Our research team from the Disability Studies Program, The D Center, and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine are recruiting UW students, staff, and faculty who have a disability, physical or mental health condition, a chronic illness, or are d/Deaf to contribute to a research project on disability, equity, and inclusion on the UW campus (IRB # STUDY00009838). This study is being funded by CLIME (Center for Leadership and Innovation in Medical Education).

Research participants will take part in a single, 60-90-minute virtual focus group to share their experiences of ableism or discrimination as well as allyship and community in academic and healthcare situations. Information from the focus groups will be used to develop a disability allyship training curriculum that is rooted in lived experiences and can be implemented in the education and training of healthcare professionals and others across UW to improve our inclusive campus culture. All research information will be de-identified, and each participant will be compensated with a $30 electronic gift card for their time and expertise.

Please find a recruitment letter and recruitment flyer attached to disseminate widely. Learn more by visiting our website: https://uwdisabilityequity.washington.edu/. For questions or to express interest in the study, please contact the research team at uwdisabilityequity@uw.edu.

CLIME Participant Recruitment Letter FINAL

Participate in a Study on Disability Equity and Inclusion

How are practicing social workers thinking about police defunding, prison abolition, and mass incarceration? What stances are they taking and what pressures do they face? How do they navigate their personal commitments with systems that challenge them? And how do they maintain their resilience and capacity?

Join an interactive panel conversation with four MSWs who graduated from the UW and whose practices place them squarely within the complexities of the criminal justice system. This discussion aims to shed light on social work’s role and responsibility within a rapidly changing political environment and during a critical social justice moment for our community. This panel is sponsored by the BASW Program.

Monday, November 16th, 5:30-7pm

https://washington.zoom.us/j/91602247237

Criminal Legal Systems Panel Poster

WHEN: Friday, November 13, 2020 | 12:00-3:00pm

WHERE: Online

RSVP: https://environment.uw.edu/deievents

This event offers a space for all members of the College of the Environment and UW to reflect on issues of race, power, privilege, and allyship. Through different panels, attendees will hear from the experiences and ideas from students and BIPoC leaders around social justice topics. There will be spaces to connect and discuss how to implement some of those ideas in our campus.

A virtual drop-in support space for any student needing to talk with others, facilitated by counselors

To join the Zoom, go to https://uw-phi.zoom.us/j/92682426611

The Anti-Racist White Allyship Group (also known as ARWAG) for the SSW this year is really looking forward to co-creating a space for anti-racist action, reflection, and learning in community that brings together work that’s been led by our peers.

Meeting time
Monday, October 5th at 6pm (zoom link here).
In order to make the meetings accessible to folks with different schedules while also maintaining consistency, we’d like to know what times work best for everyone to meet. Please complete this when2meet poll on behalf of your general weekly availability for fall quarter.

First Meeting
The first meeting will involve introductions, norms, an orientation to the group, community building, and a reflection and discussion based on this 60 minute lecture and interview with Ayishat Akanbi. There is a shorter version that will be shown during the meeting for those who aren’t able to watch the full interview.

Format

• We’ll plan to meet for one hour via zoom weekly (ideally the same time weekly, based on availabilities)
• The format will be inspired by the concept of praxis: “a process whereby one applies theory to practice, attempting to change a concrete situation based on that learning, and recreating theory based on that activity” (Suarez et al. 2008)
• Meetings will alternate between a focus on theory/learning and then reflection, with a highlighted action of the month that follows a basic theme (collaboratively decided by members)
• Theory focused weeks will have an education presentation from any members who are willing to share (no more than 15-30 mins) and time for discussion
• Reflection focused weeks may follow different formats such as journaling, art
• The hope is to allow members to be active contributors and allow folks to join at any time throughout the quarter/year and have an idea what to expect

Free webinar on Cultural Humility: Critical Issues in LGBTQIA Patient Care, training through NAADC.

Webinar is Wednesday, 7/29/20, 12pm PST

https://www.naadac.org/cultural-humility-LGBTQIA-critical-issues-webinar?_zs=Jqu2P1&_zl=a5Bq5

Community Forum: Racism during our collective health crisis

May 5th (Tuesday)
May 13th (Wednesday)
3:00 pm – 5 pm

Registration Required (link above)

This forum is intended to address the shared pain and create a safe space to be heard and validated. Additionally, your voice is important. We would love to hear from you on how we can provide support around this issue for the UW community.

Dr. Marian S. Harris, PhD, MSW, LICSW, ACSW, will be holding a lecture followed by a brief discussion focusing on her work with marginalized populations in the criminal justice system.

It will take place at the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center from 5-730.  The event is co-sponsored by the University of Washington School of Social Work and the University of Washington School of Social Work Office of Field Education

Free event and will start with a reception and refreshments!

On Saturday, February 22nd training for any Black and Indigenous people and people of color interested in joining the global struggle for Food Sovereignty will be held 9 am to 7 pm!

The training will include a visionary fiction workshop to imagine the world after the downfall of Big Food companies, popular education on agribusiness and its influence on our education system, and an invitation to learn more about Uprooted & Rising.

The venue is very accessible and there will be childcare for anyone that needs it. If you have questions you should not hesitate to contact estefania@realfoodchallenge.org or text/call at 210-837-3205.

If you are reading this and are interested please go ahead and register here: bit.ly/unrseattle.

