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Are you interested in psychology, mental health, health advocacy, digital arts, marketing, and/or social media? Then we are looking for you!

Pup Support is a registering RSO seeking for members to take part in our close-knit team! We are a social media-based platform (currently on Instagram) with the main purpose to communicate mental health resources and tips through our husky artwork digitally. We hope to emphasize our understanding of how difficult college life can be and that those who feel alone are not alone.

We are recruiting for 12 Leadership Positions this Fall cycle, you can check out the position description HERE [docs.google.com].

In addition, we are opening up for General Community Members, you can choose to be a part of the Pup Support community and attend member exclusive events without major time commitments. If you are interested, we welcome you to our first ever General Member Community Meeting this Wednesday (10/05) at 6:00 pm in SMI 102.

Important Dates:

[09/28] Application open

[10/05] General Member Community Meeting @6:00 pm in SMI 102

[10/12] Leadership Informational Session @6:00 pm over zoom

[10/15] Application closes @11:59 pm

Email: spup.uw@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Posted on behalf of SWAPI

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Hello SWAPI Members,

We hope you are well and ready to enjoy your break (or maybe already enjoying). Please save the below dates for our Spring Quarter 2022 SWAPI Meetings/activities.

SWAPI is a UW School of Social Work Affinity Group for students, staff, and faculty who identify as Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian.

Spring Quarter 2022 Save the Dates:

– April 7th: Monthly Hybrid Meeting at SSW (Room TBD) and via Zoom, 5:30-6:30pm PT (with optional in-person post meeting hang out, usually a meal)

– April 30th: Seattle Chinatown/International District (postponed) Lunar New Year Celebration, https://www.seattlechinatownid.com/experiences/lunar-new-year, more details to come

– May 5th: Monthly Hybrid Meeting at SSW (Room TBD) and via Zoom, 5:30-6:30pm PT (with optional in-person post meeting hang out, usually a meal)

– June 2nd: Monthly Hybrid Meeting at SSW (Room TBD) and via Zoom, 5:30-6:30pm PT (with optional in-person post meeting hang out, usually a meal)

Cama-i! (Hello!) / Yá’á’tééh (Hello),

The Native Circle Alliance (NCA) is a group dedicated to holding space for Native American and Indigenous Social Work students. Our purpose is to come together and provide support, encouragement, and community for Native American students at UW. We strive to facilitate decolonizing dialogue within our group that centers Indigenous discourse, methodology, and frameworks. This organization will also serve to collectively organize and build our presence as Native American social workers.

The NCA is not currently active right now, but students are interested in organizing to build a community for Indigenous students again. If you want to join or have questions, please get in touch with Jordon at naulia@uw.edu.

Quyana (Thank you),
Jordan N. Smith
naulia@uw.edu
Yup’ik

Come join the Q Center March 4th at 2:30-3:30 pm with Sasha from the Resilience Lab to discuss mental health, coping, and wellness! Register before March 4th for the link!

Contact oacuff@uw.edu or undocu@uw.edu with questions, comments, or concerns.

View the flyer here (this is the link generated by the flyer QR code is here)

Greetings all!

Thank you to everyone that was able to attend the first of our three panels focused around environmental justice.  Please make sure to register for the second and third panels to continue the conversation.  You can find the registration link on the attached flier.

In addition, our next Social Workers for Environmental Justice group meeting will be held on Thursday, February 24th from 5:30-6:30 p.m..  You can find the Zoom link below.

We will be focusing on sharing ideas about where we would like to take the group, topics and projects people are interested in, and figuring out our meeting schedule going forward.  Our goal is to be responsive to the interests of all participants and find the best mix of learning and action in the community.

If you have any questions or would like to be added to the contact list for future meetings, please reach out to Ryan Driscoll (driscr@uw.edu) or Arden Hellmann (ardenh@uw.edu).

Looking forward to seeing many of you soon!

Ryan Driscoll (he/him)

MSW Student
Time: Feb 24, 2022 05:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://washington.zoom.us/j/95937265788

UW Seattle’s Transracial Adoptee Group (TAG) is hosting a winter event this quarter on March 2, 2022.

TAG is a student-led group open to all UW campuses that offers affinity, support, and community building to transracial adoptees in the Social Work BASW, MSW and PhD program. Along with providing adoptees an inclusive space to share stories, TAG is committed to increase efforts to amplify the voices of adoptees in the classroom and great Social Work community.

