UW School of Social Work Community – SWAPI Members (SWAPI is a UW School of Social Work AANHPI Affinity Group for MSW, BASW, and PhD students, staff, and faculty who identify as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander)

Please save the dates for the Spring Quarter SWAPI Events:

Thursday, 4/18, 5:30-7pm – SWAPI Dumpling Making Party, Room TBD in the SSW, RSVP by Monday, 4/15 so we can get food count for meat and vegetarian dumplings: https://forms.gle/86unwMVo7dXUgHnR7

Saturday, 4/20, 4:30-5:45pm Dinner, 6-8pm – Book Event ““Where I Belong: Healing Trauma and Embracing Asian American Identity,” published by Tarcher Perigee discussion with Yellow Chairs co directors at Mam’s Bookstore in the CID (Chinatown International District). You can RSVP here and read more details here. SWAPI dinner before the event at 4:30pm in the CID. Dinner RSVP by emailing Saul (saultran@uw.edu) or Shannon McKinney (smckin@uw.edu).

Thursday, May 9, 5:30-7:30pm,– UW School of Social Work AANHPI “Telling Our Stories” – digital stories and other AANHPI student, faculty, and staff stories, poems, and art. School wide event (open to the whole school and those outside of SWAPI are welcome) – Location tbd within SSW location. RSVP to come out later. Food provided.

Thursday, May 23, 5:30-7:30pm, SWAPI Graduation party. Location and details to come out later.

Summer Quarter!

Saturday, June 29, 9-1pm, UW SSW and SWAPI – Walk for Rice at Seward Park, ACRS (Asian Counseling and Referral Service’s) fundraiser for their food bank. Open to everyone in the school! Join our team or donate! https://give.acrs.org/team/575717

Hope to see you all soon!

Have you been meaning to create or polish your LinkedIn profile? A professional web presence can support your successful career launch. Join us for a quick overview of best practices for successful LinkedIn profiles followed by work-time and peer feedback on your profile. This is a SSW sponsored event, come learn in community with us!

• Friday, April 5th from 12:30-1:30pm
• Zoom link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98347415686

Symposium Keynote Event | Date: 1pm, April 16 | Walker Ames Room (KNE 225) | Seattle campus (Zoom option available)

Faculty, staff, and students from all UW campuses are invited to register for the 20th annual UW Teaching & Learning Symposium. This year’s keynote event explores the theme of empowering students through teaching and will feature:

• Cate Denial – Bright Distinguished Professor of American History | Bright Institute at Knox College
• Kevin Lin – Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
• Maya Smith – Associate Professor, French & Italian Studies, and Associate Dean for Equity, Justice & Inclusion
• Rachel Song – doctoral student, Psychology

This event will focus on the theme of “empowering students” and will consist of two parts: 1) a keynote talk by Cate Denial, an award-winning scholar and author of the forthcoming, A Pedagogy of Kindness, and 2) a panel discussion between Denial and 3 UW educators.

Come in person and share a cup of coffee or tea with colleagues or join by Zoom.

Learn more and register here:

Teaching & Learning Symposium

Questions? Contact teaching@uw.edu

Please see the attached GSEE Spring Quarter Events Flyer to share with graduate students impacted by racism and its intersections. For full details regarding our events, stay tuned to our social media channels (@uwgsee). Students can receive GSEE weekly graduate student newsletters by signing up via this link. 

Save the date for GSEE’s Spring Soirée on Wednesday, May 22 at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on UW Seattle’s campus. Spring Soirée is an annual signature event that celebrates continuing and graduating GSEE students with a reception and informal cording ceremony. Graduate students from all three campuses are welcome to attend. More details will be forthcoming. 

Join Forefront Suicide Prevention for this free one-hour virtual event where we hear from Paige Gaines of 911 Sane Jane. A powerful storyteller and advocate, Paige will share her own mental health challenges, her experience with suicide, and her journey to educate on the uniqueness of these challenges within black communities.

This event, and the entire Suicide Prevention &… series, is presented in partnership with the Washington State Department of Health. Please find the date and speaker bio below.

Date: March 28th, 2024

Time: 12p-1p

Speaker Bio:
At just 33, Paige Gaines has already made a name for herself nationwide as a sought-after speaker and prominent mental health activist. In 2021, she received NAMI Georgia’s Young Leader Award for her work as a mental health advocate and pioneer. Paige has been featured in several well-known publications, including People Digital, Black Enterprise, Stigma Fighters, and the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic Journal. With a bachelor’s degree in public relations, she understands the importance of community education and awareness. She’s a two-time suicide attempt survivor diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 22, and a Certified Peer Specialist and Mental Health Coach – making her life’s journey full of adversity, strength, and impact. After feeling invisible and without a purpose for the first 24 years of her life, Paige is now the founder and CEO of 911 Sane Jane, an organization dedicated to providing a voice for the voiceless through education and storytelling.

The Department of Global Health is sponsoring a webinar on The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and Public Health Responses on Monday, February 26 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. PST. It is open to others across the UW campus and the community. 

