My name is Maya Zaidenstadt, I am a graduate student at UW in the Cultural Studies program. I wanted to invite you to participate in a free women’s workshop I am facilitating about sexuality, relationships, body image and women’s communities. This is my M.A. final project.

I started to engage in conversations about sexuality 12 years ago, and have facilitated online groups as well as face to face teach-ins. I workshop with youth around issues of identity and empowerment and this workshop is the product of my past experience and studies. 

This workshop is offered at a time when women’s bodies and choices are increasingly being threatened. With recent and ongoing anti-women legislation and assault on health care providers along with very limited and narrow sexual education systems, I felt we needed to create a space for women to talk about their bodies, relationships, and sexuality. A space to gain strength from one another; to share each other’s experiences and grow from it.

I plan to address these issues in the form of 8 weekly meetings. There are set themes for each week, but the discussion will be left mainly in the hands of participants – this is not a lecture, this is not about me educating you but rather a space for shared learning. The themes are: body positivity, safety and street harassment, our sexuality in the past and the present, self-pleasure, shame, women’s communities, and finally how to talk to others about these issues.

Honesty, respect and an open mind is all that is required of you. I will encourage you to keep a journal of your time in the workshop so that you are able to write down thoughts, feeling, and experiences during the week and if you’d like, share them during our meetings. We will share online resources to expand our knowledge about some topics, but you determine your own level of involvement. I hope we can open up to share with others while respecting and honoring our diverse experiences as women.

This workshop will take place on Wednesdays 6-8pm February 17^th – April 6^th, in the Central District of Seattle. Dinner will be provided.

Please feel free to share this invitation with your network. Women of all ages (18+), races, classes, ethnicities, abilities, sexualities, gender representations, and nationalities are welcome. 

War and Health

Spring Quarter 2016, HSERV 415/515 & Global Health 419/519

Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:00 AM to 10:20 AM Friday Discussion Section, 9:00 AM to 10:20 AM

Drs. Evan Kanter and Amy Hagopian are teaching “War and Health,” a 4-credit course open to both undergrads and graduate students. It was offered for the first time last year and was rated “4.5” overall by the 50 students who took it.

We explore the health consequences of war during the first half of the course (injury, infectious diseases, mental health, chronic disease, malnutrition, infrastructure, weapons, torture) and the role of health professionals and others in preventing war during the second half (advocacy, measurement and application of epidemiological methods, promotion of social equity).

Readings: individual articles on the Canvas site.

Discussion groups on Fridays.

Course is limited to 50. Graduate students will be discussion leaders.

Draft syllabus available on request: hagopian@uw.edu

Dr. Kanter is an MD PhD neuroscientist and psychiatrist who has worked at the VA to counsel veterans with PTSD. He’s also served as president of the national Physicians for Social Responsibility. I’ve led projects to measure war-related mortality and morbidity in Iraq. To bring these subjects to life, students entering the class will each select a “study war” (your own personal war!) to serve as a case example of topics we explore. The Friday discussion circles will include representatives of a number of wars to compare and contrast. Graduate students in the course will serve as discussion leaders.

If you were born in 1991 or later, the U.S. has been at war during your entire sentient life! It’s among the most important determinants of health, if not directly (through mass killings), then indirectly (through diversion of resources, creating a culture of violence and militarism, undermining health and education systems, spurring refugee migration, and more).

This Urban Design and Planning course has been approved as a Soc W 506 substitution for MSW students, but please contact instructor before registering. I’m not sure if each student needs to already be working on a project to take the course. – Lin

Qualitative Research Methods

URBDP 519 A / Arch 598E

Tues 1:30-4:20/  Gould 440

Bob Mugerauer, drbobm@u.washington.edu

Educational Objectives

The course will examine traditional and innovative research methodologies appropriate for both archival research and field work.

(The approaches to be covered are appropriate for theses and dissertations.)  The goal is to cover the theoretical foundations and the applications of the most important methodological strategies for a variety of disciplines—responding to their differences as well as shared

features: planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, forest resources, geography, anthropology, public health, public policy, social work, environmental-cultural studies.

Format

The course will be limited to a small enough size to be conducted as a seminar, that is, through active discussion and interaction among all members.  The professor will present the most difficult material and gently keep the discussion focused; the students will need to be prepared (e.g. carefully read the assignments), contribute to the discussions, and make presentations concerning their research projects.

