MSW students,

The Office of Student Services is hosting an End of the Quarter event to celebrate your accomplishments this fall. Relax and unwind, connect with your SSW community, and enjoy some food at the SSW Gallery. See below for dates:

Location: SSW Gallery (1st floor)

For inquiries and accommodations, please contact: mswadvising@uw.edu

Note that there will be a limited numbers of dietary inclusive options for food options.

Researchers in the UW Industrial & Systems Engineering Department are seeking participants for paid interviews about privacy on online proctoring systems.

MSW students, consider a coffee break with La Colectiva. See their message and flier below:

The UW Community Engagement & Leadership Program (CELE) is hiring for tutors.

The CELE program is housed within the CELE Center in Mary Gates Hall and has the central focus of tutoring Seattle Public Schools students in math and reading. Hired tutors are undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in tutoring and mentoring students in historically underrepresented and under-resourced communities. The deadline to apply for Winter quarter is December 2, 2024.

The main highlights and benefits of the position are as follows: 

• 6-19 hours per week at their school site ($20/hr for undergraduate students, $22/hr for graduate students) 
• Monthly cohort meetings  
• Option to log travel hours to school site placement 

This is a federally funded program – all participants must be eligible for work study.   

MSW students, consider becoming an Emerson Fellow with the Congressional Hunger Center.

Within the 11-month fellowship, Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows develop a deep understanding of solutions to hunger and poverty, and their own roles in achieving Zero Hunger in the U.S. Following orientation and field training in Washington, D.C., Emerson Fellows spend five months with community-based organizations throughout the U.S. In mid-February fellows return to Washington for a second placement with organizations and government agencies focused on national anti-hunger and anti-poverty policy.  

MSW students, please see your invite from Shirley Chu (Assistant Director to the PhD Social Welfare Program) below:

Hi SSW Community- Hope you are safe and well. I would like to invite you to attend our doctoral student, Sarah Porter’s qualifying paper defense on Monday, December 2 at 1pm on Zoom [https://washington.zoom.us/j/94338125711 ] and in IEP Classroom in Research Commons (Room 253C).

Time:

Monday, December 2, 2024, at 1PM PST.

Title:

Peering into Mental Health Crisis Workforce Roles: An Analysis of Lived Experience(s) in State-level 988 Legislations

Location: Hybrid

Zoom Link:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/94338125711

Room:

IEP Classroom in Research Commons (Room 253C)

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The UW Career & Internship Center is sponsoring two career fairs for Winter 2025—one with an in-person format, and one with a virtual format. See below for date, time, and registration logistics.

Job and internship fairs help Huskies connect with recruiters actively seeking interns, part-time help, and new college grads for a wide range of roles. Career fairs are typically a new experience for college students, so we’ve put together some resources to help you understand, prepare, and thrive!

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SSW students, our friends at the Writing Center are hosting upcoming events and workshops for your learning, and community building experience. See below for their message regarding week 9 of Fall Quarter 2024.

Hello from the Writing Center!

As we work our way to the end of a long quarter, we wanted to acknowledge and extend our warm gratitude to all of you: both the students and faculty we’ve worked with, but also the peers and allies and comrades we’ve found in community over the past several weeks. For those of you looking forward to the holidays next week, we hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day or Native American Heritage Day and a moment of rest and rejuvenation, however that might look for you.

Also, it’s getting, like, really dark. Are you getting your Vitamin D?

Ya’ll finishing up class at 5:20 know what we mean.

Beyond that, we’re a brief bunch today, for a change:

 RECORDING AVAILABLE: 501 Part 2: Policy Solutions 

The recording for our last workshop of the year is now available on Zoom! You can find a collection of all our recordings for review on our Canvas Page, as well. Thank you to everyone who attended and engaged with us.

With the due date for this assignment on the horizon, we welcome you to book a writing consult with our tutors for extra support!

Saturday Body Doubling (Virtual) 

Having a hard time sitting down and focusing on that paper or discussion post? Join us for our final body doubling session on Saturday from 1:00-2:15 PM! Body doubling can improve focus, increase motivation, and help us from isolating as we shift into colder and shorter days. There will be space for folks to chat and discuss, along with a separate space for folks to work silently in community. Open to all programs and cohorts. 

• Saturdays from 1:00-2:15 PM PST: Register Here
  • November 23rd (last session of the quarter!)

Tutor Resources and Recommendations

Are you feeling drawn to action and community building but not quite sure where to start- or even what that may look like? AK Press is offering free e-books for a limited time only, to help us tangibly move towards collective liberation!

For questions or inquiries, please contact sswwrite@uw.edu

MSW students, please see this paid opportunity to develop your grant and writing assessment skills.

The Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) and the Washington State Bar Foundation (WSBF) seek two community members who have worked and/or lived in communities impacted by systemic racism and oppression to serve on a selection panel for the 2025 Powerful Communities Grant. Community members who serve on the panel and have lived experience of systemic racism and oppression will each receive a $500 stipend. 

