Apply to the 2015 Alene Moris NEW Leadership Institute

Women are underrepresented in leadership, and that gap starts during college. 

Let's change that!

The 2015 Alene Moris NEW Leadership Institute offers training for young women on how to become better leaders and to increase women's representation in the non-profit, private, and public sector.

DATES:  JUNE 22nd - 27th, 2015

APPLICATION: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/newlead/242394

RECOMMENDATION FORM: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/newlead/242393

Please contact newlead@uw.edu with any questions.

Post Election Panel, Thurs., Nov 13th, 2014

The Political Science Department is hosting a post-election panel on Thursday, November 13. Please join us to learn about what the recent mid-term election results mean for the future course of local, regional, and national politics. We’ve assembled a dynamic group of American Politics professors to share their views and respond to your questions and comments:

Megan Ming Francis: What the election means for issues of civil rights and civil liberties, especially surveillance laws/policy.
Mark Smith: Why Republicans Won the Senate: Candidate quality, the map of Senate seats at stake, and voter turnout, including young voters.
John Wilkerson: Now Republicans need to prove they can govern? What a Republican-controlled Congress means for policy.

Event Details
When: Thursday, November 13, 4:30-6:00pm
Where: Odegaard 220

To RSVP, go to our one question poll at: https://catalyst.uw.edu/quickpoll/vote/meroy/9394

Light refreshments will be served. Your RSVP helps us know how much food to order.

Documentary Screening with Sebastian Junger, Wed, 11/05/2014, 7:00pm

Dear UW Political Science Department,

My name is Ben Mawhinney, and I am the Marketing Manager at SIFF. I wanted to reach out to you because we have a documentary playing next week that I thought might be of interest to students and faculty in the Political Science Department at UW.

Sebastian Junger (writer of "The Perfect Storm," and acclaimed journalist) is coming to SIFF to present his documentary, The Last Patrol. The film explores the psychological impact of war on journalists and soldiers after they return home. Junger will be at the theater for a post-screening discussion, which will include students, veterans, journalists, and filmmakers (as well as the general audience). It should be really engaging and interesting.

Admission is free, and all that interested attendees have to do is reserve tickets here: http://www.siff.net/cinema/last-patrol.  We would love to have lots of UW students in the audience. 

More details about the film are below.

Details-

Time & Place

Wednesday, Nov 5 | 7:00 PM | SIFF Cinema Uptown

About The Film
In his latest film probing the up-close-and-personal faces of combat, journalist/filmmaker Sebastian Junger (The Perfect Storm) explores the shared struggles that soldiers and war correspondents are confronted with, mentally and emotionally, upon returning home.

About The Guest
Sebastian Junger is the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of "The Perfect Storm," "A Death in Belmont," and "Fire." As a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and as a contributor to ABC News, he has covered major international news stories in Liberia, Sierra Leone and other places around the globe. He has been awarded the National Magazine Award and an SAIS Novartis Prize for Journalism. Junger became a fixture in the national media when, as a first-time author, he commanded The New York Times best-seller list for more than three years with "The Perfect Storm," which later set sales records and became a major motion picture from Warner Bros.

Please don't hesitate to email me a message if you have any questions, or if there is anything I can do to help with promoting this event.

Best wishes,
Ben

Queer Sex Ed, October 30th from 4:30 to 6:00pm

Come and ask all the questions about sex and sexuality you’ve ever wanted to know! Learn what hetero-normative sex-ed never taught queer students in high school. We will have 6 panelists there sharing their experiences as well as a host of resources for queer students to utilize. Can't wait to see you there!

Bagley 154

Best,
Mitchell Chen, Director

ASUW Queer Student Commission
Email | Office Hours | Facebook
HUSKY UNION BUILDING 131P

To Love and Ruckus: An Evening with Kay Barrett, October 29th at 7:00pm

To Love & Ruckus: A night of sick & disabled performance by acclaimed activist & poet, Kay Ulanday Barrett.

