I am currently conducting phase 1 of my dissertation project and I am seeking participants. Participants must be Urban Natives living or residing in Seattle—18 + years old. For Phase 1 I have received IRB approval to convert the interviews into podcasts. This podcast is entitled Indigenizing Urban Seattle and serves as a decolonial tool as the interviews become accessible to the community—both within and outside of academia.

Indigenizing Urban Seattle is a podcast that contextualizes Indigenous environmental knowledge and resiliency from an urban Native lens. It serves as a platform to amplify urban Natives’ voices and perspectives in the environmental discourse. We focus on urban Natives currently residing in Seattle—a hub for urban Native resiliency, environmental activism, and solidarity movements. All participants receive a $10 gift card and an art print! Please email me if you are interested in participating. For more information and available episodes please visit: http://www.indigenizingseattle.com/. (Flyer is also attached to this email.)

Students taking Epi 514 (Applied Epidemiologic Methods) will be presenting on their projects using BRFSS data this Thursday from 1-4.

The list of presentations and details for the mini-conference are attached and several of the topics seem like they may be of interest to our SSW community.

Please contact Alyson Littman (alyson@uw.edu) at SPH with any specific questions.

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Welcome to Week 7! <3 

QTBIPOC Artist Spotlight of the Week: 
AYIRANI BALACHANTHIRAN

NYC based visual artist.

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Title of project: Spiritual and Religious Coping
Name of student investigator: Ahlam Bouman Ali and email is ahlamb@uw.edu

The audience is MSW students
Link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco5cjnETSRyts5_zgk4mktwiZvSDw4IM5iPOGZYsJAgDpk5g/viewform?usp=sf_link
Deadline is 5/15

Also, a reminder, if you haven’t yet completed the other 506 surveys and have time, there are two more due on May 13^th at:

https://depts.washington.edu/mswnews/2019/05/please-help-your-fellow-students-due-513/

Want to see nine UW graduate students from across the disciplines present their work in three minutes while competing for cash prizes? Attend the third annual UW Three Minute Thesis Competition Thursday, May 9, 4:30–6 p.m. in room HUB 145 on Seattle campus. Doors open at 4 p.m. This event is free and seating is limited. 

In front of five esteemed judges, graduate students will compete for First Place ($1,500), Runner Up ($700), and People’s Choice ($300). The audience will vote for the People’s Choice Award! Following the presentations is a reception with free light foods and refreshments. 

See winners from past competitions!

UW 3MT is a partnership between Core Programs—Office of Graduate Student Affairs in The Graduate School and UW Libraries Research Commons. Prizes are sponsored by The Graduate School. Send questions to UW 3MT.

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George Kelly, one of our alums with decades of family therapy work, has started a blog on family-based CBT.  The MSW Program Director thought that some of our students might be interested.

Here it is:  www.family-based-cbt.com.

The U District Partnership is planning their 26th Annual Community Clean-Up! We’re looking for volunteers to help us with the clean-up and engage with the local community. The event is 5/11 from 9am-12pm

We’ll have free food and a t-shirt for volunteers there. Folks can also win prizes from local vendors like Sweet Alchemy, the UW Bookstore, and Morsel for collecting trash that our judges deem “Most Romantic”, “Most Fashionable”, or “Best Back Story” (among many other categories!).

I’ve included the links below to register as well as to our Facebook event and attached a flyer. Please let me know if there’s another way I can help disseminate this information and give folks an opportunity to help out with this awesome event!

Register Here!
Facebook Event

Hey wonderful people!

Join us for a night of music, dance, food, and games. All of the proceeds from this event will go towards Acción Solidaria, a Venezuelan organization providing essential food and medicines for Venezuelan people.
We really appreciate your support, come celebrate and learn about the beauty of Venezuelan culture ♥ We’ll see you on April 30th!
To learn more about Acción Solidaria, or about what’s happening in Venezuela, please visit http://www.action4help.com/ and visit us on Facebook!
RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/p2pKF4LuHvExoPNy9
$7 Pre-sale
$10 at the door
Venmo (@marirami) or cash accepted

The 2019 OSSW SSW shirts are ready to order! Please use this form: http://kotisibuy.com/socialwork, where you can see the design and style details. Thank you to everyone who submitted designs for this year!