The goal of this webinar panel will be to provide a more detailed understanding to the UW community of the public health aspects of the crisis and the role of global health professionals addressing current and anticipated health needs of the population.

Registration is required. **Once you register, you will be sent a link for the Zoom webinar.

The Addiction Medicine Student Interest Group (AMSIG) is hosting a talk about the ethics of involuntary treatment.

Incoming, continuing, and graduating University of Washington Master of Social Work students are invited to attend a conversation with four amazing alumni from across specializations and professional interests. Please use this as an opportunity to learn more about what alumni have accomplished since they graduated and identify potential short- and long-term social work career pathways you might be interested in. There will be some pre-planned questions but feel free to bring your own too! See below for details and we hope to see you there.

Date: June 12, 2023

Time: 5:00 – 6:00 PM

Register Here and a meeting link will be sent along with a confirmation email.

Alumni Panelists

Marie Valenzuela, class of 1980

• Specialization: Community Organizational Service
• Current Role: Retired
• Social Work Interests: Grant writing and workforce development

Jill Hull Dziko, class of 1994

• Specialization: Administration
• Current Role: Private Practice and Executive Director
• Social Work Interests: Attachment, trauma, and adoption/foster care.

Ashley Ellerson, class of 2017

• Specialization: Mental Health
• Current Role: Clinic Manager
• Social Work Interests: Increasing access and quality care for behavioral health treatment, affordable housing, increased wages for folks working in community behavioral health especially.

Salomé Valencia-Bohné,  class of 2019

• Specialization: Health and Mental Health
• Current Role: Therapist
• Social Work Interests: Supporting BiPOC communities and doing macro work to support an equitable world.

We invite our BIPOC Community members to RSVP for our June 5^th Grad Celebration!  We would love to have folks RSVP by May 30^th so we can ensure catering counts are accurate.

We’ll be providing a light lunch but would love for staff/faculty to come with something sweet to contribute to this community event.  For those who are able, please bring a dessert/sweet ending to honor our grads – store bought treats are welcomed!

More about the group:

This affinity group holds space for folks who self-identify as BIPOC, including Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Brown, Asian & Pacific Islander, Mixed & Multiracial folks.  Our general goals/intentions for our space:

• Carve out space to center the BIPOC student experience
• Offer mutual support
• Build community and create space to connect around hobbies/interests
• Provide resources and self-development opportunities for members

We also encourage our BIPOC community members to join our email listserv to stay in touch!  We will be regrouping at least once over the summer to plan for next year – RSVP if you are interested in joining these community efforts!

Dear SSW Community,

You are invited to a special community gathering and art walk organizing for housing justice sponsored by the Tent City Collective, Huskies for Housing, Health Advocacy for Care & Kindness, UW School of Social Work and UW School of Public Health.

Enjoy food and art, create community connections, and better understand the root causes of homelessness in Seattle in the first floor Gallery at the School of Social Work on Thursday, June 1 from 4:30-7:30 pm.

 For more information and to RSVP, please see the flyer below.

2023 End-of-Year Celebration for International Graduate Students

Friday, June 2, 2023, 5 pm – 6:30 pm

wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House
Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/kTRqcaHUJVGuPVEY9 | Campus Map: https://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/int)

Registration required: https://forms.gle/zWdjdm6zBFFifxyL6. Please register you and your guests no later than 5pm on Wednesday, May 31.

All international graduate students are invited to join this event to celebrate accomplishments with peers. Featured speakers—university leaders and current and former international graduate students—will share about their experiences in higher education and how their unique journeys led them to where they are today. Whether or not you are graduating in the coming years, come and join us to celebrate your success.

Dinner and beverages are provided. Friends and families are welcome.

**The first 50 students who show up for this event–and who are graduating in spring and summer 2023–will receive a gift bag with UW-themed gifts.**

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for International Relations and Cultural Leadership Exchange (CIRCLE) and the Office of Graduate Student Affairs in The Graduate School. Send questions to Ziyan Bai, CIRCLE Assistant Director of Graduate Programs and Operations, at baiziyan@uw.edu.

UW Year End Celebration for First-Generation Graduate Students
12 pm – 1:15 pm, HUB 145, Seattle campus
This event is free.
RSVP: https://forms.office.com/r/WQa7UdxCc7

UW Seattle calendar entry:
https://www.washington.edu/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D166942216

Hosted by Graduate Student Affairs in The Graduate School, this end of year event is an opportunity for UW *first-generation graduate students to connect with one another, recognize their milestones and achievements, and enjoy food and refreshments! Attendees’ family and friends are welcome, as well as staff and faculty who support first-gen graduate students.

*A first-generation graduate student is in the first generation of their family to earn a Bachelor’s degree—and currently working towards a graduate degree.

Details:

• Welcome remarks from Graduate Student Affairs in The Graduate School
• Networking activities with your peers
• Take selfies at the selfie booth
• Have your name entered in a drawing for a chance to win one of 5 Visa gift cards
• Enjoy free food and refreshments

Send questions to uwgsa@uw.edu.

On Thursday, May 25^th the Art and Environmental Justice Committees are hosting a plant exchange and artist reception.