Selection Panel Member Role: The overall time commitment is estimated to be 10 hours. The expectation is that selection panelists will take four to six hours to review and rate applications. The remaining time will be used to meet with the selection panel to decide on the final grantees. We will likely meet once for two to three hours.

We welcome all community members to apply! No need for previous experience on a selection committee. 

All applications to be a grant readers are due by December 31st, 2024. If you have any questions about the process, please email joyced@wsba.org. 

The UW School of Social Work Multigen Faculty invite you to attend the fourth and final talk in this quarter’s biweekly Thursday Innovations in Aging speaker series. This talk is titled, “Making Sense of Senior Housing: A Guide to Options, Costs and Potential Barriers.”

Julie Gray, PhD will help us comprehend the array of senior housing available in the greater Seattle area. She will unpack the options, costs, and potential barriers to consider when assisting an older adult with deciding which option best fits their needs and circumstances. Come hear a complex set of issues depicted with the clarity only an expert with long experience can provide.

Join us this Thursday, November 21st from 12:30-1:30pm on Zoom. Click here to join virtually. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) is hosting their Annual Conference here in Seattle from January 15-19, 2025! The theme of this conference is “Strengthening Social Impact through Collaborative Research”.

The School of Social Work is one of the sponsors for this conference, and there will be many exciting events planned. Registration is now open– we hope to see you there! 

MSW students, please consider this training/professional development opportunity.

Northwest Children’s Foundation: Child Well-Being Forum

For the last 17 years, NW Children’s Foundation has hosted an annual educational Forum that brings together the child well-being community from across Western WA and beyond to share wisdom, expertise, and knowledge to better serve the children and families that we work with. Our panelists are expert researchers, practitioners, and community health experts and our attendees work in every area of child wellbeing from therapists and mental health practitioners to advocates and policy makers. 

This year’s virtual event will be hosted on January 23rd from 10am – 3pm (with the recording available for 6 months after) and is titled Child Well-Being and the New Science of Resilience, Practices to Heal Trauma and Nurture Hope. Participants can register here: https://evia.swoogo.com/NWCF_Forum25

There are three pricing levels, including unlimited free scholarships to make this event accessible and affordable to all.

MSW students, please consider this 1-credit Winter 2025 course for your Out-Of-Department Electives.

GEN ST 498A Interdisciplinary Approaches to Youth Mental Health & Well-Being (CR/NC, 1 credit)

Thursdays, 10:30am-11:20pm; SLN: 15223

Instructor: Arti Shah

Graduate students must request an add code through: tjoll10@uw.edu

In partnership with the UW Population Health Initiative, College of Education, and the School of Social Work, this course will introduce students to a number of UW and community-based research and programs that are working to improve youth mental health and well-being. A different faculty member or community-based practitioner will present each week to share their unique experiences with students regarding specific approaches they have taken to improve youth mental health and well-being. 

Specific topics this course will address include:

• Assessment of suicide and self-injury to enhance school safety
• Culturally responsive approaches to supporting youth well-being in schools
• Community and school-based interventions for adolescents with ADHD and related difficulties in attention, motivation and executive functions
• Impact of community-based mentorship for black youth

Additional course details can be found in the time schedule. Each lecture is open to interested faculty, students, staff, alumni and members of the community as well as those students who are registered for the course.

MSW students, please consider this 5-credit Winter 2025 course for your Out-Of-Department Electives.

The Right to the City and Urban Democracy 
URBDP 598 I, SLN: 22062, 5 credits (graduate section)

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 – 5:20 PM, JHN 111

Instructor: Prof. Mark Purcell, mpurcell@uw.edu   

Short Description: More than half of the human population now lives in cities.  People depend on cities for vital needs like employment, housing, transportation, public services, and public space.  But who controls the city?  Who makes the decisions that shape it?  And who should make those decisions?  The right to the city is a radical idea that argues that it is a city’s inhabitants that should control the city.  Not the market.  Not the government.  But the people who inhabit and depend on the city.  As such, the right to the city can be seen as a proposal for a radical urban democracy.  This course critically examines the right to the city.  We will study both the theory behind it and the many concrete initiatives people have pursued to make it a reality.  Examples of such initiatives include neighborhood councils, shack dwellers’ movements, the occupy movement, tenants’ unions, guerrilla/tactical urbanism, attempts to “common” urban land, anti-eviction campaigns, autonomous zones (such as the CHAZ), and so on. 

Relevant Fields: Urban Planning and Built Environments fields, Public Administration and Policy, History, and Political Science.

MSW students, please consider this 3-credit Winter 2025 course for your Out-Of-Department Electives. Find more details below.

