Bask in the Light: Art from LGBTQ+ Incarcerated Folks Across Michigan art exhibit centers the work of individuals incarcerated across the state of Michigan who identify across the LGBTQ+ spectrum and/or who identify as living with HIV/AIDS. Black and Pink at the School of Public Health welcomes the Michigan community to learn more about this project at our opening event on Thursday, April 13, 2023 from 6-7:30pm in the Kalamazoo room in the Michigan League. The art will remain on display at the first floor of the Michigan League until the end of April 2023. Through their work, participating artists engage with the poetics of longing for community and connection, desire for healing and repair, and visual resistance to punitive and heteronormative logics. Their resilience is evident not just in their words and images, but also in the ways they have subverted institutional processes and materials in their creations. The title of the show, Bask in the Light, comes from the work of artist Lādi Dä, reflecting the strength and beauty of transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex individuals trapped in the prison industrial complex.
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We’d like to invite you to a new event series this semester, the Queer World Conversations! These will be weekly discussions on a variety of topics, but all of them will be discussed with a queer lens. We’ll bring the topic, you bring the discussion! Everyone is welcome to join the Conversations, and the voices of those most impacted by the week’s topic will be prioritized.
Topics will be announced the week before on our social medias and on the event pages. Registration is not required, nor is consistent attendance. Come when you want, bring your friends, and let’s have a Conversation!
Kaleidoscope conversations will provide an opportunity for students to come together for a conversation with their peers and get the chance to dive beneath the surface, lean into vulnerability, and to explore the struggles and stories that make up our lives. In these conversations we will explore how the identities you hold shape your experience of the world and your understanding of social issues.
Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events
The Spectrum Center Pronouns 101 workshop is a 2-hour workshop on the basics of pronouns, their usage, and the connection between pronouns and transgender communities. Participants will have the chance to practice using different sets of pronouns and create an action plan for implementing what they learn into their work.
After this workshop, participants will be able to:
Share what pronouns are and why they are important in their own words.
Identify the correct pronouns/forms in various sentence structures.
Additionally, participants will:
Practice different methods of addressing harm, such as calling in, calling out, and scripting.
Use the Action Planning resource to develop one tangible, actionable goal related to their increased inclusivity around pronouns.
Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, there is space to report that in the registration, or you can fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.
As social workers, it is imperative that we understand that psychotherapy and other forms of interpersonal practice can be biased against BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, those with disabilities, among those with marginalized identities. This session explores how psychotherapy can be biased, and how psychotherapists can and should be more inclusive, trauma-informed, and equity-driven in their practice with diverse clients. Speakers include Jess Kota, Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Therapist at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Vanessa Marr, psychotherapist at Amplify Colectivo; and Anao Zhang, U of M SSW Assistant Professor.
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Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events
This is a 2-hour workshop on the basics of pronouns, their usage, and the connection between pronouns and transgender communities. Participants will have the chance to practice using different sets of pronouns and create an action plan for implementing what they learn into their work.
After this workshop, participants will be able to:
Share what pronouns are and why they are important in their own words.
Identify the correct pronouns/forms in various sentence structures.
Additionally, participants will:
Practice different methods of addressing harm, such as calling in, calling out, and scripting.
Use the Action Planning resource to develop one tangible, actionable goal related to their increased inclusivity around pronouns.
To see if there is more information about accessing this event, please visit http://bit.ly/SCeventnav.
Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, there is space to report that in the registration, or you can fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.
Racial Foundations of Public Policy is a speaker series that focuses on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy as both a disciplinary field and as a course of action. Through it, we bring in renowned scholar-experts from across the country to be in conversation with Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes, the founding director of the Center for Racial Justice at the Ford School of Public Policy. The series is open to all members of the University of Michigan community and the wider public.
This event will be presented virtually, with a community watch party available in Weill Hall’s Betty Ford Auditorium.
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Audience: SPH Students Only
The Spectrum Center’s Introduction to LGBTQ+ Identities & Inclusive Language Workshop is designed to support an individual, department, or organization in their knowledge development of LGBTQ+ terminology, inclusivity, and advocacy. This is an introductory workshop, yet the content is fundamental to building a safe and inclusive environment. Learning objectives include:
- Understand terminology related to LGBTQ identitiesGain familiarity with various identity terms outside the gender binaryMake distinctions between sex assigned at birth, gender identity, gender expression, and attractionality (sexual orientation)
- Critically think about the societal construction and expectations of gender identity and gender expression
- Identify some practical strategies for working to create an inclusive space for LGBTQ+ folks
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Audience: This session is intended for SPH Faculty & Staff only Program Description: The Spectrum Center’s Introduction to LGBTQ+ Identities & Inclusive Language Workshop is designed to support an individual, department, or organization in their knowledge development of LGBTQ+ terminology, inclusivity, and advocacy. This is an introductory workshop, yet the content is fundamental to building a safe and inclusive environment. Learning objectives include:
- Understand terminology related to LGBTQ identities
- Gain familiarity with various identity terms outside the gender binary
- Make distinctions between sex assigned at birth, gender identity, gender expression, and attractionality (sexual orientation)
- Critically think about the societal construction and expectations of gender identity and gender expression
- Identify some practical strategies for working to create an inclusive space for LGBTQ+ folks
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