Celebrating Resilient Feminism

5:30 – 8 PM on Thursday, March 30

Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, Unity Room 1

Historically, womxn of color have been overlooked in movements for social justice. Additionally, we seldom see womxn of color highlighted at leadership events. “Celebrating Resilient Feminism” will create a space to celebrate womxn of color leaders and their achievements, listen to their perspectives, and learn from their lessons. The event will include a panel portion followed by a more intimate workshop component, in which attendants can converse in groups with the panelists. Topics will include a discussion of identity and maintaining integrity to self, overcoming challenges, incorporating diversity, difference, and equity into public and nonprofit work, and how we can create pathways for more womxn of coloras leaders in the community. Join us for a panel, hosted by womxn of color and our allies, to celebrate the resilience and achievements of womxn of color in our community.
Hosts: EPOC, PCD, and ESO

Moderator: Michelle Gonzalez, Evans School Professor

Panelists include:
– Orchideh Raisdanai, King County Democrats Vice Chair & Commitee Chair of Communities of Color & Faith
– Paula Houston, CEO of Sound Generations
– Claudia Kauffman, Intergovernmental Affairs Liaison for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and former State Senator
– Velma Veloria, Former State Representative

To attend, please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/nYLT3BbaxCiYHGyg1

If you have any questions, please contact Rosa Gimson at rgimson86@gmail.com.

Upcoming film screening and panel discussion about supervised consumption spaces on March 22nd at Seattle First Baptist Church.  If interested in finding out more detail or inviting friends/colleagues, go to the Facebook event page here.

Are you thinking about community prevention as an approach to improve community and population health?

NSG 559 Prevention Effectiveness in Community Health is a course for you to consider.

This is a 1 credit (credit/no credit only), online course that introduces critical, foundational concepts and strategies to enhance effectiveness in adopting or adapting prevention strategies with multicultural communities. It is open to all UW graduate students. You can contact course faculty for more information or an add code.  There is an option of one in-person meeting.

ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS FORMAT (meaning, do at your own pace)

1 CREDIT (CREDIT/NO CREDIT ONLY)

Focuses on increasing effectiveness of organization- and community-level health promotion and prevention programs with multicultural communities.

Includes web-based tool-kits pertaining to:

• Cross-cultural adaptation of health promotion programs
• Mental health promotion in communities
• Institutional readiness to sustain prevention policies

Contact instructor for add code and with questions.
Course Faculty:
Dr. Jenny Tsai, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Department of Psychosocial and Community
Email: jennyt@uw.edu

Greetings Graduate Students!

Are you thinking about community prevention as an approach to improve community and population health?

NSG 559 Prevention Effectiveness in Community Health is a course for you to consider.

This is a 1 credit (credit/no credit only), online course that introduces critical, foundational concepts and strategies to enhance effectiveness in adopting or adapting prevention strategies with multicultural communities. It is open to all UW graduate students. You can find more details in the attached flyer or contact course faculty for more information.

 ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS FORMAT WITH AN OPTION OF ONE IN-PERSON MEETING

1 CREDIT (CREDIT/NO CREDIT ONLY)

Focuses on increasing effectiveness of organization- and community-level health promotion and prevention programs with multicultural communities.

Includes web-based tool-kits pertaining to:

• Cross-cultural adaptation of health promotion programs

• Mental health promotion in communities

• Institutional readiness to sustain prevention policies

Course Faculty:
Dr. Jenny Tsai, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Department of Psychosocial and Community
Email: jennyt@uw.edu

