Announcing Spring T-Time dates!

For Spring Quarter, Hez Cooper and I will be hosting trans open office hours (T-Time!)! Join other trans students and faculty to hang out or work together from 4-6pm in B018 on the dates below:

March 28
April 18
May 9

The FB event for T-Time is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/439191169854811

This is a space specifically for transgender and non-binary individuals, though those questioning their gender are always welcome! Vern will provide tea, but feel free to bring snacks for yourself or to share. Have questions about finding trans-inclusive sources for your paper? Bring those, too!

Stay tuned for more information regarding other queer/trans events this quarter, or join the Facebook Group.

You are warmly invited to the Social Work Transracial Adoptee Group (TAG) Winter Quarter Gathering!

Potluck and Dialogue

Wednesday February 21st

5-7pm

At the School of Social Work Rm 116

**If possible, Please bring a food item to share **

Social Work Transracial Adoptee Group (TAG) is a group offering support, mentorship and community building to Transracial Adoptees in the UW School of Social Work. It is open to BASW, MSW and PhD students who identify as Transracial Adoptees. This group has participation and support from Transracially Adopted faculty and staff in the UW School of Social Work.

Please RSVP to Beth Van Fossan (Bethvf@uw.edu) before Feburary 16th. We apologize for the short notice.

Please feel free to contact Charlotte Pfieffer (Pfeifc@uw.edu), Meskie Mize (mmize@uw.edu), or ( JoLee Melink (melinkj@uw.edu) with questions.

“Are you passionate about mental health, alcohol and other drug education, preventing sexual assault, sex positivity, and healthy relationships?

The Peer Health Educators seek to bridge the gap between college health issues and campus resources. Under the Office of Health and Wellness, they facilitate workshops about these topics to different student groups and plan events to promote healthy living. They aim to make UW a safer, healthier place.

Our application will be released January 30, 2018 and it will be due February 13, 2018!

For more information about the application process and PHE’s role on campus, visit tinyurl.com/joinPHE or email Tehya, the Volunteer Coordinator, at phehwvc@uw.edu with any questions.

This opportunity is available to all students on campus, undergraduate and graduate, for the 2018-2019 year and can be counted for credit.”

Student of Color Support and Empowerment Group

This is a support group for students of color who are often navigating a complex and difficult college environment. The focus of this group is on creating a space for students of color to connect over experiences of discrimination/oppression/racism, support one another, and gain wisdom and energy from each other. Topics covered in the group will vary based on the members’ preferences, but some examples include but are not limited to: microaggressions, pressure to prove yourself, feeling like you don’t fit in, discrimination, first-generation college student, family issues, and academic issues/concerns, romantic relationships, sexism, racism, imposter syndrome, stereotype threat, self-awareness, self-esteem, emotional health issues and other stressors related to being a person of color in this university environment.

If interested, please contact Dr. Andrea Salazar-Nuñez at salazar6@uw.edu or (206) 543-1240 for more information. Group meets Wednesdays from 3-4pm at the UW Counseling Center, 401 Schmitz Hall

Student of Color Support and Empowerment Group Flyer

Are you interested in learning more about Health Equity Circle? We are having a social house meeting this weekend, and would love to see you there!

Please consider bringing a potluck item. This can range from an elaborate dish to fruit. See the sign-up sheet here to make sure we don’t duplicate each other’s efforts. Geneva will provide at least one main dish that will be vegan. Please don’t feel that you need to bring something to come!

If you need or can offer a ride, please sign up for carpooling here.

Details:

Date: This Saturday, January 20th, 2018

Time: 12:30pm-2:30pm

Location:  12308 8th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98125

QSC Newsletter Week 10 | Fall 2017Hi everyone! Welcome to Week 10. I hope you were able to center your needs, priorities, and self-care over the break. As we get into finals week, make sure to take the time to recognize and care for your health.We’d like to welcome Meena to the QSC Team! As the Administrative Intern, Meena will act as our secretary, historian, researcher, and liaison to the Student Advisory Board. Check out all the details below about the QSC Ball, community events, and a lot of great opportunities that you can get involved with. See you around! – Joshua, QSC Director Email Office hours Sign up to be a freelance volunteer Submit an event idea

Come Party with Us at the 2018 QSC Ball!

