Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,

You are invited to attend our upcoming Common Book Series Event on Wednesday, February 13^th from 5:30-7:30pm in T-435.

This event is a panel discussion sponsored by What’s Next Washington, a non-profit organization of formerly incarcerated individuals and allies working toward better reintegration into society after release.

As part of this work, What’s Next Washington seeks to change public and professional perceptions of populations with stigmatized identities due to mental health, incarceration, addiction, and housing insecurity. Their panel discussion- The Stigma We Carry: – is part of this effort.

Please join us!

RSVP here

Free “Crime After Crime” Screening:
Thursday, 10/25/18, 7pm-9:30pm + optional after-film gathering
 

UW Students! Let’s go to a movie…a movie with meaning.  Acclaimed Sundance Film Festival Documentary, “Crime After Crime”, portrays the story of the very real issues and intersection of politics, policy, law and domestic violence.  After the film, there will be a panel discussion.  A space will be provided after the event for us to hang out and talk or simply be together.   Lyft is available for transportation to the event location (JCC on Mercer Island).  Let us know if you need a Lyft code for this event.  Learn more and please register here for this event (the event is free and donations are accepted). Watch the Crime After Crime trailer here. Sponsored by UW Hillel, Jewish Family Service, and Seattle Jewish Community Center. 

Greetings!

The Washington State Budget & Policy Center is hosting the Budget Matters 2018 policy conference on Tuesday, November 13 and would like to invite students from the University of Washington to join! This year’s full-day conference features keynote presentations by civil rights leader john a. powell and Governor Jay Inslee. Occurring one week after the mid-term election, Budget Matters will be an exciting venue to discuss the potential for advocates to make an impact in the 2019 legislative session. Students are encouraged to register at the scholarship rate of $40 or consider volunteering to get a free ticket (limited opportunities available).

The conference flyer is attached. Please pass it along to all students and faculty who may be interested in fiscal policy, social policy, human/social services administration, health, education, racial equity, and social justice.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email bnpinfo@budgetandpolicy.org.

The UW Center for Child & Family Well-Being is hosting Dr. Sam Himelstein, PhD. for a public lecture and workshop on December 7th-8th to learn about integrating trauma sensitive mindfulness practices into work with youth and building authentic relationships with adolescents.

Dr. Himelstein is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Founder and President of Center for Adolescent Studies, a professional training institute for adults working with teens which offers online and in-person training on mindfulness, trauma, substance abuse, and other topics that young people struggle with.  His current research focuses on the efficacy of using mindfulness-based interventions with youth impacted by trauma.

Now more than ever we need strong women taking a stand and making their voices heard! 

Please join the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute and Highline School District Native Education Program

for a special FREE production of Material Witness featuring the grassroots Indigenous theater group Aanmitaagzi & Spiderwoman.

More information about Material Witness and the troupe can be found here: https://www.aanmitaagzi.net/current-projects/material-witness

Hope you will join and support this amazing event!

There is a GREAT webinar about health resources and health insurance on campus at:

https://vimeo.com/user16721111/review/290542593/ac2730c776

This addresses insurance, health and mental health care, etc.

Also, Hall Health has extended hours to 5:30, M-F.  More information:

Hall Health’s is now open and seeing patients until 5:30PM, Monday through Friday:

• Monday – 8AM-5:30PM
• Tuesday – 9AM-5:30PM
• Wednesday – 8AM-5:30PM
• Thursday – 8AM-5:30PM
• Friday – 8AM-5:30PM

Note that our lab closes at 5PM each day, so students will not be able to drop in for lab tests (i.e., measles immunity blood tests) after 5PM.

Pharmacy hours

The Hall Health Center Pharmacy is open Monday through Friday from 9AM-5PM.

After hours care

For free after-hours medical advice, students should call (206) 744-2500. Students experiencing a mental health crisis after hours should call King County Crisis Connections at (206) 461-3222.

For in-person after-hours needs, UW Neighborhood Clinics – Ravenna is located within walking distance of campus and offers evening and weekend urgent care.

National Student Leadership Diversity Convention: http://nsldc.org/learning-outcomes/

The National Student Leadership Diversity Convention is the largest national gathering of student leaders and campus based advisors to address the most critical topics of diversity and social justice challenging our campuses today. Through experiential workshops, keynote sessions, and round table discussions teams of students will explore various elements of diversity and how they affect themselves and their campuses. During the conference students will be led through facilitated workshops to develop a Campus Action Plan for a program or event that the teams selects to work on together on in order to bring back a piece of the NSLDC experience to their own campuses.

 

United Collegiate Women’s Leadership Conference: http://ucwlc.com/spring/

The United Collegiate Women’s Leadership Conference is an interactive transformational experience where women from all walks of life come together to understand the authentic leader they have within themselves, while preparing them to tackle critical issues facing their campus and larger communities. Women often are socialized to believe that exerting themselves means they are bossy, or that being quiet means they are shy. Issues of systemic misogyny creates a dynamic where women often are left competing against one another, or believing that one woman’s shine can diminish another’s. The truth is that united women are more likely to be successful. Women should not have to choose which of their identities they are going to lead with in their personal and professional lives. At UCWLC, we believe it’s all for one, and one for all. UCWLC creates a space that is high-energy, empowering and designed to create a transformational experience.