The intention is to gather a variety of students from multiple disciplines and with differing interests to ensure richness in seminar discussion.  The emphasis is on exploration, discovery, and interpretation, not on “proof.”

Approach 2016 Mindfully

Free public lecture

Mindful Cultivation: Growing Happiness, Compassion, Resilience, and Other Inner Strengths

Presented by Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Tuesday March 22, 2016
7:00 – 8:30pm
Kane Hall 130
Dr. Hanson will sign books after his presentation

Abstract

We grow happiness, compassion, resilience, and other inner strengths in ourselves and our children by turning passing experiences of them into lasting changes in the brain. Unfortunately, most beneficial experiences wash through us like water through a sieve, while stressful, painful experiences “stick” due to the brain’s negativity bias. Mindfulness of passing mental states is not enough: this talk will explore how to deepen an embodied intimacy with beneficial experiences – without clinging to them – to increase their encoding in neural networks. Then daily life at home, at school, and in clinical settings is full of opportunities for lasting healing, growth, and transformation.

About the Presenter

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author. His books include Hardwiring Happiness (in 14 languages), Buddha’s Brain (in 25 languages), Just One Thing (in 14 languages), and Mother Nurture. He edits the Wise Brain Bulletin and has several audio programs. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, he’s been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. His work has been featured on BBC, CBS, and NPR, and he offers the free Just One Thing newsletter with over 110,000 subscribers, plus the online Foundations of Well-Being program in positive neuroplasticity.
Learn more

Register here

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Be in the moment with your child

Mindfulness in Parenting: Infusing Everyday Parenting Moments with Mindfulness

Presented by Liliana Lengua, Ph.D.
4 weekly sessions, 1.5 hours each
Monday 2/22, 2/29, 3/7, 3/14 2016 6:30-8pm
Cost $70 before Feb 1; $75 Feb 1 and after

Meet the Instructor

Dr. Liliana Lengua, Child Psychologist, Psychology Professor and Director of the Center for Child and Family Well-Being will lead this 4-week training on evidence-based mindful parenting, including tools for brining mindfulness into your everyday interactions with your child.

Using best practices in parenting is challenging for most parents, particularly when families are experiencing stress or disruptions from economic or work challenges, family conflict, mental health issues, divorce, bereavement, or other stressful life circumstances, or when dealing with temperamentally challenging children. Parents who can adopt mindfulness practices might be better able to engage in effective parenting and positive interactions with their children. Dr. Lengua will interweave mindfulness practices with best parenting practices that can be used in every-day interactions between parents and children to enhance parents’ effectiveness and satisfaction in interacting with their children.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn best parenting practices of warmth, consistency, and scaffolding
• Use mindfulness practices to increase use of best parenting practices
• Use mindfulness practices to be present, calm and wise-minded
• Combine specific parenting and mindfulness practices when interacting with children.

Learn more

Register here

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Spring into mindfulness

Below are several upcoming classes for the spring and summer, registration opens mid-February.

• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction 8-Week Course, taught by Elizabeth Lin, MD, MPH
  March 28 to May 16, Mondays 6:00 – 8:30pm, retreat on Sunday May 1 from 9:00am – 3:30pm
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course; taught by Richard Berger, MD
  March 29 to May 17, Tuesdays 6:30 – 9:00pm, retreat on Sat 5/7 (time TBD)
• Mindfulness Self Compassion 8-Week Course, taught by Elizabeth Lin, MD, MPH
  March 30 to May 18, Wednesdays 6:00 – 8:30pm, retreat on Saturday April 30 from 1pm – 5pm
• Cultivating Happiness: A Mindfulness-Based Path; taught by Richard Berger, MD
  March 31 to May 19, Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:00pm, retreat on Sat 5/7 (time TBD)
• Mindful Body Awareness for Self-Care: Interoceptive Tools for Practicing Health Care Professionals and their Clients; taught by Cynthia Price, PhD, MA, LMP
  April 15, 2016, 10:00am – 5:00pm
• Mindfulness 101 for Teens; taught by Anne Hollar, M.Ed
  April 24 to June 5, Sundays 4:00 – 5:15pm, no class on 5/29
• Compassion Cultivation Training; taught by Maya Nadar
  July 7 to August 25, Thursdays 6:00 – 8:00pm