URBDP 539 Introduction to Indigenous Planning

SLN 21896, 3 credits, Winter 2025

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 – 4:50 PM, GLD 440

Instructor: Prof. Dylan Stevenson, dylste@uw.edu  

Short Description: This course introduces students to key concepts within Indigenous Planning and the logistical considerations that are necessary for conducting planning activities by both tribal and non-tribal governments in the United States. Students will understand how planning mechanisms such as property rights and zoning can support Tribal Self-determination and Sovereignty in ongoing efforts. The course will examine case studies to analyze how planning projects impact topics such as Tribal Housing and Tribal Economic development, and their relationship with Tribal, State, and Federal law.

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MSW Students, we’re excited to invite you to a Student Town Hall as part of the University of Washington School of Social Work’s strategic planning process. This session, facilitated by Point b(e) Strategies, will take place on Monday, December 2, 2024, at 7:00 PM PST via Zoom and will last one hour.

This is a unique opportunity to:

1. Meet Point b(e) Strategies and learn about their role in guiding our strategic planning.
2. Hear updates on the strategic planning work completed so far and discover future opportunities to engage.
3. Share your valuable insights on the values that should guide UW SSW’s priorities and the commitments it should advance to better address the evolving needs of students, the community, and the profession.

Register here: Zoom Registration Link.
After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email with details for joining the meeting.

Your voice matters—this is your chance to directly influence the school’s future direction. Thank you for considering this opportunity—we hope to see you there!

MSW students, please consider this ONLINE synchronous 1-credit Winter 2025 course for your Out-Of-Department Electives.

UCONJ 550: Healthcare in Underserved Communities

SLN: 21872

Link to Time Schedule

Link to MyPlan

Course Description: Gives graduate/professional students in health sciences an introduction to health-related issues faced by underserved populations within the WWAMI region. Topics discussed: race, gender identity, substance use, incarceration, immigration, disability, homelessness and more. Contact uconj550@gmail.com for an add code. All graduate/professional students encouraged to enroll!

Course time: Tuesday, 6:30-8:20pm

1 credit

Credit/no credit grading

Synchronous online modality

Join the Institutional Climate Action, Huskies for Opportunities in Prison Education, and Students for Sensible Drug Policy on November 20th, 2024, from 5 – 7 pm in Eagleson Hall G01 for their Teach-In intersecting abolition, climate justice, and the struggle to end the war on drugs. Attached is a flyer with event details and a QR code to scan.

As natural disasters worsen, militarized cop cities are built, and policies like SODA and SOAP are enacted, it becomes clear that the state is invested in short-term profit at the cost of people and the planet. Hear from their panelists (including UW Professor Ann Frost and formerly incarcerated speakers) talk on how their research, advocacy and organizing intersects across a multitude of these issues and how you can get involved as well!

Students may RSVP any time before the event.

SSW Community: You’re invited! Please join us at King County’s annual Behavioral Health Legislative Forum Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. Registration is free and open to all.

The Forum is a lively evening of conversation and learning among the mental health and substance use recovery communities, state and local lawmakers, behavioral health providers, and King County leaders. It’s free and open to all.

Doors open at 5:00pm and program starts at 5:30pm. 

Celebrate recovery, share in the conversation, and engage with King County’s legislative priorities for behavioral health in 2025. 

Registration Available in English and Spanish

• Register for the Legislative Forum here: kingcounty.gov/forum-registration
• Registrante en Español aqui: https://BHLegislativeForumSpanish.eventbrite.com

What Happens at the Forum?

• Opportunity to speak directly with your elected officials about behavioral health and recovery
• Celebrate stories of mental health and substance use recovery​
• King County introduces its 2025 behavioral health legislative priorities​
• Elected officials share their own behavioral health priorities​
• Mingling and connection with others in the behavioral health community​
• King County Recovery Coalition hosts a fun pre-event​

Meet with Your Legislator

Legislators and councilmembers are invited to meet with community members directly after the program. This is your opportunity to share your story and the behavioral health issues important to you. 

Recharge in the Relaxation Room

Need to step away from the activity? The Relaxation Room is a calming environment for Forum guests to seek respite or support from peers. Find it near the entrance to Exhibition Hall. The room will be open throughout the Forum.

Together, we will celebrate recovery, share in the conversation, and engage with King County’s legislative priorities for behavioral health in 2025.

MSW students, please consider this ONLINE asynchronous 2-credit Winter 2025 course for your Out-Of-Department Electives.

NSG 570: Management of Substance Use Disorders & Other Addictions

SLN: 18516

Course Description: Dive into advanced topics surrounding the prevention, diagnosis, and management of substance use disorders and various addictions, including process addictions and co-occurring conditions. This course will equip you with the skills needed for care management across the lifespan for individuals and populations affected by these disorders, addressing both ethical and legal aspects of care.

Hosted by the School of Nursing, this online course is open to all current UW graduate and doctoral health science students enrolled in State-funded or PCE programs. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your expertise and make a meaningful impact in the field! Point of contact for the course is: Dr. Noah Weatherton, weather2@uw.edu

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