Seminar Series on Poverty and Public Policy
Winter 2019

WCPC’s quarterly Seminar Series on Poverty and Public Policy brings nationally prominent poverty researchers to the university to present and discuss their findings with faculty and students. The seminars are open to the public and attract a range of faculty and students from disciplines across campus, as well as local service providers and engaged community members. This winter, we are excited to feature scholars on a wide range of topics, with a particular focus on technology and poverty. See below for Winter 2019 dates/topics:

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Latinx Leads Student Leadership Conference

Spring National Conference

February 23 – 24, 2019

New York City

About Latinx Leads

The Latinx Leads Student Leadership Conference is the largest national gathering of Latinx student leaders and campus-based advisors to address the most critical topics of diversity and social justice challenging our Latinx community within colleges and universities. Our conference will consist of experiential workshops and dynamic keynote sessions that will allow students to tap into their potential and be affirmed in their Latinx identity.

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Conference Location and Accommodations

161 Newkirk Street

Jersey City, NJ 07306

The conference is in the first floor Banquet Room.(Campus Map)

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DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel

455 Washington Blvd,

Jersey City, NJ 07310

http://latinxleads.org/

Please review the Washington Student Achievement Council scholarship opportunity due February 1^st, 2019  (priority for upper-division and graduate-level students).

https://readysetgrad.wa.gov/college/american-indian-endowed-scholarship

Office of Educational Partnerships and Diversity at the School of Dentistry is looking for volunteers for the Community Health Professions Academy (CHPA)! As a health professional student, you will be asked to assist with hands-on activities, participate on a student/professional panel and provide advice for a Community Health Education project. The time commitment is approximately 2-5 hours for as many Saturday sessions you’d like ranging from January to May.

The Community Health Education Project will consist of a presentation in any format about a health issue that a scholar group chooses. A scholar group will consist of approximately 3-5 students. They will be tasked with developing an educational presentation on a health issue, ideally including cultural or community issues, and present on that topic during their graduation from the CHPA program in May.

If you are interested in being a mentor, please let us know in the google form below and we will send further information on the specifics of the project. If you are enrolled in Health and Homelessness at the School of Dentistry, this counts towards your hours for Winter and Spring Quarters.

SIGN UP HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeme4i-WIXuXhWmVaSmiQlASx0cKzevPjZse95z5tGtoNwbhA/viewform?usp=sf_link

I am reaching out because I remember in many of my undergrad courses at UW I was able to get involved in volunteering opportunities that eventually lead to jobs and then my career. I am looking for volunteers for King County’s point-in-time count (locally known as Count Us In – formally known as One Night Count) on January 25, 2019 from 2am-6am (yup, AM)!

Count Us In, is an annual visual count of individuals experiencing homelessness. The purpose of the Count Us In  is to collect data that is used to inform our system response to the needs in our community in order to make homelessness rare, brief, and one-time.

I am reaching out to the Social Work department intentionally because I know that student volunteers with help carry out the visual count as compassionately, humanely, and respectfully as possible when walking/driving in the spaces people have sought shelter when shelters are often full.

I hope students will sign up and encourage friends and family to sign up too. King County needs over 1000 volunteers to commit to an accurate count. Deployment sites will be all over from Enumclaw, Sammamish, Bothell, Vashon, University District and downtown Seattle.

Please have student register to be a volunteer at: http://allhomekc.org/king-county-point-in-time-pit-count/

If you know people with lived homelessness experience we are also looking for paid guides. I am hopeful to see some familiar faces and UW students out volunteering. Also feel free to have students reach out to me melissa.espinoza@kingcounty.gov if they know areas well and would like to be team captains the night of the count.

Hello Social Work Students!

Remember all that work that you put into writing that great paper that no one but your professor read? That paper deserves to be seen! Submit your best social work writing to the annual Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work student paper awards.

The Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work was established in 1973 to promote the specialization of clinical practice within the social work profession. It is an organization of clinical social workers practicing in a variety of settings, including mental health clinics, family service agencies, hospitals and medical clinics and private practices. The WSSCSW offers its members continuing educational opportunities, legislative advocacy including lobbying, network and professional growth opportunities and special programs for new professionals.

Two student papers are chosen each year as winners. You do not need to be a member to submit or to win. Winning papers are published in the WSSCSW online magazine (with a byline about you!) and student winners are awarded a cash prize, a year of membership in the WSSCSW, and are acknowledged at the annual WSSCSW member’s dinner in June.