The form closes on Sunday, April 28th at 11:59 PM, so be sure to get your orders in soon! After ordering, the items will be shipped to the School of Social Work, and will be available for pickup after May 15th (more details to follow).

If you have any questions, please email ossw@uw.edu! Thank you!

Save the date!

UW 2019 Earth Day celebrations
April 22, 2019 | HUB Lawn and Lyceum

I am writing as a supporter of the student-led Earth Day Planning Committee to invite your school/department to participate in 2019 Earth Day. This year we will focus on the different ways in which engaging with the planet through the lens of equity and inclusion. While traditionally Earth Day at the University of Washington has been an environmental-centric festival, this year we are expanding the conversation to include the economic, social, and political aspects that we believe are crucial to any discussion of sustainability. Which is why our theme this year is Engage for Earth!

We are reaching out to invite all UW-members (as well as programs, schools, departments, and student groups) to actively participate in this year’s Earth Day events! We greatly appreciate your consideration of participating by having an information table or preparing a special presentation/event. We are expecting lots of foot traffic so it would be an excellent way to gain exposure.

Our programming will include speakers, exhibitors, performances, installations, workshops, classes, film screenings, panels, and more to both engage and empower students and local community members to get involved in their communities. There’s a lot of room for groups to get creative and participate in a way that really enhances this dialogue and gives all a chance to showcase what they do and what they’re passionate about, beyond the more classic tabling model.

Participation of UW members is free, but if you have the capacity to make any donation support to create more equitable opportunities for student participation in this event.

In addition to Earth Day, we will also be facilitating several related events in the week leading up to the April 22nd festivities. All UW departments and groups are encouraged to create their own event during the month of April focusing on diversity, environmental or social justice, or sustainability as part of Earth Week. To have your event included on the UW’s Earth Week event calendar, email sustainability@uw.edu.

For those interested in participating, please contact the student coordinator, Sarah Culp, at sfculp@gmail.com. We look forward to learning how you engage!

Join us to celebrate World Social Work Month with a light lunch, splendid array of inspiring global social work poster presentations, global music and more!

T H U R S D A Y   M A R C H   7

1 1 : 3 0 A M – 1:00 P M

S C H O O L   O F   S O C I A L   W O R K   G A L L E R Y

CELEBRATE WORLD SOCIAL WORK MONTH!!

I am writing as a supporter of the student-led Earth Day Planning Committee. While traditionally Earth Day at the University of Washington has been an environmental-centric festival, this year we are expanded the conversation to include the economic, social, and political aspects that we believe are crucial to any discussion of sustainability. Which is why our theme this year is Engage for Earth! We are reaching out to invite all UW-members (as well as programs, schools, departments, and student groups) to actively participate in this year’s Earth Day events!

There are different ways to participate:

Poster Design Contest: Show us how you… ENGAGE FOR EARTH
For Earth Day 2019 we are focused on raising awareness of environmental justice and engaging with diverse forms of sustainability. The Earth Day Planning Committee encourages applicants to explore non-traditional design language that goes beyond environmental sustainability and highlights the broad themes of Action, Diversity, Equity, and Environmental Justice. The contest is open to all UW students, faculty, staff, and alumni. More information can be found in the attached flyer.

Poster designs are due by midnight on March 12, 2019

Taking part of the program either during Earth Week or during Earth Day.
During Earth Day you can also participate by setting up a table to pass information and engage with other students. We are expecting lots of foot traffic so it would be an excellent way to gain exposure. Our programming will include speakers, exhibitors, performances, art, film screenings, panels, and more to both engage and empower students and local community members to get involved in their communities. There’s a lot of room for groups to get creative and participate in a way that really enhances this dialogue and gives all a chance to showcase what they do and what they’re passionate about, beyond the more classic tabling model.

In addition to Earth Day, we will also be facilitating several related events in the week leading up to the April 22nd festivities. All UW departments and groups are encouraged to create their own event during the month of April focusing on diversity, environmental or social justice, or sustainability as part of Earth Week. To have your event included on the UW’s Earth Week event calendar, email sustainability@uw.edu.

Please help us by sharing this information in your units and among groups.

We’d love to have multiple perspectives to be a part of our Earth Day events. For those interested in participating, please contact the student coordinator, Sarah Culp, at sfculp@gmail.com. We look forward to learning how you engage!