Title: Part Time Resident Coordinator		Date Open: 3/9/2017			Date Closed: Until Filled
Department: Nativity House Apartments – Tacoma		Reports to: Program Manager
Status: Part time 10 hours per week & On Call			FLSA: Non-Exempt	Starting Salary/Hourly Rate: $15.60 HR
Program Description:	Catholic Community Services, Homeless Adult Services (HAS) is the largest provider of adult homeless services in Tacoma, Washington.  Nativity House (NH), a program of HAS, is the central hub to serve homeless adults in the Pierce County region.  It operates 24-hours/7-days a week, offering services (emergency shelter, meals, systematic outreach, Rapid rehousing, Mental Health and Co-Occurring Disorder treatment, Employment Services, Spiritual Support, 50 units of permanent supportive housing, etc.) to meet the basic needs of individuals experiencing chronic homelessness.
Position Description:	The Resident Coordinator is responsible for being at the front desk of the Nativity House Apartments, a 50 unit affordable housing program that employs the Housing First model for chronically homeless and disabled single adults in furnished studio apartments with a secured and monitored front door entry.  This position fills the need to have 24-hour monitoring staff on-site to assist staff, residents, guests and visitors.  Nativity House Apartments is a permanent supportive housing and services facility for currently and formerly homeless individuals utilizing the Housing First model.  While on shift at the front desk, the Resident Coordinator’s primary focus is the Nativity House Apartments to provide on-site monitoring, program enforcement and assistance for staff, residents, guests and visitors. **This is a part time 10 hours per week & On Call position.**
Essential Functions:	·      Staff the front desk to include answering the phone, authorizing entry access and monitoring the security of the facility. ·      Monitor and enforce the program policies with residents, guests, and visitors. ·      Conduct safety checks of all entrances and exits.  Ensure emergency doors are not propped open and/or being used as ingress or egress when there is not an emergency. Monitor all exits and entrances between Nativity House Apartments and the Nativity House Services Center. ·      Maintain facility upkeep in the common areas by ensuring residents, guests and visitors do not leave garbage, personal items, etc. in the common areas. ·      Inform appropriate personnel of problems with operation of appliances, plumbing, heating and electrical systems to ensure site remains safe and operational. ·      Maintain order and communicate/enforce rules and policies. o    Log in /out all visitors. o    Record significant occurrences in logbook in a professional manner. o    Initiate and model respectful interactions with residents. ·      Maintain an atmosphere that is welcoming to all and provides safety, security and supportive connections. ·      Provide residents with information about on-site services and public resources. ·      Work with and support case managers, volunteer staff and interns. ·      Assist in coordinating transportation needs. ·      Responsible for some facility upkeep including sweeping and sanitizing surfaces. ·      Report program violations immediately to the Business Manager. ·      Assist Resident Services Manager in administrative duties as needed. ·      Respond to facility and/or resident emergencies. ·      Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements:	Minimum Qualifications: ·      High School Diploma or G.E.D. ·      Applicant must successfully pass required background checks prior to an offer of employment. ·      Proof of negative TB test within the past 12 months ·      Ability to work effectively with people displaying a wide range of varying behaviors. ·      Ability to communicate and work effectively with diverse populations. ·      Willingness and ability to make sound judgments without on-site supervision. ·      Work history, which demonstrates reliability and dependability. ·      Provide adequate shift coverage. ·      Committed to developing and safekeeping a workplace that values and supports a positive team orientated work environment. ·      Support and uphold the mission, beliefs and values of Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services ·      Support and contribute to a creative, collaborative and respectful environment that promotes teamwork ·      Demonstrates the necessary attitudes, knowledge and skills to deliver culturally competent services and work effectively in multi-cultural situations. Preferred Qualifications ·      Experience in social service is desirable; personal experience and understanding of homeless population may be substituted. ·      Experience working with people that are experiencing current homelessness and/or formerly homeless. ·      Experience working in a residential setting including permanent, transitional and/or emergency shelter.

Note to Internal Candidates: HR reviews internal compensation and determines increase based on their experience and also agency internal equity factors.

Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Please let us know if you need special accommodations to apply or interview for this position.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Please go to https://careers-ccsww.icims.com/

to submit your resume, cover letter and application for this position

Fighting a Global Threat Locally: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Careers in Infectious Diseases

Thursday, March 30, 2017

5:30p-7:00p

Foege Building Auditorium, Room S-060

University of Washington

Students are invited to learn from local professionals working on global health issues, including tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease. The evening includes a panel discussion, networking to discuss career opportunities, and light refreshments.