Details: You must be a current social work student of a BASW or MSW program in Washington State. Your paper should be less than 12 pages (you can edit a longer paper to less than 12 pages) on a topic relevant to clinical social work. Papers will be reviewed by a committee of social work volunteer readers and winners will be notified in May. You can submit your paper anytime before April 1, 2019. Submit by emailing a PDF of your paper, along with your contact information, to admin@wsscsw.org with the subject line: 2019 student paper award

To all students interested in health equity and social justice:

• Do you see things in the communities you work with and/or are a part of that you wish were different?
• Do you want to help change the systems that produce health disparities?
• Are you ready to take action?

Join experienced Sound Alliance community organizers and students from across the Health Sciences this fall in UCONJ 624. We will develop your skills in advocacy and community organizing for health equity. Participate in different campaigns that work upstream to address the social determinants of health.

• Learn the fundamentals of advocacy, organizing, and their ability to impact health.
• Apply skills, gain confidence, & collaborate around a community-driven goal.
• Work with local leaders to engage in community driven listening campaigns.
• Address the social & structural injustices that contribute to & perpetuate health disparities.

Course details:

UCONJ 624A, SLN: 21515
Winter quarter 2019
Thursdays 5:30-7:20pm
Classroom: TBD

We are looking for engaging students, who are enthusiastic about sharing their Husky experience with campus visitors from all over the country (and world!)

About University of Washington Office of Admissions – Campus Visit Program

Student tour guides and Admissions representatives at the University of Washington interact with more than 37,000 campus visitors each year. In addition to daily tours and operating the Welcome Center, staff are called upon to lead separately scheduled tours, speak at events, and assist the Office of Admissions with recruitment and outreach efforts in the surrounding community. There is some administrative work, such as data entry and restocking publications. You are expected to share your University of Washington stories with guests and be familiar with a wide variety of material, including key programs, the freshman application timeline, and more. As a Tour Guide, you will represent the University of Washington and yourself as well as other Tour Guides in a manner that provides a positive reflection of our institutional vision, goals, mission, and efforts.

The position is now live on Handshake.

https://uw.joinhandshake.com/jobs/2087498

Information Session: January 8^th at 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm in HUB 106

https://www.facebook.com/events/2077473625630678/permalink/2149329138445126/

 

Questions? Please email visituw@uw.edu

The National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) conference series constitutes the leading and most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American higher education. The conference focuses on the complex task of creating and sustaining comprehensive institutional change designed to improve racial and ethnic relations on campus and to expand opportunities for educational access and success by culturally diverse, traditionally underrepresented populations.

NCORE is designed to provide a significant forum for discussion, critical dialogue, and exchange of information as institutions search for effective strategies to enhance access, social development, education, positive communication, and cross-cultural understanding in culturally diverse settings.

The NCORE Student Scholarship supports a paid conference registration for each student recipient. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. It is hoped that the scholarship awards will serve as an incentive for higher education institutions to support student participation in the conference.

Key Requirements:

• Submission Opens: October 24th, 2018
• Submission Deadline: December 17th, 2018
• Student Scholarship Recipient Notified: January 8th, 2019
• Student Scholars Must Accept No Later Than: January 31st, 2019

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Learning Center Seattle is hiring a Student Development Specialist!

For more information, please see the job bulletin attached (SDS Job Bulletin) or view the position post on the Seattle Colleges employment website here.

Job Title:                        Hourly – Student Development Specialist

Closing Date/Time:     Wed. 12/26/18 4:59 PM Pacific Time

Salary:                            $21.00 Hourly

Hours:                            16 hours per week, Monday – Thursday, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Job Type:                       Temporary Part-Time

Location:                       Seattle Vocational Institute: 2120 South Jackson Street, Seattle, Washington

To learn more about the Learning Center Seattle youth re-engagement program, check out our website here.

Course Description:
The University of Washington eScience Institute offers this winter school for policy, social and management scholars. This course is open to students and lecturers in Global/Public Health, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Social Work, International Relations and Business Management departments who are interested in developing basic skills and knowledge of the tools used in data science.

There are no prerequisites to take this course and there are no credits offered. Faculty, undergraduate students and graduate students are welcome to apply.

Please apply here. The deadline to apply is January 4th. Application decisions will be made by January 15th.

Here is the event: https://escience.washington.edu/events/winter-school-on-data-science-tools/

Schedule:
Class 1: Friday, January 25th (9 am – 1:00 pm)
R and RStudio: This class will introduce students to R programming language. It will give an overview of the R data structures, mainly the data frame. The emphasis will be on the statistical capabilities of R, as well as its visualization tools.