Stay tuned for more announcments and registration to open

Check out the rest of our events

Sign up today to attend teach-in on mass incarceration and health

Join us for The New Jim Crow Common Book Daylong Teach-In, February 9^th, No Sanctuary: Understanding Historical and Contemporary Intersections of Mass Incarceration, Racism, and Health

• All events are free and open to the public (see schedule of events below)
• Please RSVP by going to http://tinyurl.com/hddymle. Email somserve@uw.edu if you have any questions about these events. We hope to see you there!
• Directions and accessibility information can be found at the bottom of this email.

How did we end up here? Historicizing Mass Incarceration and Contemporary Health Disparities (Panel and Discussion)

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 | Time: 10:30-12:00 PM | Location: Ethnic Cultural Center, Unity Room​

Lunch and Small Group Discussions

Tuesday, February 9^th, 2016 | Time: 12:00-12:30 PM | Location: Ethnic Cultural Center, Unity Room

Providing Humane Care in Inhumane Circumstances: A Panel of Health Professionals with Patients who are under the Control of the Criminal Punishment System

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 | Time: 12:30-2:00 PM | Location: Ethnic Cultural Center, Unity Room

For Health Equity, We Need Liberation: A Conversation with Community Activists Working to End Mass Incarceration

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 | Time: 2:00-3:30 PM | Location: Ethnic Cultural Center, Unity Room

So What’s Next?  A Workshop for Cultivating Commitments toward Racial and Health Justice

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 | Time: 3:30-4:30 PM | Location: Ethnic Cultural Center, Unity Room

Ending Mass Incarceration: Perspectives from Across the Aisle

Featuring guest speakers Alison Holcomb, Director of American Civil Liberty Union, and Marc A. Levin, Policy Director of Right on Crime. Facilitated by Phyllis Fletcher from KUOW.

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 | Time: 7:00-9:00 PM | Location: Kane Hall, Room 120 | RSVP HERE

Daylong Teach-In RSVP

Please RSVP by going to http://tinyurl.com/hddymle. Email somserve@uw.edu if you have any questions about these events. For our evening event “Ending Mass Incarceration: Perspectives from Across the Aisle,” please RSVP at https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/azpyh.

Event Sponsors

Our event sponsors include the School of Medicine, School of Social Work, the MEDEX Program, the School of Public Health, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Nursing, the School of Dentistry, the Health Sciences Service Learning and Advocacy Group, and the Scholars Strategy Network.

Want to know more about Upcoming Common Book Events?

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/uwhscommonbook/timeline

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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) UW Chapter is excited to invite graduate students to compete for the 2016 National Clarion Case Competition.  This is an interdisciplinary healthcare case competition comprised of four-person student groups competing at the university and national level representing the University of Washington.  As a team member, you would address healthcare quality issues, with specific emphasis on the IHI’s Triple AIM goals (community health, fiscal sustainability, quality).  This is a unique opportunity to work intimately across disciplines to propose innovative and cost-effective solutions to the most timely health issues facing our healthcare system.  Participants will receive a patient scenario and setting that they analyze to identify areas for improvement.  Teams then create proposals for making these improvements at the patient, hospital and regional healthcare level.   For more information, please contact us by email.  The local competition will be held on February 29^th, time to be determined.

The winning team at the National Competition will be awarded with the following Scholarship:

• 1st place (shared award): $7,500
• 2nd place (shared award): $5,000
• 3rd place (shared award): $2,500

DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIELDWORK & GRADUATE CERTIFICATES INFORMATION SESSION

When: Friday, January 29, 2015, 12– 1 p.m.
Where: Student Union Building (HUB), Room 214

*Department of Global Health Fellowships*

Come learn about the Department of Global Health’s five funding opportunities for travel support and fieldwork experiences for graduate and professional students, and medical residents at the University of Washington. The purpose of these fellowships is to provide financial assistance to a graduate student, professional student, or medical resident at the University of Washington to help support fieldwork experience in global health.