This quarter, we are hosting a tri-campus event open to all transracial adoptees affiliated with UW. It will be a chance to meet people across UW campuses and build community within the transracial adoptee group. Please see attached poster for the details. This event will be held remotely. See zoom link below:

The event link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/8363564707

If you identify as a Transracial Adoptee currently affiliated with any of the three UW campuses (Bothell, Tacoma, Seattle) please join us! Or if you know of any current University of Washington students, staff, or faculty who identify as a Transracial Adoptee, please pass this on to them. Please RSVP by sending an email to rreed21@uw.edu

See attached flyer: Winter TAG Info Poster

Posted on behalf of Social Workers for Environmental Justice Student Group

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Greetings all!

I am excited to announce that the Social Workers for Environmental Justice group will be re-launching this quarter and our first meeting will be Wednesday January 26th from 5:15-6:15 pm through Zoom.

For our first meeting, our focus will be on sharing ideas about where we would like to take the group, topics and projects people are interested in, and figuring out our meeting schedule going forward.  Our goal is to be responsive to the interests of all participants and find the best mix of learning and action in the community.

Environmental Justice is a topic that touches on all aspects of social work, so we welcome everyone no matter their particular interest, background, or future professional goals.  Join us as we find new ways to integrate this expansive and important topic more fully into our social justice mission!

If you have any questions or would like to be added to the contact list for future meetings, please reach out to Ryan Driscoll (driscr@uw.edu) or Arden Hellmann (ardenh@uw.edu).

Time: Jan 26, 2022 05:15 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://washington.zoom.us/j/98737653197

SWAG Meeting – 1/20

Posted under Student Groups on Campus on Jan 18, 2022

The Sizeis and Weightism Advocacy Group (SWAG) is having a meeting next week on 1/20/2022. They are inviting people to come engage in an informal conversation around pushing back against New Years resolutions trends. They will talk how to give ourselves grace as we enter the new year. Along with sharing how we plan to take care of ourselves and combat the toxic marketing messages to lose weight and diet.

Meetings every first and third Thursday of the month from 7pm-8:30pm: Join Zoom here

SWAPI Meeting – 1/20

Posted under Student Groups on Campus on Jan 18, 2022

SWAPI is a UW School of Social Work Affinity Group for students, staff, and faculty who identify as Asian and/or Pacific Islander.

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Hello Everyone and Happy New Year!

We hope you all were able to enjoy your break and your Winter Quarter is off to a good start (albeit not without its challenges).

Please see the information and flyer below for our first Winter Quarter 2022 SWAPI Meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2022 from 5:30-6:30pm via Zoom.

Also, please save the date for our other WI22 meetings on February 3rd (5:30-6:30pm PST) and March 3rd (5:30-6:30pm PST).

Thank you,

SWAPI

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Next SWAPI Members Meeting

Thursday, January 20, 2022

5:30-6:30pm PST

Via Zoom | Join Zoom Meeting: https://washington.zoom.us/j/6988384004

Meeting ID: 698 838 4004

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Please fill out a 2 question survey before Jan. 20th. Here is the link to the survey: https://forms.gle/4fhDjas1bcvrkEs26 .

Sent on behalf of Tilden Keller

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Colleagues,

The Community Health Action Team at UW (CHAT-UW) is an interdisciplinary team of volunteers, composed of UW undergraduate and graduate students passionate about promoting public health.  We are a UW RSO and a UW School of Medicine community service organization.  We have two fabulous projects, our newest one is a public health policy advocacy project, and our original project is the COVID-19 Fact of the Day project.  Currently we are so excited to be recruiting new teammates to join our incredible family.  Check out our position descriptions to learn more about our open positions, from leadership roles to artists, legislative investigator, translators, content creators, videographer, web designer, and many more, there is a position for you on our team.  Most roles can be done remotely at this time.  Applications  are due by Sunday, 01/23/2022, at 11:59pm PT.

Application: https://bit.ly/CHATUW-2022

Position  Descriptions: https://bit.ly/CHATUW-2022pd

Questions: chat-uw@uw.edu

Learn more about our COVID-19 Fact of the Day project by checking out our social media pages:

– Facebook: COVID-19 Fact of the Day

– Instagram: UWCHAT

– Twitter: @uw_chatfotd

– TikTok – chat_uw

This is a reminder that the next SWAPI meeting is on Thursday December 2, 2021, 5:30-6:30pm. Like November’s SWAPI Meeting, we will have a post-meeting hang out at a local U-District spot.

