Hi all,

We are excited to be going into Year 2 of the inter-professional  WWAMI AHEC Scholars program! Currently, we have 101 students across the two states of Washington and Idaho. We are seeking to expand the program to include students from Boise State and Western Washington University, to be overseen by their local AHECs and governed by the UW WWAMI AHEC program office.

Here is the link for the UW Seattle campus application: https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=8CWM8H4DXF&site=1
Here is the link for the WA online cohort application: https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=8CWM8H4DXF&site=2

The program is two years and requires two didactic courses (can be online or in-person/on campus) and 40 hours per year of community/experiential/clinical work in rural or underserved sites. AHEC is all about increasing the workforce in rural and underserved areas. This program provides students with skills and experiences to better prepare them for work in these areas. Most of all, it is an inter-professional program (IPE) that allows students to learn about other disciplines and develop team-based learning and skills that they can take into practice. Last year, in Seattle, we had medicine students, nursing, pharmacy, PT/OT, communication disorders, PA (MEDEX) and N.D. students from Bastyr. Students were excited to be there and were amazing! Classes are taught in the evening to best accommodate student schedules. Students can take the courses for UW elective credit or no credit/no cost.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Stacey L. Morrison
slmorr01@uw.edu
Ph 206-221-4613

The King Conservation District (KCD) – Seattle Community Partnership Grant Program is pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for natural resource improvement projects that are led by or are in deep partnership with communities most impacted by environmental injustice and systemic racism. This year we will distribute roughly $400,000 to established nonprofits, tribal organizations, and community organizations with a fiscal sponsor.

Projects must focus on one of the following areas: stormwater management, healthy soil, urban forestry, sustainable food systems, or shoreline, creek, and wetland protection/restoration. Interested applicants are encouraged to attend one of three information sessions to learn more about the application requirements. Information sessions will be held at the times listed below. Please visit KCD’s website for additional information about the sessions.

• Information Session #1 (webinar): Tuesday, June 18^th from 1-2pm
• Information Session #2 (in-person): Tuesday, June 18^th from 5-6pm at the Columbia City Library
• Information Session #3 (webinar): Thursday, June 20^th from 12-1pm

The deadline to submit Letters of Intent (LOI) is July 15, 2019. Please visit KCD’s website to access application materials and the online application portal.

If you have any questions about the application process, technical assistance, or your eligibility, please contact Jessica Saavedra at KCD: Jessica.Saavedra@kingcd.org, 425.282.1906 or Hannah Hill at the City of Seattle: Hannah.Hill@seattle.gov, 206.256.5451.

For those who prefer to borrow rather than purchase the 2019/2020 Common Book, So you want to talk about race, below are a variety of options to choose from:

• Multiple books are able to be requested from the UW Libraries and Summit Libraries
• The UW Libraries have two e-book options. Both are single users and students “check them out” like any other book.
  • E-book 1
  • E-book 2
• Seattle Public Library has many print copies available, e-books and audiobooks.
  • UW students are eligible for Seattle Public Library cards. The Montlake branch is the closest to UW Medicine.

I am currently conducting phase 1 of my dissertation project and I am seeking participants. Participants must be Urban Natives living or residing in Seattle—18 + years old. For Phase 1 I have received IRB approval to convert the interviews into podcasts. This podcast is entitled Indigenizing Urban Seattle and serves as a decolonial tool as the interviews become accessible to the community—both within and outside of academia.

Indigenizing Urban Seattle is a podcast that contextualizes Indigenous environmental knowledge and resiliency from an urban Native lens. It serves as a platform to amplify urban Natives’ voices and perspectives in the environmental discourse. We focus on urban Natives currently residing in Seattle—a hub for urban Native resiliency, environmental activism, and solidarity movements. All participants receive a $10 gift card and an art print! Please email me if you are interested in participating. For more information and available episodes please visit: http://www.indigenizingseattle.com/. (Flyer is also attached to this email.)

We are currently in need of the following positions for our upcoming GALA event:

• Marketing
• Event Coordinator
• Project Manager

In addition to that, we are looking for volunteers to teach our ESL and technology (iPad and Computer) classes. Please click on the link below for the volunteer opportunities.

Volunteer Opportunities 

Transgender & Gender Diverse Support & Social Group @ U.T.O.P.I.A Seattle
205 E. Meeker St. Kent, Washington 98032

• [trans] ACTION is a support/social group for sex workers that is held every first Wednesday of every month. It is an opportunity that provides sex workers a safe space to engage in topical discussions relating to their life and/or work. This gathering is open to transgender and gender diverse sex workers with current or past experience in the sex trade.

Upcoming Dates :

• Wed June 12 (6-8pm)

Discussions include topics such as:

• *Safety and self- care
• *Decriminalization and Destigmatization of sex work
• *Know your rights training
• *Legal assistance
• *Employment & housing
• [trans] ACTION promotes and values confidentiality regarding interactions within the group.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:

The undisclosed location has ample parking, all-gender and ADA-accessible restroom. Come and build community with us! For more information please email Ara-lei at ara@utopiaseattle.org.

2019 Maternal & Child Health Student Research Festival
Thursday, June 13, 2019
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

South Campus Center
1601 NE  Columbia Road
(behind the Health Sciences building)
Seattle, WA 98195
View the map >>

Our Research Festival showcases student contributions to the diverse field of women’s, maternal, and child public health. Join us for thesis presentations by our graduates and enjoy refreshments during the poster session with our first year students.