Class 2: Friday, February 1st (9 am – 1:00 pm)
Python and Jupyter: This class will give an overview of Python simple data structures (list, tuple and dictionary). The emphasis will on the data cleaning and pre-processing capabilities, as well on some basic data scrapping.

Class 3: Saturday, February 9th (9 am – 1:00 pm)
Reproducible Environments: This last class will teach students how to combine R and tools like Latex (for document management), Github (for organizing data repositories) and Zotero (to manage references) to prepare a reproducible paper.

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ENTRE 579A: Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (4 credits).

SLN: 14392 (email for add code)

Mondays, 3:30-6:50pm

Course Description:  Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (Entre 579) explores big problems and opportunities facing society, ranging from healthcare and education, to poverty.  The course examines how solutions to these massive challenges can be researched, validated, and implemented using such entrepreneurial tools such as design thinking, business models, and lean entrepreneurship.  The class works best when there are students from across campus in it.

Students in the class will develop an  entrepreneurial mindset; when others see insurmountable problems, entrepreneurs look for opportunities to use technology and innovative thinking to solve real world problems. An entrepreneurial perspective is also a wonderful way of thinking in order to tackle new opportunities in entrepreneurship, whether it is in government, NGOs or for-profit companies. A key feature of this class is the interdisciplinary students from across campus.  If you have any questions, please email Professor Emily Pahnke at eacox@uw.edu

To Enroll, please email: MBA Registration <mbaregis@uw.edu> and cc Professor Pahnke, eacox@uw.edu.

A new tutoring program developed in collaboration with Somali Community Services of Seattle (SOMCSS) is seeking volunteer tutors to begin in January, 2019. This program recently received grant funding through the Department of Neighborhoods.

This will be an opportunity to gain teaching experience and be of service to a rich and diverse community. In addition, some leadership/management opportunities are available to those who are interested.

The program will start with an orientation/training session tentatively scheduled for January 12, and extend through May/June of 2019. Additional program details are as follows:

SCHEDULING: An initial orientation/training lasting 3-4 hours is currently scheduled for Saturday, January 12. Thereafter, tutors will meet once weekly with assigned students for 1-2 hours. Scheduling of tutoring sessions will be done to accommodate both tutor and student schedules.

ACTIVITIES: Tutors are highly encouraged to attend the initial orientation, run by Northwest Educational Services, which will cover topics including the psychology/neuroscience behind learning, growth mindset, best practices for interacting with students, and behavioral change strategies. Each tutor will be paired with 1-2 students in elementary or middle school, who the tutor will work with individually for ~1 hr each week. Tutors will assist students with school work and serve as a friendly partner/mentor in education. Preparation time outside of tutoring sessions will be minimal. Tutors will also be welcome to attend educational/social events such as a museum field trip.

LOCATION: The initial tutor orientation/training will be held on the UW campus (room TBD). Tutoring sessions will take place at the the SOMCSS community center in South Seattle, next to the Rainier Beach Lite Rail station.

REIMBURSEMENT: While this is a volunteer position, tutors will receive $120 to cover transportation costs.

If you would like to volunteer or have any questions, please contact Hanna Freeman, a medical student leading the program, at kernh@uw.edu.

UCONJ 624: Interprofessional Community Organizing Course (1 credit)

To all students interested in health equity and social justice:

• Do you see things in the communities you work with and/or are a part of that you wish were different?
• Do you want to help change the systems that produce health disparities?
• Are you ready to take action?

Join experienced Sound Alliance community organizers and students from across the Health Sciences this fall in UCONJ 624. We will develop your skills in advocacy and community organizing for health equity. Participate in different campaigns that work upstream to address the social determinants of health.

• Learn the fundamentals of advocacy, organizing, and their ability to impact health.
• Apply skills, gain confidence, & collaborate around a community-driven goal.
• Work with local leaders to engage in community driven listening campaigns.
• Address the social & structural injustices that contribute to & perpetuate health disparities.

Course details:

UCONJ 624A, SLN: 21515

Winter quarter 2019

Thursdays 5:30-7:20pm

Classroom: TBD

NOTE TO SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS: Because of the practicum requirements, the summer program is generally the best option for MSW students and senior level BASW students. 

Interested in studying a foreign language and learning about different cultures? The application is now open for FLAS Fellowships, which award $7,500-$33,000 to UW students studying foreign languages.  Applications are due January 31, 2019 at 5 PM PST.