Here is the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/864540720665535/874438093009131/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity&notif_id=1581467812671206

The Evans Coalition (EPOC, PCD, EISA, NOW, and OiP) are proud to present:
The Summit on Race and Equity in Public Policy
Saturday, February 15, 2020
10:30 am to 5:00 pm
UW Husky Union Building (the HUB), Room 211-A

At the Summit, we will be joined by Dr. Ben Danielson from the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, and Esther Lucero, CEO of the Seattle Indian Health Board, for our keynotes in the morning and afternoon, respectively. We will also host workshops on topics that include White Allyship; How to apply intersectional, anti-racist theory and strategies to public policy; Community Organizing & Public Policy with a racial equity lens; and How to effectively and equitably involve marginalized communities in the policy process. It is going to be an amazing day!

Lunch is included with the purchase of a ticket.
Tickets can be purchased here:
http://bit.ly/2RMNuoq

UW Diversity Leadership Conference  is held on Friday, February 21, from 3-7 pm it is an afternoon skill-building and intergroup dialogue conference. The theme of this year’s conference is The Personal Is Political: Showing Up for Ourselves and Others in Solidarity.

Students who attend the workshops will learn how to navigate conversations regarding the upcoming election year and propel them forward towards meaningful opportunities on and off-campus. The conference is catered by Bay Laurel with sweet treats from Seattle Pops. Students will also have the opportunity to win raffle prizes in the form of gift cards to Trader Joe’s, Safeway, and Starbucks. 

Student Registration page to sign up and attend

If you have any questions or concerns about the conference, please do not hesitate to contact eccprgms@uw.edu . 

Be sure to apply before the priority deadline: 2/15 to be considered for scholarships!!

Social Work Spain: Social Justice in Times of Crisis

UW Center, León, Spain

August 23 – September 16

Directors: Carrie Lanza and William Vesneski

SOC WF 497 (undergraduate), SOC W 597 (graduate)

VLPA and writing credit available!

5 credits for all students

The application for the program is available, here

Are you a current students, alumni, faculty, and staff that is working on research. starting your own non-profit, or working for an amazing organization that is social work related?
Apply to present this information in a 5-minute Lightning talk!
Event is in April. Apply by March 7 at bit.ly/LTpresenter
RSVP for the event at bit.ly/LT2020rsvp
Applications are open to current students, alumni, faculty, and staff.

Panel:  Social Demography of Homelessness

Friday, February 14th 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 
Raitt Hall, Room 121

• “Housing and Food Insecurity among UW Students:
  Variation by Demographic and Economic Characteristics”
  RACHEL FYALL  –  UW Evans School of Public Policy and Governance

• “Homeless and Sleepless in Seattle”
  HORACIO DE IGLESIA
  UW Department of Biology

• “Designing & Learning from the Creating Moves to Opportunity Experience”
  ANDRIA LAZAGA
  Seattle Housing Authority

Colectiva de Latin American Social Workers is hosting a movie screening and discussion panel centralizing the conflict occurring in Puerto Rico. We would like to extend the invitation to all SSW students and faculty!

The Diversity Leadership Conference (DLC), held on Friday, February 21, from 3-7 pm it is an afternoon skill-building and intergroup dialogue conference. The theme of this year’s conference is The Personal Is Political: Showing Up for Ourselves and Others in Solidarity.

Students who attend the workshops will learn how to navigate conversations regarding the upcoming election year and propel them forward towards meaningful opportunities on and off-campus.

Click here for: Student Registration  

Folks can also checkout our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/878983282563474/

And the DLC Website: https://depts.washington.edu/ecc/dlc/

If you have any questions or concerns about the conference, please do not hesitate to contact eccprgms@uw.edu . 

You’re invited to our annual Lobby Day for Health Equity! 

Health Equity Circle brings 50+ students (from schools of public health, nursing, medicine, law, social work, and more) to Olympia to voice support for or against the passage of specific bills that are critical to health equity in Washington State

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Health Equity Circle team at: hec.lobbyday@gmail.com

SIGN UP

Click this link to fill out a survey and sign up for Lobby Day 2020:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7XighqvHmOkHNDj-rgXeXI6vsdcWsqN2pZDjatgKT3MFRkw/viewform?usp=sf_link

* Signing up in by February 3rd will allow you to be able to participate in the bill selection process with the other participants! Vote on the issues that you want to bring to the Legislators

The Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP), in partnership with the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity (OMA&D), is excited to announce the creation of the Alfonso Carlos Peña Graduate Fellowship!

The Peña Graduate Fellowship was established to provide support to graduate students engaged in research and/or activities related to wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ (Intellectual House).

• Awardees must have financial need and an interest in and a commitment to addressing social and environmental issues impacting American Indian, Alaska Native, and/or other indigenous communities.
• This award is a one year/three quarter award with an annual stipend of $20,000, tuition and fees, and GAIP coverage. Departments must provide a match of comparable funding for the second year of graduate studies. For the 2019-2020 academic year, funding will be awarded Winter, Spring, and Summer quarters.

For award details and student eligibility, please see the attached PDF. Nominations must be made by the department in the MyGrad awards management system. Please login to nominate a student, by Monday, December 2^nd, 2019 at 11:59 PM PST.

Please contact Willa Kurland at 206.543.9016 or willamei@uw.edu, with any questions.

If you have questions about this event, please email: cohr@uw.edu

Professionals who are working to heal and reverse the multi system impact of complex trauma (a.k.a. all layers of oppression), and who are interested in learning an evidenced based approach to facilitate holistic change & healing, interpersonally and systemically.

The training is applicable for social workers, activists, mental health clinicians, yoga teachers, educators, activists, and other healthcare professionals.

No prior yoga training is required.

I am going to be attending and would love to see some familiar faces.

http://www.morganvanderpool.com/register-here/tc-trauma-sensitive-yoga-as-a-pathway-to-anti-oppressive-practice-seattle-wa-nov-2019

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