Schedule of events, including thesis and poster titles can be found here: http://depts.washington.edu/mchprog/docs/FestivalInvitation2019.pdf

Questions? Contact Malka at malim@uw.edu or 206.543.4574

Dear Students,

Each year, the Health Sciences Services Learning and Advocacy Committee selects a Common Book that serves as a platform for students from across health professions to learn together on topics of common importance. Throughout the school year students have the opportunity to participate in an interprofessional series of lectures, interactive discussions, advocacy efforts, and seminars focused on the major topic(s) of the book.

Please join all Health Sciences students this summer in reading, “So You Want to Talk About Race” in preparation for the 2019-2020 Health Sciences Common Book Series! A list of Common Book events and programming will be available at the start of Fall quarter 2019.

The book will be held in reserve in the Health Sciences library and is available at the University Bookstore. It is also available for purchase on-line.

Students who have financial hardship, please contact Leonora Clarke (clarkel@uw.edu).

Sincerely,

The Health Sciences Service Learning and Advocacy Committee*

In, So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action to “model minorities” in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible. That is to have honest conversations about race and racism.

“Oluo gives us–both white people and people of color–that language to engage in clear, constructive, and confident dialogue with each other about how to deal with racial prejudices and biases.”

–National Book Review

*A diverse group of health science students, faculty and staff aiming to increase opportunities for interprofessional community engagement and advocacy

Students taking Epi 514 (Applied Epidemiologic Methods) will be presenting on their projects using BRFSS data this Thursday from 1-4.

The list of presentations and details for the mini-conference are attached and several of the topics seem like they may be of interest to our SSW community.

Please contact Alyson Littman (alyson@uw.edu) at SPH with any specific questions.

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Apply to be get involved with Rain City Rock Camp!

Rain City Rock Camp is a place for girls and gender non-conforming individuals from ages 8-17 to learn an instrument, attend social justice and empowerment workshops, form a band, write a song, and perform at a concert showcase in just one week! It takes about over 100 volunteers to make this summer camp work each year, and we are looking for all women and non-binary volunteers who want to empower our campers!
If you are interested in gaining experience mentoring youth, they can apply to be a full or part time counselor who supports campers throughout their workshops and band meetings. Individuals could also contribute on our food crew or at the front desk. Our Summer Camp sessions will be on July 15th-20th and 22nd-27th. You can check out our Job Descriptions to learn more about potential ways to get involved. Feel free to contact our Volunteer Coordinator with more questions at programsupport@raincityrockcamp.org.

B.I.O. is a young folks led program aimed to build solidarity and connectivity between Black, Brown, and Indigenous youth. Youth will gain organizing skills through the lens of land, history, and art. This program will hold space for young folks to foster creativity, healing, an analysis on what keeps our communities separated, and create strong community leadership.

This program will be 6 weeks long every Saturday from July 13th to August 24th. It will take place in Tacoma, WA. Programming will be run from about 10 AM – 3 PM. We ask that you are able to prioritize each weekly session because each session will build onto the next. We will explore and analyze our shared histories and elements of conflict that has been rooted in white supremacy,  heteropatriarcy, settler colonialism, and anti-Blackness. We will also be connecting with the land , creating art together, and connecting with elders and experienced community organizers in an inter-generational wisdom circle.

Apply by Friday, June 21st, 2019. All selected participants will be notified via email on Thursday, June 27th, 2019.

Requirements:
– Be 16-30
– Identify as Black, Brown, or Indigenous
– Interested in becoming engaged and intentional community organizers
– Willing to hold yourself accountable in shared space and also willing to be uncomfortable because some parts of this program will include heavy discussions
– Willing to bring your full self

Application link: https://forms.gle/VEkQr4va7zJPAXvh9

Hey all,

The year is almost over! Congratulations to all of you graduating and for the rest of us continuing on, congratulations as well – we’ll get through the next year(s) somehow.

We wanted to reach out because if you are working on projects this summer, for fun, scholarships, class, anything, the Writing Center still has appointments, virtual and in-person. If you want to work on something with a writing tutor this summer, email sswwrite@uw.edu to request an appointment and we’ll set up a time to meet with you!

Good luck with these final two weeks!

Take care

—

On behalf of the Writing Team at the UW School of Social Work:

Abby Aparicio

Alisa Tirado Strayer

June Simon

To schedule an appointment with a Writing Consultant, please follow a link to their scheduling page by clicking on their name, or email us at sswwrite@uw.edu. 

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A new section of JSIS 535: Technology, Society and the Future has recently opened up more spaces for this summer a-term course.

This course explores the intersection of policy, technology and society. Technology is rapidly changing the way that humans interact with one another, markets are formed, and information is stored, shared and utilized. While technology has held and does hold great promise for being a force for both economic and social change, it also has the potential to be used in ways that threaten civil liberties, national security and data sovereignty. Private sector and civil society actors, government and military leaders, and regulators must work together to understand how new and emerging technologies will drive change across a wide range of sectors, and they must develop policies to ensure that technology is used to help improve and enrich the lives of those across the socioeconomic spectrum.

Summer A-term

JSIS 535: Technology, Society and the Future (2cr)

Taught by James Bernard

SLN 14628