SWAPI is a UW School of Social Work Affinity Group for students, staff, and faculty who identify as Asian and/or Pacific Islander.

On December 2nd, 2021 5:30-6:30, we would love it if you could join us in person! The meeting will be in Room 306AB – UW SSW

Please use the Zoom info below if you cannot join in person:
Meeting ID: 698 838 4004
https://washington.zoom.us/j/6988384004

Hello Health Sciences Students,

Do you care about health equity, service learning, and community engagement? Do you enjoy organizing and working on a team? Are you spreadsheet and social media savvy? The Interprofessional Service Learning Advisory Committee is assembling an Immunizations Student Committee to coordinate interprofessional immunization events and needs your support!

Description 

The Interprofessional Service Learning Advisory Committee (IP SLAC) is looking for volunteers to support our newly designed Immunizations Student Committee. As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to work in a team of other health sciences students to support interprofessional immunization efforts in the Greater Seattle area. Your primary responsibility will be to  coordinate and recruit volunteers to support these immunization events throughout the school year. We encourage anyone who is looking for an opportunity to be involved in interprofessional service learning to apply!

Responsibilities 

  • Create and implement templates for recruitment emails and event postings
  • Identify avenues for marketing and recruitment (email listservs, social media, slack channels, etc.)
  • Manage spreadsheets and online sign-up systems
  • Send confirmation and reminder emails to volunteers
  • Apply an equity lens to recruitment processes (e.i. consider Health Science school, experience level, previous participation, etc.)
  • Schedule and attend regular meetings with other student committee members
  • Liaison between UW faculty/staff, and community partners
  • Work collaboratively with the IP Service Learning Manager and SOM Service Learning Manager

To Apply, please send an email to Natalie Hoge (nhoge@uw.edu) and Coraima Sales-Arteaga (salesc@uw.edu) answering the following:

  • What’s your name? Pronouns?
  • What are you studying?
  • Are you an undergraduate or graduate student?
  • Have you ever participated in interprofessional service learning events through the University of Washington? If so, which?
  • Why are you interested in volunteering to coordinate interprofessional immunization events?
  • What skills and/or experiences do you have that make you uniquely qualified to take on this role?

The Community Health Action Team at UW (CHAT-UW) is an interdisciplinary team of volunteers, composed of UW undergraduate and graduate students passionate about promoting public health.  We are a UW RSO and a UW School of Medicine community service organization.  We have two fabulous projects, our newest one is a public health policy advocacy project, and our original project is the COVID-19 Fact of the Day project.  Currently we are so excited to be recruiting new teammates to join our incredible family.  Check out our position descriptions to learn more about our open positions, from leadership roles to artists, legislative investigator, translators, content creators, videographer, web designer, and many more, there is a position for you on our team.  Most roles can be done remotely at this time.  Applications  are due by Sunday, 11/14/2021, at 11:59pm PT.

Application: https://bit.ly/CHATUW-app

Position  Descriptions: https://bit.ly/CHATUW-pd

Questions: uwchatnow@gmail.com

Learn more about our COVID-19 Fact of the Day project by checking out our social media pages:

– Facebook: COVID-19 Fact of the Day

– Instagram: UWCHAT

– Twitter: @uw_chatfotd

– TikTok – chat_uw

Incarcerated Mothers Advocacy Project

The Incarcerated Mothers Advocacy Project (IMAP) is a coalition of law students, attorneys, social service providers, and formerly incarcerated people who seek to change the rights afforded incarcerated and previously incarcerated people in Washington. Centering reproductive justice, IMAP supports incarcerated people by providing legal information on family law and dependency issues, and by connecting parents to outside resources. IMAP offers monthly legal classes and office hours at Washington Corrections Center for Women to share resources with incarcerated people and their families. IMAP also works to connect community providers, such as parent, chemical dependency, and domestic violence advocates and experts to incarcerated women by hosting a series of classes and trainings at our prison sites.

IMAP will be holding a virtual orientation November 13th-14th covering topics of Family Law and Dependency Law on Saturday; Reproductive Justice and Prison Abolition on Sunday.  Registration is open at this link: bit.ly/uwimap2021

If there are any questions, email delaroch@uw.edu or ccike@uw.edu

For UW SSW Social Work Asian & Pacific Islander (SWAPI) group for MSW, BASW, PhD Students, Faculty and Staff

Please join us this week for our Thursday, November 4 Meeting!