We’re happy to announce that our annual QSC Ball is back!! Come kick off the new year with us as we celebrate our queer identities! We’re showcasing some awesome performers and a queer prom dance to follow right after. They’ll be free food, free admission, a photobooth, and music from Rainy Dawg Radio. Formal wear is encouraged, but absolutely not required. Bring someone to come with too – or come to meet new people! We’ll see you there! The event will be on January 12, 2018 in the HUB Lyceum. Doors open at 6:00, and the event will run from 6:30 to 9 pm. We’re also still open to performers – if you have a talent you want to share on stage, apply at tinyurl.com/qscball2018. Make sure to check out the FB event page for more details and updates!

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See attached flyer for more info:

Final (Link and Colors)

Hello SSW Students, Faculty, and Staff,

If you are a Transracial Adoptee and would like to connect and build community with other Transracial Adoptees at the SSW, please join us for our first (ever) SW Transracial Adoptee Group (TAG) gathering on Monday, November 20, 2017. If you can’t join us on Nov. 20th, we do plan to have future events.

Social Work Transracial Adoptee Group (TAG) is a group offering support, mentorship and community building to Transracial Adoptees in the UW School of Social Work. It is open to BASW, MSW and PhD students who identify as Transracial Adoptees. This group has participation and support from Transracially Adopted faculty and staff in the UW School of Social Work.

SSW TAG Faculty and Staff Advisors: Michelle Bagshaw, Jennifer Brower, Beth Van Fossan, Kelly Hoeft, and Saul Tran Cornwall.

Please feel free to contact Beth Van Fossan (bethvf@uw.edu) or Saul Tran Cornwall (saultran@uw.edu) with questions.

SW TAG Happy Hour

DATE: Monday, November 20, 2017

TIME: 5:30-7:00pm

WHERE: Shultzy’s Bar & Grill, 4114 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, http://www.shultzys.com

Lights appetizers will be provided.

Please RSVP to Saul Tran Cornwall (saultran@uw.edu) before November 16, 2017. We apologize for the short notice.

Thank you,

SW Transracial Adoptee Group

Hello students,

I am from Health & Wellness and along with Patricia Atwater in Hall Health, we would like to provide an opportunity for students who are doing work in the areas of health, well-being, safety and social justice to get together. The purpose of the meeting is to get to know each other, hear about events and programs that are planned throughout the year and find ways to collaborate. Our proposed agenda is:

1. Introduction and a UW student leader perspective
2. Speed meeting activity
3. Student Well-Being Collaborative overview
4. Mapping the events and programs throughout the year
5. Time to connect and collaborate
6. Decide how this group can be helpful going forward

Let us know if you have any thoughts, comments, questions and please fill out this doodle to get the meeting scheduled by the end of the quarter. Food will be provided!

We look forward to meeting you all and working together this year.

Talk soon,

Melissa

Melissa Tumas, MPH

Training and Education Coordinator

Health & Wellness | Student Life

University of Washington

109 Elm Hall | Box 355600

206.221.7187

www.livewell.uw.edu

We are coordinating a group of graduate students who are either disabled or who incorporate disability studies in our work. Our first meeting is next Thursday, 10/12 at 5 in the D Center located in Mary Gates 024. THERE WILL BE SNACKS! Here is a Doodle for choosing your best days of the week for future meetings: http://doodle.com/poll/4dpbpbd49nhkxb6h

Also, while we love our faculty mentors, this group is meant for grad students to share and mentor each other. A future aim of the group is to work with other disability studies-oriented orgs on campus like the ds department and d center to bring more research-focused events to campus. We would certainly open these types of events up, so stay tuned! However, everyone, regardless of status, please do pass this announcement along to your friends. If someone who is not a grad student is interested, have them email me; for example, some post docs and undergrads doing research might be a great fit.

Contact Cynthia “Cindy” L. Bennett at bennec3@cs.washington.edu for more information.

Dear Health Sciences Student Community,

Welcome new and returning students!  We would like to introduce everyone to the Health Equity Circle, a collective of health sciences students organizing around social justice issues pertaining to the health of our communities around Seattle and beyond.  We believe that our obligations as healthcare providers extend beyond the traditional American medical model, and that we must understand and address the social contexts of our patients as part of holistic patient care.  You are all invited to our first social, on October 3, 2016, from 5:30 – 6:30 pm, South Campus Center, room 224. Come hang out with us and talk about the things you care about!