(Available to current and incoming undergraduate, graduate and professional UW students who are U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents).

For more information, visit jsis.washington.edu/advise/funding/flas/

UPCOMING FLAS INFORMATION SESSIONS:

Tuesdays in January (8, 15, 22, 29), 3:30-4:30 PST Web Chats (see FLAS website for access instructions)
Thursday, Jan 10, 2:30-3:30, Allen Library Auditorium, G81L
Wednesday, Jan 16, 3:30-4:30 Thomson Hall Room 317

Questions? Contact Robyn Davis at rldavis@uw.edu

¡Hola!

My name is Ana Magaña, I am an MSW second year-day student who identifies as Mexican American.

Last year I was part of the VIVA group and would love to continue connecting with other Latinx identified folks (BSW, MSW, PhD, faculty, staff and anyone who’d like to join) and is part of the UW School of Social Work community.

¿Que es VIVA?  What is VIVA?

VIVA is an affinity Latinx group that works to amplify the voice, visibility, and skills of Latinx students at the School of Social Work. My hope for this meet up is to connect with you, share our experiences and create a space where we can support and grow together.

I’d love to meet up on Wednesday December 12 at Big Time Brewery at 6pm (which is close to campus) para platicar de todo and relajarnos. I’d like to get to know you to create a community among us and see what we all come up with for a more structured schedule to meet up more often next quarter.

Email me with any questions porfavor, and if you can’t make it – email me @ afmc8@uw.edu with your contact information to connect with you 😄

FAMED 556 Spanish for Health Professionals (1)

14724 A

T 530-650P

HST  T739

Open  18/  40E CR/NC

THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO MEDICAL STUDENTS AND GRADUATE HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN INTERMEDIATE KNOWLEDGE OF SPANISH

PREREQUISITE: DEPARTMENT PERMISSION. CONTACT FMCLERK@UW.EDU

Instruction in interviewing/history taking Spanish-speaking patient. Prerequisite: Spanish fluency at intermediate level; current graduate health science student; permission of course coordinator. Credit/no-credit only. Offered: Sp.

View course details in MyPlan: FAMED 556

I am writing to let you know about an exciting new fellowship program that might interest your students. This program is built around a new project, led by top scholars from Stanford University and Princeton University, that will uncover how the American Dream is faring and how inclusive and opportunity-enhancing policy might be designed.

We’re now recruiting a select group of research fellows to become part of this study. The fellows will receive intensive training and then visit communities across America to talk with families about their lives, hopes, and dreams. It’s not a survey, it’s not a poll, but an honest and open conversation that we’re holding in all 50 states.

The fellows will then learn how to analyze the interviews with the latest data science methods, identify the country’s emerging problems, and begin the task of building 21st-century policy that responds to the voices of the people. It will be a life-changing experience that prepares the next generation of leaders in academia, government, politics, nonprofits, and beyond.

I’m hoping that you’ll share this opportunity with your students. The fellowship begins in June 2019 and concludes in August 2020. We offer two application deadlines: January 7, 2019, and February 7, 2019. For more details, check out our website or this overview of the fellowship program. Students can submit applications directly through our website.

We look forward to receiving applications from your students. And I’m happy to answer any questions you may have!

Amelia Dmowska  admowska@stanford.edu

The next Doorway Project Pop-Up Cafe will be on Feb. 12, 2019,  from 12p, to 2pm at the UW-School of Social Work.  See attached poster.

Learn more about the Doorway Project at http://doorwayproject.org/

Doorway Pop-Up Poster Full

Governing for Regional Equity and Inclusion invites you to Advancing Racial Equity – an opportunity to examine government’s role in equitable policies and planning, working with communities, addressing gentrification, equity in the workforce and workplace culture, and more. 

Friday, December 14, 2018, 8am – 4pm

Green River College | 12401 SE 320th St, Auburn, WA

Register

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Conference highlights include:

Community leaders plenary with Colleen Echo-Hawk (Chief Seattle Club), Estela Ortega (El Centro de la Raza) and Amina Ahmed (Partner in Employment and new SeaTac Councilmember)

Lunch conversation with Burien Mayor Jimmy Matta

Afternoon keynote by Aneelah Afzali, Muslim Association of Puget Sound/American Muslim Empowerment Network, who was recently announced by the Council on American-Islamic Relations as the “2018 American Muslim of the Year”

Please register by Friday, Dec 7th at noon

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