Panelists:

– Daniel Zak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Infectious Disease Research (Researcher)

– Naomi Kern, RN, BSN, Snohomish County Health Department (Nurse)

– Arturo Vargas, Public Health Seattle & King County (Disease Intervention Specialist)

– Katelynne Gardner Toren, MPH, Public Health Seattle & King County (Epidemiologist)

Emcee: Theresa Britschgi, MS WA State Opportunity Scholarship (Program Director)

For more information, contact Heidi Iyall (360) 236.3436 or Heidi.Iyall@doh.wa.gov

Co-sponsored by the Washington State Opportunity Scholars, Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), Washington State Department of Health, UW Global Health Resource Center (GHRC), Center for Infectious Disease Research, Firland Northwest Tuberculosis Center, Tb PHOTOVOICE, and Results

The next Science Wednesday at SDRG is on

March 15

9-10 am

SDRG, Olympic large conference room

9725 3^rd Ave NE, Seattle

Topic: What is wrong with p-values?

I will be leading a discussion about the intensifying concerns about the use of p-values, the American Statistical Association’s Statement (attached – please read), and our own practices.

I hope to see you there!

Sabrina

The ASA’s Statement on p-Values: Context, Process, and Purpose

Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2016.1154108

 

In response to the recent climate the UW Women’s Center in partnership with the Ethnic Cultural Center in hosting a workshop to engage community members in an inclusive dialogue.  We would love for you to encourage students to come to a safe space that is designed to help facilitate a tough conversation and work towards an equitable future.

“Coping with Despair and Strategizing for Justice: A Process and Action Workshop”

Wednesday, March 8 at 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM  Intellectual House

Many of us invested in social justice are reeling from the daily dispatches of intolerance on our campus, in our communities and throughout our nation. We might feel indignant and outraged. Based on our various identities, we might also feel targeted and vulnerable. It’s difficult to process all that is happening, isn’t it?

Please join us for a frank discussion about these complicated times. We’ll discuss how we might better navigate both our anxieties as well as resolve for a more equitable future. We’ll also talk about the different strategies, skills and tools we’ll need to use at different moments with ourselves and each other. Our collective vision of a world without racism, xenophobia, homophobia and sexism is more critical than ever. Let’s come together in the spirit of justice to unpack this moment and help steer our way forward.

Click to register http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2889426

FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1795657174020211/

“The QSC is working to revive Dear Queer, a LGBTQ question-and-answer based blog, and we need writers. We need people to answer possible questions and make blog posts as they see fit. If you are interested, please fill out this google doc: https://goo.gl/forms/PNAsDZzHj0B90ejw2

If you don’t want to write, you can still check out our blog at dearqueeruw.tumblr.com Hope to see you on there! Feel free to share with friends and get the word out there!”

The West Coast Poverty Center is pleased to announce the WCPC Spring 2017 Seminar Series. For our first talk of the quarter on Monday, April 3rd, Kathleen Moore (Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington) will be presenting her research about rental market discrimination and the housing choice voucher program.

As a reminder, graduate students and advanced undergraduate students (with instructor approval) can sign up to take seminars as a class (SOC WL 556, 1 credit on a credit/no-credit basis).  Enrolled students participate in seminars, meet with speakers,  network with students from other departments, and complete a brief professional development activity.  Students can take the seminar in multiple quarters.