• George Povey Social Justice and Activism in Global Health Fellowship
• Global Opportunities in Health (GO Health) Fellowship
• Strengthening Caring Opportunities through Partnership in Ethiopia (SCOPE) Fellowship
• Stergachis Endowed Fellowship in International Exchange
• Thomas Francis, Jr. Global Health Fellowship

These funding opportunities are administered by the Global Health Resource Center and provide assistance for costs associated with doing fieldwork outside of Seattle. Applications for each may be submitted via a Common Application and Catalyst Dropbox. Visit the Funding for Fieldwork page to learn more!

The fellowship application will be available beginning Monday, February 1, 2016 and will close Monday, March 14, 2016.

*Department of Global Health Graduate Certificates*

Come learn about the Department of Global Health’s graduate certificate programs. A graduate certificate is a linked series of graduate courses that constitute a coherent body of study. It is designed to enhance the education of matriculated graduate and professional students beyond the requirements for a graduate degree, or to provide continuing education to graduate non-matriculated (GNM) students. The Department of Global Health offers four certificates in the following fields:

• Global Health
• Program in HIV & STIs
• Global Injury & Violence Prevention
• Global Health of Women, Adolescents & Children

Visit the Department of Global Health Graduate Fellowships page to learn more!

For MSW Students, up to 6 credits of courses that are taken as electives for both programs may be double-counted for both the degree and the certificate.  For more information about how certificates work with the MSW program, please speak with Lin Murdock, linm@uw.edu.

“The Chronic Disaster of Mental Health in Nepal: Strengthening Health Systems Before and After the Earthquake”

Tuesday, February 9th, 4:30-6:20 p.m.
Foege Auditorium (GNOM S060)

Visiting speakers: Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD, Duke University & Bibhav Acharya, MD, UCSF

Refreshments will be provided.

Announced by the UW Global Mental Health group.

ATTENTION All Associate and Student Members of WSSCSW!

Please join us for our Annual Associates Event

Thursday, January 28^th, 2016

7:00-7:30pm Networking over Food and Beverages

7:30-9:00pm Program: Addiction and Recovery

Guest Speakers: Zane Behnke, LICSW, CDP and Lara Okoloko, LICSW

University of Washington School of Social Work

4101 15^th Ave NE, Room #305A

As clinical social workers, we encounter addiction in every practice setting. Learn how to work with people with addictions and their loved ones and what it takes to become a Chemical Dependency Professional.

RSVP: Melissa Wood Brewster, Associates Committee Chair

woodbrewster@gmail.com or 206-409-1266

**If you can’t make the annual event, join us for the Associates Quarterly Meetings for networking, mentoring and licensure resources:

April 24^th, June 23^rd, and September 22^nd, 2016

Volunteer in-home support services sought for 11 year-old twins. Formerly in foster care, the children have been diagnosed with ADHD, PTSD, and Reactive Attachment Disorder. The children have experienced severe abuse and neglect and multiple placements, and are now in a prospective adoptive home. Current family is working with King County Wrap-Around Services and Ryther Child Center; the team believes in-home support services are needed. Social Work students who would be interested in gaining experience working with children from this background may contact Richard Runge at rrunge@chs-nw.org.

Scholarship search and application sessions:

Scholarship 101: Getting Started in the Search for Scholarships

• Tues., January 26, 2016, 4:30-5:30pm, MGH 171
• RSVP at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/244, though drop-ins are also welcome!

Specifically designed for freshmen and sophomores, this introductory workshop provides students with information to begin the scholarship search and to develop a competitive edge for merit-based scholarships.

Curriculum Vitae Writing Workshop:

• Mon., February 1, 2016, 4:30-5:30pm, MGH 171
• RSVP at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/237, though drop-ins are also welcome!

Develop your undergraduate CV/Resume for use in scholarship, fellowship, research opportunities, and graduate school applications! Bring a working draft, such as an existing resume, and a list of activities, experiences, jobs, honors, etc.

Personal Statement Writing Workshop

• Wed., February 3, 3016, 4:30-5:30pm, MGH 171
• RSVP at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/236, though drop-ins are also welcome!

Applying for scholarships, internships, and graduate/professional programs often requires a personal statement or application letter. This type of writing requires you to outline your strengths confidently and concisely, which can be challenging. Personal Statement Workshops provide students with essential information to develop an understanding of not only writing about their interests, eligibility and suitability for applications, but also to learn how their statements provide evidence of their achievements that aren’t reflected in other parts of an application.