5:30-6:30pm – In Person Meeting in UW SSW Room 306, with a Zoom option (RSVP for Zoom link)

6:30pmà In Person Post Meeting Hangout in the U District (Location TBD)

RSVP:

https://forms.gle/6uqqfc7gGMKWL8Yo8 (Links to an external site.)

Looking forward to seeing you all Thursday!

2021-2022 Student Leads: Cori Aguon, Jasmine Chen, Katt Purington, Rio Hindami, Dylan Quiggle

Faculty Advisors: Jennifer Brower jjb2@uw.edu, Saul Tran Cornwall saultran@uw.edu

We wanted to share some updates with folks who may be interested in joining our BIPOC Affinity Group at the School of Social Work.

The BIPOC Affinity Group at the SSW is an informal group hoping to build connections with students, staff, and faculty at the School of Social Work!  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.  At our first meeting we discussed some goals/intentions for our space and wanted to share this as a work in progress:

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

Please complete our Fall survey and RSVP for our upcoming zoom gathering on Thursday, November 11th from 5-6PM.

We also encourage our BIPOC community members to join our email listserv to stay in touch!  After Fall quarter we will use this as the main form of communication about events/opportunities.

Apply now to join the Husky Experience Student Advisory Council

 

Help advance the Husky Seed Fundan award that brings to life innovative ideas by students that are inclusive, impactful, and inventive to the UW.  Gain valuable experience advancing and managing a program that will impact thousands of students at UW.

 

What types of student-led efforts would improve the overall Husky Experience? What would inspire students to create such a project and apply for funding?  You be the judge!

 

The Provost’s Office will provide the funding, basic structure, and guidance for HESAC members to lead and advance the Husky Seed Fund.  In work groups, members will:  gain program management, leadership, and financial management skills; help fellow Huskies by shaping how dollars impact their ideas; and receive coaching from Provost’s Office staff on how to include this experience on a resume, talk about it in person and apply lessons learned and skills gained going forward.

Apply here:  https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/katyd2/413536

 

Deadline:   5:00 p.m., November 9, 2021 

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On behalf of the Christian Social Workers Student Group

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Greetings all Social Work Students!

We are re-activating the SSW student affinity group called “Christian Social Workers.”

All are welcome! If you might be interested in more information, we’ll be setting up a short zoom organizational meeting for some time next week. So that we can do a doodle poll to find the best time to meet and then send you a zoom link, please email your name to Joel2021@uw.edu if you want more information.

Below is the description of what the former group was about, and we can discuss if we want to make any changes to it:

 

“Christian Social Workers
The Christian Social Workers Club is a diverse group of students interested in discussing how the work of Jesus and the study and practice of Social Work intersect. We seek to encourage one another in our faith and welcome all individuals interested in exploring the role of faith in social justice work. We meet bi-monthly and have times of encouragement, discussion, meals and guest lectures which work to build Christian community in the School of Social Work and in our daily lives.”

Please join ARWAG this quarter in a series of explorative and supportive virtual get-togethers that will be helpful in illuminating issues of race, racism, white privilege, white fragility and our roles in racial justice.

Who are we?

Anti-Racism & White Allyship Group

Fall 2021 Meeting Time: Wednesdays 6pm – 7 pm, via Zoom

Meetings will be on Wednesdays

Zoom Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92571492109?pwd=YW13RjVMa2MyUG80cklZRWFPVHE3QT09
Meeting ID: 925 7149 2109
Passcode: 602907

 

The Anti-Racism & White Allyship Group (ARWAG) is a democratic collective that serves as a supportive space and resource for social work students, faculty, and staff seeking to analyze racism and white privilege in an effort to make classroom space more productive for all.

 

Our Goals (From 2019, to be updated!)

  • Simultaneously work with and challenge the administration to promote anti-racism as a high priority
  • Provide support and education for individuals working to be self-critical of their roles within racism
  • Promote equity by holding white students, faculty and staff accountable to their multi-racial counterparts and counterparts of color
  • To discover what allyship with people of color and multi-racial folks is and looks like
  • Increase awareness and knowledge regarding racism and its impacts on social work practice

 

Email abbya15@uw.edu or go to https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/sswarwag to be added to the ARWAG email list.

About SWAAP: https://socialwork.uw.edu/alumni/swaap
SWAAP Member Profiles: https://socialwork.uw.edu/swaap-member-profiles
SWAAP Mentorship Request: https://socialwork.uw.edu/form/swaap-mentorship-request

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