Monday, March 27th
Student Session
Open to students registered to receive credit for the seminar (SOC WL 556). Meet other students and West Coast Poverty Center Faculty affiliates who are studying issues related to poverty and inequality
12:30-1:30 p.m. School of Social Work, Room 116

Monday, April 3rd
“Rental Market Discrimination and the Housing Choice Voucher Program”
KATHLEEN MOORE, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington
12:30-1:30 p.m. School of Social Work, Room 305
*Q&A until 2:00 p.m*

Monday, April 10th
“Home Safe Home: Permanent Supportive Housing for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence”
ANDREA HETLING, Public Policy, Rutgers University
12:30-1:30 p.m. School of Social Work, Room 305
*Q&A until 2:00 p.m*

Monday, April 24th
“Panhandling in Austin, Texas”
LAURA LEIN, Social Work, University of Michigan
12:30-1:30 p.m. School of Social Work, Room 305
*Q&A until 2:00 p.m*

Friday, May 5th
Panel Discussion with Robert Plotnick “Poverty, Policy, and Demography”
ROBERT PLOTNICK, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington
12:30-1:30 p.m. 120 Communications
*Co-Sponsor with CSDE*

Monday, May 15th
“Seattle’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program: Overview and Lessons Learned from 5 Years on the Ground”
A Panel Discussion featuring Lisa Daugaard, Public Defenders Office; Natalie Walton Anderson, King County prosecuting attorney; Seema Clifasefi, LEAD evaluation; Cathy Speelmon, LEAD case manager
12:30-1:30 p.m. School of Social Work, Room 305
*Q&A until 2:00 p.m*

To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at:
206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu

ANTH/NURS 562. Clinically Applied Anthropology, Wednesdays 9:30-12:20. Spring Quarter, 3 credits.  HSB T 521

Clinically Applied Anthropology is designed to explore how medical anthropology can be used in clinical situations.  It is aimed at health science graduate students as well as graduate students from other professional schools and from academic departments.  The seminar format will include the examination of selected publications in medical anthropology to understand the data, theory, and methods used by anthropologists to investigate and analyze health-related behaviors.  Anthropologists who specialize in various culture areas (e.g., Indonesia, Oceania, Africa) will be invited for guest presentations.  This information will be related to national and international health care issues to explore whether anthropological insight offers solutions or new approaches to culturally appropriate care.  Specific topics will range widely depending on student interests and availability of articles.  Topics will include cultural variations in illness beliefs and illness behavior (e.g., culture-bound syndromes, meanings of cancer or diabetes), types of healing practices (e.g., shamans, medicine people), and chronic illness and death.  Two short draft papers leading to a seminar paper are required.

Noel J. Chrisman, PhD, MPH

Professor, School of Nursing

Adjunct Professor, Anthropology, Health Services, Family Medicine noelj@uw.edu

Naomi Klein
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

April 6, 7:30 pm Kane Hall, room 130   Register (tickets required, space is limited) Rethinking Prosperity is pleased to present this event that is part of the UW Graduate School public lecture series.  This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate Forget everything you think you know about global warming. The really inconvenient truth is that it’s not about carbon. It’s about capitalism. The convenient truth is that we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed system and build something radically better. In her most provocative talk yet, Naomi Klein tackles the most profound threat humanity has ever faced: the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. We have been told the market will save us, when in fact the addiction to profit and growth is digging us in deeper every day. We have been told it’s impossible to get off fossil fuels when in fact we know exactly how to do it—it just requires breaking every rule in the “free-market” playbook. We have also been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. In fact, all around the world, the fight back is already succeeding in ways both surprising and inspiring. Climate change, Klein argues, is a civilizational wake-up call, a powerful message delivered in the language of fires, floods, storms, and droughts. Confronting it is no longer about changing the light bulbs. It’s about changing the world—before the world changes so drastically that no one is safe. Either we leap—or we sink. About Naomi Klein Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and #1 international bestseller, “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.” Her critically acclaimed new book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate,” is the 2014 winner of the prestigious Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Sponsoring Departments: UW Graduate School, UW Alumni Association, Department of Communication, Department of Global Health, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Information School, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Department of Political Science, College of Education Integrated Social Sciences

 

With community support, the Rethinking Prosperity project presents innovative speakers on the economy, environment, and democracy like Richard Wolff, hosts events like the Next Systems Teach-in and American Global Challenge Lecture Series, and creates initiatives like the UW Sustainability Action Network. Our work depends upon your support.  Please make a gift today!