Scholarships 201: The Search for Undergraduate Scholarships & Graduate Fellowships

• Thurs., February 4, 2016, 5:00-6:00pm, MGH 171
• RSVP at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/245, though drop-ins are also welcome!

This workshop provides assistance to continuing students looking to fund undergraduate academic years and graduate school. This will include information on discipline specific scholarships, campus funding opportunities, scholarship search sites, and tips to develop competitive applications.

Getting Great Recommendation Letters

• Mon., February 8, 2016, 4:30-5:30pm, MGH 171
• RSVP to attend at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/289, though drop-ins are also welcome!

This workshop will help you plan ahead for developing strong relationships with faculty and other mentors, asking for letters of recommendation, and preparing your recommenders to write you stellar letters.

 

http://expd.washington.edu/scholarships  

Minority Fellowship Program-Youth (MFP-Y) for master’s students graduating with an MSW in 2017 (so graduating BASW students entering the Advanced Standing Program AND Students who are currently in their first year of the MSW program.)

Deadline will be in Spring, but you may want to review eligibility now.

The MFP-Y fellowship is designed to enhance the training of full-time, direct-practice focused, master’s social work students in the final year of study at a CSWE-accredited program (graduating between May-December 2017). The program is funded by SAMHSA and aims to reduce health disparities and improve behavioral health-care outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse populations by increasing the number of culturally competent master’s-level behavioral health professionals serving children, adolescents, and transition-age youths.

Fellowship recipients receive a 1-year fellowship that includes specialized training on mental health issues related to the target population, professional development supports, and a monetary stipend (the 2015-2016 stipend amount is $6,500).

Looking for current final-year BSW students applying for the MSW Advanced Standing program and/or current first-year MSW students. Fellowship’s key requirements so that eligible students can be most competitive in the applicant pool:

• Applicants must identify mental health service delivery to at-risk children, adolescents, and/or transition age youths (16–25) as their focus;
• applicants must have completed/be enrolled in at least two advanced social work master’s courses, in one or more of the following categories: (a) mental health and/or co-occurring substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery; (b) culturally competent evidence-based practices; or (c) services for children, adolescents, and/or transition-age youths;

• during the fellowship period, applicants must be in an internship/placement setting that provides the opportunity to deliver behavioral health services to the target population; and

• applicants must be committed to seeking employment in behavioral health with the target population immediately after graduation.

Complete eligibility information and application materials for 2016-2017 will be posted on the MFP-Y “How to Apply” webpage in spring 2016. In the meantime, students can refer to this page for eligibility criteria related to the 2015–2016 cycle, though these are subject to change.

The UW Center for Labor Studies is currently seeking applicants for our Graduate Research Grants. We have awards open to graduate students with a strong interest in labor, human rights, and social justice.

2015-2016 Labor Research Grants for 

Graduate Students

The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies currently seeks applications from University of Washington graduates students for grants of $2,500-$5,000 for research about work, workers, and their organizations. The purpose of these grants is to provide funding for research expenses.

Deadline to apply

Monday, February 15, 2016

Eligibility

• Any graduate student who is currently active and will be active the upcoming academic year (2016-2017)
• Graduate students at all branches of the University of Washington (Seattle, Bothell, or Tacoma)

Applicants must demonstrate the significance of their proposed research to the interdisciplinary field of labor studies. Research may focus on any dimension of labor in the United States or abroad, including but not limited to class relations, the social conditions of work, the labor process, working-class culture or politics, work and gender, work and race/ethnicity, the relationship between labor and the state, unions, or comparative international labor relations.

For more information, visit the Bridges Center website at http://depts.washington.edu/hbcls, or contact program coordinator Andrew Hedden at hbcls@uw.edu.

Job Search Workshops & Events held at the UW School of Social Work

Save the Date!