For more information and to RSVP: behavioral health conference and resource fair

Issue No. 168                                                                                  May 9, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Dr. Susan Barkan Retiring
Dr. Susan Barkan, Principal Research Scientist and the Director of Research at Partners for Our Children (P4C) has recently retired from the UW. She worked with P4C for the past 15 years as a Research Scientist and was Affiliate Faculty with the UW School of Social Work. Congratulations, Susan!

Zipline downtime on June 5
On Monday, June 5, Zipline will be down for an upgrade. Please plan ahead, as the system is expected to be down for 48 hours. During this downtime, researchers will not be able to submit applications, respond to requests from HSD or the IRB, or access documents.

National Institute of Mental Health Call for Nominations
The NIMH seeks nominations for the James S. Jackson Award, given to exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach. Nominations are due May 22, 2023.

Changes coming to ClinicalTrials.gov Website
The National Library of Medicine has been working to modernize the ClinicalTrials.gov website, and have incorporated user feedback to improve how visitors search, view, and download information about clinical trials. These changes will take place in June, 2023.

Read more

Here in the Office of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE, formerly GO-MAP), we have been excitedly preparing for our annual end-of-year celebration: Our Spring Soirée!

What is GSEE?

As a reminder, GSEE (formerly GO-MAP) provides support and resources for graduate students from historically underrepresented communities. For over 50 years, GSEE has created and maintained safe spaces for students from historically minoritized racial and ethnic groups to connect and form community with other students across disciplines.

 Spring Soirée

Our Spring Soirée is an end-of-year signature event for our GSEE students. The event will be held on Wednesday, May 24^th at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House. We will have graduating student speakers, appetizers, treats, a live DJ, and an informal cording ceremony for graduating GSEE students. Doors will open at 5pm PT and the program will start at 5:30pm PT. Please be sure to RSVP here.

We’ll be meeting via Zoom on Thursday, May 18^th, at 6pm. All students, staff, faculty, and administrators of color are welcome to join.

You can access (using UW zoom credentials) the recording here.

Experience the richness of Indonesian culture at Keraton, the biggest annual event brought to you by ISAUW!

Each year, Keraton celebrates the vibrant and diverse culture of Indonesia, featuring lively performances by talented singers which we will soon reveal, delicious food, and unique games that transports you to the heart of our beloved archipelago.

From music to traditional dances, a photobooth, flavorful cuisine to exciting activities, there’s something for everyone at Keraton. Whether you’re an Indonesian student or simply someone who loves to immerse yourself in new cultures, this event is definitely a must-see. Bring your friends, family, and your appetite for adventure, and join us for a day full of fun, learning, and celebration!

 Date: Saturday, May 6th 2023
Time: 4-9 PM
Location: HUB Lawn
* FREE ADMISSION *

HEADLINER: CHARLIE BURG
OPENING ACT: DEMXNTIA

Don’t miss out on this unforgettable experience! For more info, check out our Instagram: @isauwhuskies.

 

Please join the UW Center for Human Rights for our annual Spring Symposium and Awards Celebration on May 11, 2023, featuring UWCHR’s Strategies for Massage Parlor Workers’ Rights project. This event is free and open to the public! 

In collaboration with Massage Parlor Outreach Project (MPOP), this project centers community-led campaigns and research to find systemic ways to improve Asian migrant massage and sex workers’ living and working conditions in the Chinatown/International District and the greater Seattle area. Hear from MPOP members, organizers, and researchers about their work.

Learn more about the Strategies for Massage Parlor Workers’ Rights project here.

UWCHR Spring Symposium and Award Celebration

Thursday, May 11, 2023

5:00 – 6:00 PM | Reception

6:00 – 7:00 PM | Main program

Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall 225

Simultaneous Mandarin interpretation provided

Register by May 7 to be included in the catering order: tinyurl.com/springsymposium2023 

 

Speakers: 

Faculty co-leads, Prof. Chandan Reddy and Prof. Ching-In Chen

UW student researcher & MPOP member, Lanqing Ren

MPOP member, Rosanna Sze

Two massage parlor workers

 

Thank you to our sponsors: 

Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies

Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies

Law, Societies, & Justice

Issue No. 167                                                                                  May 2, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Zipline downtime on June 5
On Monday, June 5, Zipline will be down for an upgrade. Please plan ahead, as the system is expected to be down for 48 hours. During this downtime, researchers will not be able to submit applications, respond to requests from HSD or the IRB, or access documents.

National Institute of Mental Health Call for Nominations
The NIMH seeks nominations for the James S. Jackson Award, given to exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach. Nominations are due May 10, 2023.

New Publications

Crosby, S. D., Day, A., Somers, C., Baroni, B., Patterson, D., Jones, K., & Hong, J. S. (2023) Exploring trauma-informed teaching through the voices of female youth. Journal of Trauma Studies in Education, 2(1), 62–78.

Kniffley, S., Crosby, S. D., Jones, K. V., Middleton, J., & Caine, A. (2023, April 3). Bridging the Gap: Evaluating the Efficacy of Racial Trauma Therapy Training for Community Mental Health Clinicians. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication.

Read more

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