 

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Hi Health Sciences Professional Students,

We think all health professionals would be interested in hearing these patients’ stories!

Please join the Medical Humanities and Narrative Medicine Interest Group for a patient panel:

Heart to Heart: Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, and Renal Diseases
Monday, March 6th 11:00am – 1:00pm, T-553

We have gathered a panel of speakers with cardiovascular, pulmonary, and renal diseases including: a patient who developed a VSD after an MI, a man with IPF and a lung transplant, a pediatric neonatologist with lung complications from polio, and a man with ESRD in line for a transplant.

Snacks will be provided! Please RSVP so we know how many people to expect:  https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/onabb

We’re looking forward to seeing you all!

Be Well,

Amanda dos Santos
MS1, School of Medicine
Seattle Foundations Site
University of Washington
amandads@uw.edu | 818-524-8217

 

Hello!

The Health Law program at the School of Law has graduate level courses that are open to the rest of the UW community.  In this time of uncertainty about health care, students around campus may be interested in some background on the health programs in the news.  These courses are fee-based, but we can accommodate undergrads or state-supported graduate students with tuition-based SLNs.

H502, Medical Malpractice (3 credits), T/TH 8:50-10:20 am

This course on practitioner liability will be taught this year by the husband-wife team of Elizabeth Leedom and William Leedom, two extremely experienced practitioners who are partners at a premier boutique health care law firm downtown, Bennett, Bigelow and Leedom.  It will focus on the legal elements of professional liability, negligence and breaches of informed consent.

H503 Medical Ethics and Jurisprudence (3 credits), T/TH 3:50-5:20pm

The course examines the relationship between bioethics and law and reviews basic concepts of both disciplines and their theoretical and practical connections. Analysis of principal legal cases and statutes illustrating such issues as informed consent to treatment, foregoing life support, research with human subjects, confidentiality, allocation of health care resources.  This course is co-taught by law school Professor Patricia Kuszler (an MD and lawyer) and Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioethics and Humanities, Dr. Denise Dudzinski.

H506 International Bioethics, Social Justice and Health Seminar (1 credit), Tuesday 4:30-6:20 pm (every other week)

Explores case studies of ethical dilemmas and violations of international human rights in global health research, practice and policy.  This course is taught by Dr. Beth Rivin.

H520 Genetics and Law (3 credits), Mon/Wed 1:30-3:00 pm

In this age of new genetic discoveries, this course will consider the constitutional underpinnings of personal information and issues of genetic testing (including omission of testing and disclosure of genetic test results), and regulation of genetic tests and information.  This course is taught by Professor Anna Mastroianni, JD, MPH, and is offered jointly with the Public Health Genetics program.

FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS BEING OFFERED:  H521 Medicare/Medicaid Finance and Reimbursement (2 credits), Thursdays 1:30-3:20 pm (with 4/14 additional class)

So much of the public healthcare insurance debate calls out Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) but the debate also affects our other public insurers, Medicare and Medicaid.  Tim Blanchard and Margaret (Peg) Manning, practitioners each with over 30 years of experience in this area of health care law, will teach the basics and current controversies in Medicare and Medicaid.

H534 Mental Health and Law (3 credits), M/W 10:50am-12:20 pm

This course will deal with both civil and criminal aspects of mental health and the law. The course will focus on civil aspects of mental health law, such as standards and procedures for involuntary commitment; consent for, and informed refusal of, treatment; and deinstitutionalization/community-based treatment. Next, the course will focus on the mental health issues in criminal law, such as the insanity defense, competency to stand trial, and punishment of the mentally ill.  Terry Price, who is both a mental health professional and lawyer, teaches this course.

 

Thanks!

Terry J. Price

Associate Director, Center for Law, Science and Global Health

University of Washington School of Law

William H. Gates Hall, Rm. 438

P.O. Box 353020

Seattle, WA  98195-3020

Direct: (206) 221-6030

Fax: (206) 543-5671

tprice@uw.edu  www.law.washington.edu

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