Date	Time	Topic
Friday, January 29	12:30 – 1:20 pm	Resume Construction Skills Register HERE
Thursday, February 25	12:30 – 1:20 pm	The Road to Social Work Licensure Register HERE
Friday, February 26	12:30 – 1:20 pm	Interviewing Skills to Get the Job You Want     Register HERE
Thursday, April 14	4:00 – 6:00 pm	SSW Annual Job Fair with LinkedIn Photo Booth – more info to come

SSW Career Online Resources: http://socialwork.uw.edu/students/career-planning-process

January

“Resume Construction” for Social Workers
Register here for Resume Construction: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/rufferl/291272

Where: School of Social Work (please RSVP for specific room location)
When: Friday, January 29 12:30 – 1:20 pm
Presenter: Alison S. Jones, Career Counselor-Lead, UW Career Center
Who: MSW and BASW students

Create an effective resume or improve the one you already have. Transform your resume into a powerful tool that will get you interviews. When was the last time you looked at your resume? Are you wondering how to best to incorporate your social work practicum, prior work experiences and coursework into a competitive resume that will be seen by employers?  Alison Jones, Career Counselor-Lead of the UW Career Center will present valuable information about how to edit the format and content of your resume to make it work for you.

 

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My name is Casey Osborn-Hinman and I am the Mobilization Manager for Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) in Washington State. Founded by Save the Children in 2014, SCAN is dedicated to mobilizing Americans to hold elected leaders accountable for investing in two critical early childhood issues: ensuring access to high-quality early learning and ending preventable, early childhood deaths around the world.

SCAN is requesting applications from University of Washington students to join us for our upcoming Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. on April 10-12. One student will be selected to attend the event and he or she will receive a monetary stipend to cover travel expenses.

Please request an application from chinman@savechildren.org.   

Completed applications are encouraged by Friday, February 5 to chinman@savechildren.org. 

The Advocacy Summit is a unique opportunity for students to learn about the critical challenges facing children in the United States and around the world and to develop important skills needed to help influence policymakers at every level. Through an exciting agenda focused on education and engagement, participants learn the basics of how to make their case to Members of Congress and their staff, gain the tools and training needed to follow up with policymakers on the issues that matter to them and partake in stimulating breakout sessions. Attendees will then meet with congressional representatives to make the case to invest in kids!

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Greetings from the Career Center! We would appreciate if you could  please help spread the word about the “Careers in Non-Profits” employer panel event happening this Thursday (1/21) to your students. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Time: 4:30-6:30pm

Location: HUB 334

International Opportunities in Social Work – http://www.ngoabroad.com/

SRI LANKA: Community Organizing & Community Development in the Slums One billion people on this planet live in slums. Social Work proudly pioneered work in the slums.
Come work with this amazing org that has systematically improved housing, infrastructure and economic development.
Have strong community organizing skills? We need you to help involve the community in each and every improvement being made, and strengthening their skills and buy in to community development.

COSTA RICA: Domestic Violence – Spanish fluency required Work in the shelter; do community education; help women become economically independent so they can leave abusive relationships; and/or help develop counseling programs for women, men and kids.
This is a great place to get experience with group and/or individual therapy or play therapy with the kids.

UGANDA: Community Organizing & Women
This Ugandan social work director who emphasizes empowering women, does a phenomenal job of teaching villages how to assess their needs, their strengths and achieve their goals.

INDIA: Training “barefoot counselors”
In many places language differences prevent foreigners from doing direct service but this psychiatric social worker created a way for you to help:
Train local Indians about mental health so they can help those with psychological or psychiatric needs.

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For more information, follow this link.

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy of strength, resilience and compassion are a worldwide touchstone of civic responsibility and action. This January, honor his memory and the contributions of all people — past and present — who stand for justice, and join the University of Washington’s MLK Week!

Celebrate and carry on Dr. King’s legacy with your UW community by participating in these and other MLK Week events.

Signature events to add to your calendar

MLK Birthday Party and Kickoff!
1/15/16 | 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. |HUB Street

MLK Day of Service
1/18/16 | 9 a.m.–4 p.m. | Locations Vary

Race and the Legacy of Dr. King: The Sequel
1/20/16 | 12–1:30 p.m. | Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center

Unconscious Bias Workshop
1/20/16 | 4–6 p.m. | Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center

Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz
1/21/16| 8–10 p.m. | Ethnic Cultural Theater

Black Lives Matter Teach-In
1/22/16 | 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. | Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center

For a full list of events and opportunities, visit mlkweek.uw.edu.

Make 2016 a time to honor the history of activism in our community, engage in current social justice work, and inspire one another to be part of the transformational movements that are to come. Join the conversation this MLK Week!

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