 

A National Conference for LGBTQA+ Student Leaders, Advisors, and Allies: http://nsldcpride.org/category/conferences/

NSLDC Pride is a leadership conference which provides student leaders with the skillsets to encourage a society free of anti-LGBTQA+ prejudice, bigotry and hate on their campuses. Through experiential workshops, keynote sessions, and roundtable discussions; students will be given the tools to become stronger leaders and allies to the LGBTQA+ community by practicing inclusion in their organizations and on their campuses. During the conference students will be led through facilitated workshops to develop a campus action plan to bring back to their own campuses and communities.

 

Rise Up! CAGJ Summer School 2018

Rise Up! CAGJ Summer School is an anti-oppression leadership development program exploring food sovereignty movements situated in our local contexts. We prioritize perspectives and voices of people of color and queer activists in the materials and discussions. By deepening our connections and building community, we hope to create a safe space to explore learning edges and encourage newer activists to rise up in leadership.

The 3-month program will delve into our campaign-related themes of African food sovereignty, Farmworker solidarity, and Northwest Native Resistance to GE Salmon through community discussions and site visits. Perspectives of people of color will be prioritized in the materials and discussions as we focus on anti-oppression and intersectional analysis. We will develop the leadership of members involved in the organizing and facilitation and hope to create a safe space to encourage newer activists to explore learning edges and rise up in leadership.

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Uniting Voices: Mental Health Conference

You are invited to Uniting Voices: Mental Health Conference on May 26th, 2018, at HUB 145 from 10 am – 3:30 pm. Hosted by Active Minds UW, the conference aims to develop greater awareness of mental health issues and empower attendees to combat the surrounding stigma. This year, we bring in six skilled workshop leaders, two keynote speakers, and a panel of students to discuss and educate others about the stigmas surrounding mental health. The conference is FREE and open to anyone.  Food will be provided!

To view schedule of event, please click the link: Uniting Voices Event Schedule

RSVP Here

WHEN: May 26th, 10am – 3:30 pm (Check in: 9:30am)

WHERE: HUB 145

Contact us at actminds@uw.edu. Links: Facebook event, Facebook page

Food will be provided at the event.

WCPC Seminar Series on Poverty & Public Policy

“Black Men, Emerging Adulthood, and Criminal Desistance in an Urban Community”

Charles Lea

School of Social Work, UW
Monday May 7th
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Q&A until 2:00 pm
Social Work Building
Room 305A

ABSTRACT: Despite reductions in the U.S. penal population, young adult Black men who are transitioning into adulthood remain at increased risk of recidivating. While research has advanced our knowledge about factors that are positively associated with criminal desistance, less is known about the events, stages, and processes that formerly incarcerated young adult Black men perceive to support their desistance from crime. As such, with Critical Race Theory as the guiding frame, this paper examines formerly incarcerated young adult Black men’s perceptions of the transitions that facilitate their desistance from crime within the urban context.

Full Schedule

“Sharing Across Generations: Honoring Indigenous Food Kinships”
“The Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ”
Indigenous Foods and Ecological Knowledge Symposium
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Date: May 4 and 5, 2018

Register at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3339286

* All prices include a continental breakfast and a traditional Northwest Coast foods lunch included for day or days purchased.

Adults: 20.00 for a day or 35.00 for both days

UW Students (Seattle, Tacoma and Bothell) FREE but must register.

Youth rate (12-21):10.00 one day/15.00 both days
Elders: (65 and over)-10.00 one day/15.00 both days

NOTE: A one-day ticket allows you to enter whatever day that you use it. One-day tickets aren’t issued specific to date. Please purchase
and we will record your entrance at event.

TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE DOOR

For more information contact the Symposium Coordinator Stephanie Riedl at stephanie@naahillahee.org.

For registration questions contact the Registration Coordinator Jordan Woolston at jorbrowo@uw.edu.

Amplifying Student Voices: Conversations on Race, Equity, and Inclusion in Education will take place this Saturday!  This is a Seed Grant sponsored event on May 5, 2018 from 11:00 AM to 3:30 PM at the Ethnic Cultural Center that builds on the work that began at the Robinson Center’s Equity Summit in February 2017. In response to requests from youth in our community, this event is an opportunity for high school youth and undergraduates to plan, organize and contribute to discussions related to race and equity in education. We are excited to have you contribute your ideas to a larger conversation of diversity and equity in our community.0

What will this event look like?
We’ll start with opening remarks from Dr. Ed Taylor, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs; Dr. Gabriel Gallardo, Associate Vice President for Student Services & Academic Support in OMA&D; Kendra Canton, Director of Diversity Efforts at ASUW and a UW senior studying Medical Anthropology and Global Health; and Kim Anh Tran, a UW sophomore studying Public Health

After lunch participants will have their choice of student-led breakout sessions to attend, such as: The Reality of Impostor Syndrome, Let’s Talk About It, Stereotypes and Education in America, and Black Girl in Progress.

Registration information:
We invite all members of the education community (e.g. students, administrators, educators, community leaders, family members) to attend this event! Registration to attend is FREE and lunch is provided! Please register by Wednesday, May 2nd to save your seat and secure you swag bag!

RSVP here: https://robinsoncenter.uw.edu/events/amplifying-student-voices/

Please let us know if you have any questions.  Feel free to share this event with youth and others who might be interested in attending this event.  We hope to see you there!

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