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Canada House is buzzing with excitement over the upcoming CANADA WEEK! Scheduled for March 4-9, 2019, Canada Week makes its return to Western’s campus after a few years’ hiatus with a list of exciting campus and community-wide events. There will be a film series, including a screening of Zachary Richard, Toujours Batailleur and discussion with filmmaker Phil Comeau, as well as a screening of Haida language film Sgaawaay K’uuna, (Edge of the Knife). Some outstanding Canadian authors will also be visiting Bellingham, including Terese Marie Mailhot to discuss her recent book Heart Berries and Sophie Labelle to share her web comic Assigned Male. As well, Canada Week will hold lectures, student-faculty connection events, and field trips. K-12 Education and Curriculum Specialist Kyla Sweet will also host an event “Reading the North” with WWU librarian Sylvia Tag for local schoolteachers.

 

Click here for a full listing of events, times, location: https://canam.wwu.edu/canada-week-2019/

And check out the Canada House Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/canamwwu/

Kick off National Women’s History Month by celebrating the women who have made an impact on your life at the UW.

March is Women’s History Month, and HFS invites you to celebrate the women who make the UW such an incredible place. This is the 15th year that we have been celebrating women from all over the UW. Nominations can be submitted for staff, students, faculty and alumni from all disciplines and any of our three campuses.

All members of the UW community are invited to submit a nomination for deserving women from the UW campus. This is not a competition, and no winners are selected; all women will be honored at an event in late February. Nominations close at midnight this Friday, February 15.

SUBMIT NOMINATIONS TODAY: hfs.uw.edu/celebrate

Mark your calendars for an upcoming event organized and co-sponsored by CHSIE, UW Medicine, and The Washington Patient Safety Coalition.

You are invited to watch a public screening of the new documentary “To Err Is Human” on March 14^th at 6pm in UW Medical Center’s Hogness Auditorium. The movie is free, but attendance is limited to 200.

About the film: The #3 leading cause of death in the US is its own health care system, with medical mistakes leading to as many as 440,000 preventable deaths every year. Yet most Americans are unaware of the existence of this problem. To Err Is Human is an in-depth documentary about this silent epidemic and those working quietly behind the scenes to fix it.

Through interviews with leaders in healthcare, footage of real-world efforts leading to safer care, and one family’s compelling journey from tragedy to triumph, the documentary provides a unique look at our healthcare system’s ongoing fight against preventable harm.

Directed by Michael Eisenberg, the son of late patient safety pioneer Dr. John M. Eisenberg, To Err is Human is named after the groundbreaking 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine). Film website: www.toerrishumanfilm.com.

When:                  Thursday, March 14, 2019

Time:                    6:00 PM, PST

Run time:            90 minutes, discussion led by Dr. Thomas Gallagher to follow film

Location:             University of Washington Medical Center

Hogness Auditorium, (Room A-420)

1959 NE Pacific Street

Seattle, WA 98195

Cost:                     Free

Registration:      Mandatory. Register at:  to-err-is-human-wpsc-uw-screening.eventbrite.com

Presented by UW Medicine, the UW Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, Research and Practice and The Washington Patient Safety Coalition.

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

What is Lobby Day?

Every year on President’s Day (Feb. 18), 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 WA. During Lobby Day, small teams will meet with individual policymakers to tell their stories and influence votes. Not only is Lobby Day a chance to advance policy around social justice issues, it’s a great opportunity to gain lobbying skills, become familiar with the legislative process in WA, and meet students from across UW.

When is Lobby Day?

Monday, February 18, 9am – 3pm, meet at 6:30am to carpool to Olympia

Training dates: 2 dates (one Wednesday and one Thursday) will be announced in the 2 weeks prior to February 19 (tentatively: Wednesday, Feb 6^th or 13^th and Thursday February 7^th or 14^th)

SIGN UP: https://goo.gl/forms/qj7TRumWu0n9x8gk2

You do not need to be affiliated with Health Equity Circle to attend. Please spread the word to your classmates and colleagues!

The authors of the “Spirit Level” will discuss their new book “The Inner Level – How more Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Well-Being”

2 dates:

Date: Thursday January 31

Time: 7:00-9:00 PM

Location:  SOCC 316

Date: Friday February 1

Time:  2:30-4:00 pm

Location: HSB D209

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