth
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Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Symposium
March 14, 2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
SymposiumJewish Feminisms/American Visions will bring an array of pioneering and contemporary feminist activists to Ann Arbor to consider the role of Jewish identity in the framing and development of second wave American feminism. During this symposium, activists from the 1960s through today will explore the significance of Jewish identities in the development of the women's liberation movement and the impact of feminism on American Jewish culture, politics, and religion. In addition to conversations between veteran feminists and more recently-minted activists, the program will include a screening of the documentary Changing the World portraying the activist career of conference participant, Heather Booth, and a performance by violinist and klezmer music pioneer, Alicia Svigals.
8:30 - 9 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 - 10 AM: Welcome from Karla Goldman and Introduction to Symposium from Joyce Antler
10 -11:30 AM: From Radical to Feminist with Heather Booth, Vivian Rothstein, Miriam Hawley, Marilyn Webb with Moderator Deborah Dash Moore
12 - 1:30 PM: Periphery and Core: The View from Ann Arbor with Karen Brodkin, Debra Kaufman, Elli Meeropol, Rayna Rapp with Moderator Marla Brettschneider
1:45 - 3:15 PM: Adding Jewish to Feminist with Rabbi Maralee Gordon, Clare Kinberg, Judith Plaskow, Martha Ackelsberg with Moderator Kate Rosenblatt
3:30 - 5 PM: Claiming Identities: Lesbian Jews, Radical Politics, and Secular Jewish Culture with Irena Klepfisz, Alicia Svigals, Elana Dykewomon, Evelyn Torton Beck with Moderator Alice Mishkin.
Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Perspectives from Fifty Years of ActivismWednesday, March 13
Screening of Heather Booth: Changing the World, and discussion with Heather Booth
Thursday, March 14
#MeToo Panel and Performance from Alicia Svigals
Friday, March 15
Sunday, March 17
Presented by the Jewish Communal Leadership Program and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan with support from the University of Michigan Office of Research and Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
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International Students & Visitors Coffee Hour
March 14, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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 get to know each other.
Please join us! Boba tea will be provided if you RSVP before 10 AM on the day of the event.
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Working with Couples in Therapy
March 14, 2019 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
This mini-course is designed to familiarize students with the current theories of couple therapy. Selected empirically supported models utilized in couple therapy will be examined The course also looks at some of the key issues and challenges faced by therapists who provide couple therapy. This mini-course will be skill based and focus on helping students to learn effective approaches to working with couples in therapy.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: #MeToo Panel and Performance from Alicia Svigals
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Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Symposium
March 15, 2019 - 8:45am to 12:00pm
SymposiumJewish Feminisms/American Visions will bring an array of pioneering and contemporary feminist activists to Ann Arbor to consider the role of Jewish identity in the framing and development of second wave American feminism. During this symposium, activists from the 1960s through today will explore the significance of Jewish identities in the development of the women's liberation movement and the impact of feminism on American Jewish culture, politics, and religion. In addition to conversations between veteran feminists and more recently-minted activists, the program will include a screening of the documentary Changing the World portraying the activist career of conference participant, Heather Booth, and a performance by violinist and klezmer music pioneer, Alicia Svigals.
8:15 - 8:45 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 10:15: Feminisms/Jewish Feminisms and the Complication(s) of Israel with Marcia Freedman, Joyce Antler, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Rabbi Ayelet Cohen with Moderator Judith Rosenbaum
10:30 -12: Contemporary Leaders Consider the Legacies of Feminism with Judith Rosenbaum, Rabbi Alana Alpert, April Baskin, Rabbi Georgette Kennebrae, Tilly Shames with Moderator Samira Mehta
Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Perspectives from Fifty Years of Activism EventsWednesday, March 13
Screening of Heather Booth: Changing the World, and discussion with Heather Booth
Thursday, March 14
#MeToo Panel and Performance from Alicia Svigals
Friday, March 15
Sunday, March 17
Presented by the Jewish Communal Leadership Program and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan with support from the University of Michigan Office of Research and Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
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Forensic Interviewing of Children
March 15, 2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
This is an advanced methods mini-course focused on forensic interviewing of children. The mini-course is particularly relevant to interviewing children alleged to have been sexually abused, but also be relevant to gathering information from children about a spectrum of traumatic experiences. This mini-course will provide a critical review of the evidence/research that is relied upon in forensic interviewing of children and will provide information about best practice. The course takes a child-centered/social justice approach, will admonish professionals to take into account the child's needs, developmental stage, and functioning, as well as the specifics of the allegations, when conducting forensic interviews. ...
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Know your rights: Understanding Immigration Policies to Support Clients
March 15, 2019 - 10:00am
Join us on Wednesday March 27th from 6-9 in the School of Social Work building Room 1840 for the Know your rights: Understanding Immigration Policies to Support Clients event. This will be a panel discussion and workshop on a social workers role in supporting immigrant and refugee clients.
Come hear from the Jewish Family Services and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center on tangible ways to gain knowledge about immigration policy and procedures, how to implement the knowledge into your social work practice and how to best support clients.
To attend this event please RSVP by Monday March 25th at 5pm. This event is open to the public and there are only 30 available spots. If you have further questions please feel free to email the Office of Global Activities at: ssw.oga@umich.edu
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Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Student Global Experience Fund Spring/Summer term Application Deadline
March 15, 2019 (all day)
This opportunity is being offered to students by past University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman who wanted to ensure that more students travel abroad to experience other cultures firsthand, seek solutions to world problems and learn to thrive in a dynamic global environment. To learn more about the Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Student Global Experience Fund click here.