Please RSVP here (https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/brqbj) if you plan on coming! Food will be provided!!!

Join LGBTQ Allyship’s Housing Leadership Institute!!

Are you someone who is passionate about any of the following LGBTQ housing justice issues?

• Gentrification and displacement
• Senior housing
• Youth homelessness
• Affordable and community-owned housing
• Housing discrimination

At Allyship, we believe everyone deserves to access a safe place, space, and community that feels like home! Housing justice is an essential piece of creating a sense of home – and we know that for too many in our communities, there are real barriers to having the basic things we need to survive, live with dignity, and thrive. We can do better, which means we need to get more LGBTQ people who’ve been directly impacted by unaffordable housing, displacement, homelessness, and discrimination to inform the next generation of policies, practices, and organizing approaches that will make the communities we’re part of safer and more livable!

If you are a person who is passionate about LGBTQ housing justice, we hope you’ll sign up to join our LGBTQ Housing Leadership Institute!   

What You’ll Learn: LGBTQ Allyship believes that in order to build strong communities we must have strong leaders. Through this institute, a cohort of 15 people will be trained in the following:

• Civic engagement skills
• Anti-Oppression Values
• Allyship’s Theory of Change

You will:

• Learn from housing experts from city and state government and from organizations doing the work at ground level.
• Gain technical skills
• Become familiar with public speaking, story sharing in all forms of media, event planning, story-collecting for advocacy, advocacy skills community-led resource gathering, mobilization, community organizing skills and an analysis around the connection between racism, classism, sexism, adultism and ageism.

Sign up today!

Who We Are Looking for:

1. 10 to 15 LGBTQ grassroot progressive advocates/activists
2. Ages 18 and up welcome, affected by housing instability (candidates under age 18 will be considered on a case by case basis!)
3. A commitment of (6) 5-hour training dates plus a 3-hour orientation
4. Ability to volunteer 5 to 7 hours a month
5. Ability to attend all trainings, planning meetings and social Gatherings (some exceptions allowed)
6. An open mind and a willingness to learn to be a better ally, advocate for LGBTQ youth and elders issues and approach work from an intersectional lens

History & Funding
This is our 3rd Leadership Institute, and we are able to offer this training for free due to individual donors, and private grants from the Pride Foundation and Communities of Opportunites.

Interested?

Sign up or email Kelsen Caldwell at kelsen@allyship.org

LGBTQAllyship.org
https://www.facebook.com/LGBTQAllyship
https://twitter.com/Allyship

Thank you, Verity Credit Union, for hosting our Leadership Institute Orientation this year!

Sámi Role in Arctic Affairs: Politics, Research and Activism
20 June 2017 | 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. | UW Club, Yukon Room
 University of Washington
Space is limited – registration required
Clock hours available to K- 12 Teachers upon request. 
A light breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided

Since the 1970’s the global Indigenous movement, building on the human rights movement, has gained considerable momentum. In 2000, the United Nations founded the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as the central coordinating body for matters related to Indigenous peoples; in 2007, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was ratified establishing international legal norms. Indigenous peoples are now playing a significant role in influencing international affairs via new transnational networks. The Sámi are a model for such influence.

Join us on June 20th for this one-day conference. Most of the presenters are Sámi themselves, working with aspects on reclaiming Sámi identities and the struggle for the Sámi right to survival and well-being. Scholars and activists will present their work followed by an open discussion with all participants and guests. We will end the day with dinner and a discussion of future directions for Sámi studies and collaborations followed by a screening of “Sámi Blood“.

Special Guest Speakers: 

Lis-Mari Hjortfors |  Umeå University, Sámi Studies, Department of Language Studies
Margaretha Uttjek | Department of Social Work, Umeå University, Sweden
May-Britt Öhman |  Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University; the Association of Sámi Related Research in Uppsala; Deputy Member of the Swedish Sámi Parliament; member of Technoscience Research Group
Inge Frisk | Stockholm Sámi Association, member of Technoscience Research Group, Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University
Astri Dankertsen | Nord University, Norway
Troy Storfjell | Scandinavian Area Studies Program, Department of Languages and Literatures, Pacific Lutheran University
Karin Eriksson | Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington

This event is sponsored by the International Policy Institute (funded by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York) and Arctic and the International Relations initiative, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; the Canadian Studies Center, Center for West European Studies, and Center for Global Studies; UW’s Scandinavian Studies; and UW’s Future of Ice initiative.

