Spotlight: NASW Town Hall Series on Racial Equity - Eradicating AAPI Hate
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NASW Town Hall Series on Racial Equity
Eradicating AAPI Hate
Thursday, May 27, 2021 | 1:00-2:30 PM EDT
No CE: Free | With CE (Members): $15 | With CE (Nonmembers): $20
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, violent attacks against and harassment toward Asian Americans have spiked. Hate crimes against Asian Americans in 16 cities rose by a staggering 150% in 2020. These incidents range from violent attacks and verbal abuse to the vandalization of Asian-owned businesses. Although some attribute this spike to statements by former President Trump blaming China for COVID-19, anti-Asian racism has deep roots in American history. Join this interactive event to learn about this complex issue, and how current challenges and threats can be understood in the broader context of systemic racism in America.
Moderator
Victor A. Manalo, PhD, MSW, President-elect, NASW California Chapter
Speakers
Susan Nakaoka, MA, MSW, Ph.D, Program Director & Assistant Professor, California State University
Melanie "JaeHee" Chung-Sherman, LCSW-S, LCPAA, PLLC - Founder/Owner, MCS Counseling
Kari Tabag, Ph.D.(c), LCSW-R, Adjunct Professor, Field Instructor, Adelphi University, NY
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Date: Thursday, May 27, 12 - 1:30 pm EDT
Brief Description: Join Zelideth Rivas, Associate Professor of Japanese at Marshall University, and the Center for Japanese Studies to discuss oday’s globalism and cosmopolitanism highlight nations’ economic ties by commodifying the diversity of peoples, cultures, and languages present in their own borders, becoming a local multiculturalism. In Japan, this extends to highlighting the heterogeneous population of a country that others consider homogeneous. In this presentation, the consumption of a Brazilian national imaginary in Japan will be discussed, not as a country of “poverty and crime” but as “Brasil Fantástico!”: land of samba, açaí, eternal summer, and carnaval. The use of samba in matsuri stereotypes, contrasts, and further essentializes Japan’s multiculturalism in its presentation of a sexualized, racialized Brazilian musical form. In particular, the historicity of the Asakusa Samba Matsuri and the fantastical presentation of samba as a redemptionary medium in Shiozaki Shōhei’s Akaneiro no yakusoku: samba do kingyo (Goldfish Go Home, 2012).
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Registration: May 21 - May 28
Date: Conversation Circles run from June 7 - July 30
Brief Description: The English Language Institute's (ELI) Conversation Circles program is going virtual this summer in order to create connections among international students and scholars at U-M, beat the isolation, and boost morale during this difficult time. Each circle consists of up to four participants and is led by a volunteer facilitator. Participants meet via an online platform to talk about any topic of interest, play games, and share pictures and videos. This is an opportunity to support our community and be part of the U-M family while apart. You can provide a valuable space for U-M international students and scholars to stay connected during this time of loneliness and uncertainty.
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Date: Various
Brief Description: Join the weekly Global Health Coffee and Conversation Series that brings lived perspectives from different cultures and health systems in various fields in health, from maternal health to mental health, community care, access and changing systems. These are designed to be interactive conversations where students can strengthen their understanding in various fields of global health.
- Marie Klingberg-Allvin: “Midwifery in Sweden; Collaborations in Somaliland on June 1, 2021, 8-9 am EDT”
- Vero Dzomeku: "Respectful Care; Changing the Structures/System/Custom/Attitudes, Ghana” on June 8, 2021, 8-9 am EDT
- Rigan Louis and Danta Bien-Aimé: “Access to Healthcare in Haiti” on June 15, 2021, 8-9 am EDT
- Marinilda Rivera Díaz: "HIV, Migrations and Human Rights: International Perspectives" on June 21, 2021, 8-9 am EDT
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Professional Opportunities |
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Priority Deadline: Sunday, May 16, 2021, Priority deadline has passed but application is still posted
Brief Description: The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) is currently seeking a bilingual (English and Spanish) Intake Coordinator to join our team in our Ypsilanti office. The intake coordinator will play a key role in assisting MIRC’s efforts to manage a robust and busy intake system. The coordinator’s responsibilities will include conducting phone-based intakes, reviewing intakes taken by other staff and volunteers, performing follow up and other assistance on open and rejected cases, helping with other clerical and administrative tasks, and overall, ensuring that all new cases are reviewed in a timely manner.
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Deadline: Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Brief Description: This fellowship offers a valuable hands-on experience for early to mid career policy-oriented professionals. Successful candidates will be embedded in Congressional offices to assist members and staff with research and analysis and with developing and advancing bills, letters, and amendments. The Fellowship is a full-time, 12-month program that comes with a stipend of $60,000+ and three weeks of paid vacation, plus healthcare and other benefits. We are looking for applicants with a general understanding of economics and domestic policy, and an interest in economic justice.
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Deadline: Friday, June 4, 2021
Brief Description: The U-M International Center provides a variety of services and programs to assist international students, scholars, faculty, and staff at the University of Michigan, as well as U-M students seeking opportunities to study, work, or travel abroad. The SEVIS coordinator manages and coordinates batch reporting to the Department of Homeland Security’s Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), and mitigates University risk by ensuring compliance with federal government reporting requirements.
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Brief Description: Freedom House Detroit supports and empowers asylum seekers on their journey to safety, security, and freedom by providing comprehensive services in an inclusive and welcoming space. A Basic Needs and Housing Case Manager position is available. This position is responsible for providing person-centered care to clients, including assessment, care planning, and referral services to individuals and families.
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Deadline: June 11, 2021
Brief Description: If your graduate or postdoctoral research touches on any aspects of global health, public health, histories of medicine, the role of pandemics and vaccines, or any related health topics in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America or the Caribbean, then please consider participating in an exciting program this summer by U-M and the University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras (UPR). You will work alongside wonderful colleagues from Puerto Rico and Michigan to create innovative lesson plans for middle and high school students. You would receive $750 in compensation for your time and expertise. This program will be 100% virtual.
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Deadline: Rolling
Brief Description: Anti-racism grants are available to support student organization activities and projects by student groups for anti-racism work, with a specific focus on confronting anti-Blackness, racism against Indigenous peoples, and confronting white supremacy. The goal is to inclusively support the work of student groups seeking to confront racism to the greatest degree possible. Such funding could be for projects, events, services, programming, or partnerships with external organizations.
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Global Impact: News Story of the Week |
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*All news stories presented are likely to include bias. Please be aware of this as you read the article. If interested, we encourage you to read further about the topic at your own discretion. |
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"Several European airlines have said that they will not fly over Belarus, days after a dissident journalist was arrested on a flight diverted to Minsk.
Ukraine and Poland are stopping all flights to and from the country, while the UK is preventing Belarusian airlines from entering its airspace.
Western countries accuse Belarus of hijacking the Ryanair plane carrying journalist Roman Protasevich on Sunday.
The Greece-Lithuania flight was rerouted over a supposed bomb threat...."
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