To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at:  206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu.

This is your invitation to be a part of starting a Registered Student Organization (RSO) for Autistic students at University of Washington *Group name TBD*

Zack Siddeek, MSW candidate at UW School of Social Work and Paige Hulsey, undergraduate senior in the School of Public Health have begun work to create an RSO for us autistic students. We now need your participation and support! Email us if you are interested.

Please join us for an RSO planning session. We will work on our group constitution and choose a name for the group. Please complete this doodle poll to relay your availability: http://doodle.com/poll/vgkwnh73kyssthyx

Often, autism groups are geared toward families of diagnosed children or therapies and techniques to enable us to blend in. These things will not be the focus here. This group is a place to call our own. We have ideas about a two-pronged group. One arm to serve as a caucus for those of us on the autism spectrum (autism, ASD, Asperger’s, PDD-NOS, sensory processing, self-diagnosis, or similar). The other arm to also include spectrum kin and allies for activism efforts. Please join us!

Thank you and we look forward to coming together,

Zack Siddeek zsiddeek@uw.edu and Paige Hulsey phulsey@uw.edu

The Graduate & Professional Student Senate has just opened the application for officer elections. We have 5 open positions and each position comes with a TUITION WAIVER & STIPEND!

It’s a great opportunity for students to get involved in student government, network with various departments and administrators, and make an impact here at UW.

There are a few requirements in addition to the application to run for an open position:

1. You must be an enrolled UW Graduate student
2. You must attend at least 3 GPSS meetings before the May 17th election (upcoming meetings listed in the elections guide) within the 2016-2017 academic year.

If students have any questions, they can take a look at our website: www.gpss.uw.edu to get more information.

Dear UW community,

We are second-year graduate students in the UW’s Community-Oriented Public Health Practice program. As part of our Evaluation course, we are evaluating Tent City 3’s stay on our campus during winter quarter.

We seek the views of UW students, faculty and staff about how well the TC3 stay went. Please complete this short questionnaire. It should take 5-10 minutes of your time and your responses will remain anonymous. Your responses will contribute greatly to the power and strength of our evaluation!

Gratefully,
Hena Parveen
Kira McCoy
Khanh Ho

Save the Date: On February 22nd, stop by the Q Center and wish us a happy 13th birthday! It wouldn’t be a party without CAKE, so we’ve got free Cupcake Royale for the first 100 guests between 11AM – 1PM!

MESSAGE FROM DIANE NARASAKI AND TONY LEE KING COUNTY ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COALITION (APIC) CO-CHAIRS

Hello everyone.  We are writing to warmly invite you to the February 8, Wednesday evening community briefing at ACRS.  We will begin with a reception with some light food and beverages at 5:30pm.  The program will follow, 6pm – 8pm, though we may begin earlier than 6pm, if enough people have arrived.

There will be two important topics covered.  The first is Asian Pacific American Legislative Day and the issues in our legislative agenda.  We will reserve 30 minutes to cover our proposed agenda to bring to our Governor and state legislators and hear your feedback.

Most of the time will be reserved for the second topic, President Trump’s Executive Orders and actions that attack the rights of immigrants, refugees, and Muslims.  Jorge Baron, Executive Director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), an attorney with legal expertise and insights on these, will share information and analyses of how community members will be affected and steps people should take to keep as safe as possible.  Jorge and NWIRP rushed to SeaTac airport this weekend when the recent Muslim ban went into effect, and played a key role in preventing Muslims who would have been sent back immediately to the countries from which they came without NWIRP and colleagues’ intervention.

As you know, our very diverse community includes both documented and undocumented immigrants, as well as refugees and citizens.  Immigrants, as well as refugees, will be affected by recent Executive Orders.  The entire refugee program is currently affected.  Undocumented immigrants are now in greater danger.  We may also soon hear an Executive Order relating to access to publicly funded services for immigrants and refugees as well as an expansion of the list of countries which will be affected by the Executive Orders.

We encourage you to come, and if you have staff or community leaders or members who are concerned about these issues, to bring them too.  Please be sure to RSVP to Stephanie Riedl at stephanier@acrs.org by 2/7, the day before, if possible, if you plan to come and how many people you will bring so she can arrange for proper seating and enough food.

Thanks and hope to see you on February 8 evening!

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