Wednesday, October 29th at 7:00pm (doors open 6:30)
Alder Auditorium

Kay Barrett is a 2009 Campus Pride Hot List artist, 2013 Trans Justice Funding Project Panelist, and 2013 Trans 100 Honoree, Kay is a poet, performer, and educator, navigating life as a disabled pin@y-amerikan transgender queer in the U.S. with struggle, resistance, and laughter. K. has featured on colleges & stages globally including; Princeton University, UC Berkeley, NYU, Musee Pour Rire in Montreal, Brooklyn Museum, and The Chicago Historical Society. K’s bold work continues to excite and challenge audiences. K. has facilitated workshops, presented keynotes, and contributed to panels with various social justice communities. Honors include: Finalist for The Gwendolyn Brooks Open-Mic Award and contributions in Poor Magazine, Kicked Out Anthology, Windy City Queer: Dispatches from the Third Coast, Make/Shift, Filipino American Psychology, Asian Americans For Progress, Dapper Q, and Bitch Magazine. K. turns art into action and is dedicated to remixing recipes.

See K. online on twitter @kulandaybarrett or kaybarrett.net

Best,
Mitchell Chen, Director

ASUW Queer Student Commission
Email | Office Hours | Facebook
HUSKY UNION BUILDING 131P

Connect to Homeless and Foster Teens through Students for Students: Sign Up by October 20th!

From Students for Students:

Hello,

I'd like to introduce the Students for Students program to you all! The program connects homeless and foster teens to UW students, with the goal of inspiring and supporting teens - who may not be considering college - to invest and have faith in their futures. 

Students for Students is holding a college panel series at the Old Fire House Teen Center in Redmond, and is looking for college students willing to share what the journey, experience, and opportunity of going to college has been for them! There will be three sessions held in November on Tuesdays from 7-9pm. The panels will be grouped by the following areas of study:

11/4: Natural Sciences, Engineering & Mathematics

11/11: Humanities, Social Sciences, Art & Medical Field

11/18: Business, Communications, Public Policy, Education, & Law

The purpose of this panel series is to show high school students how accessible and valuable college can be, and is intended for those who may not currently be considering college as an option. However, these panels cannot be held unless we get a confirmed crew of volunteer speakers! Imagine if it were your words that inspired someone to see that going to college was something they wanted for themselves and their life. There'll also be free food...

If you're interested in speaking or just learning more, please contact me or message S4S by Monday, October 20th, through our Facebook page (see links below). Share this with anyone who may be interested too! 

Best,

Erica Vartanian

evartanian94@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/S4SRedmond?ref=hl

Paid Undergraduate FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES with UW's Carlson Center

The Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center is pleased to announce three PAID FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES for undergraduate UW students. Through the Carlson Civic Fellowship program, the Carlson Center will hire three Fellows to work at three local non-profits.

The host sites for 2015 Carlson Civic Fellows will be:
- Entre Hermanos / LGBT Latino Public Policy and Community Mobilization Fellow
- International Rescue Committee / Citizenship-Preparation Program Fellow
- Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (“SCIDpda” / IDEA Space: Public Safety Program Fellow


Students selected as Carlson Civic Fellows will commit to working with their community non-profit 10 hours per week from January-June 2015 and will receive a $2,500 stipend for their work.

In addition to their work with their host site, Carlson Civic Fellows will also:
-Participate in a 3-credit (credit/no-credit) Community-Based Leadership (CBL) course offered through the Carlson Center during Winter Quarter.
-Create a Personal Development Plan articulating goals for their time enrolled in the fellowship, and participate in regular advising sessions with a Carlson Center staff member to assess their progress and development.
-Identify personal strengths and leadership styles through structured activities and reflection exercises; integrate this understanding and awareness into service with their community organization.


Brief descriptions of the three fellowship opportunities are below. For a detailed description of each opportunity, more information about Carlson Civic Fellowship components and requirements, and application materials, please visit the Carlson Center website: http://www.washington.edu/carlson/carlson-civic-fellowship-students/.

Applications must be received by Monday, October 20 at 5:00 PM

Questions? Contact Talya Gillman, 206.616.2885 or engage@uw.edu.
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2015 Carlson Civic Fellowship Positions

Entre Hermanos
LGBT Latino Public Policy and Community Mobilization
The Carlson Civic Fellow will help Entre Hermanos strengthen its 2015 legislative social justice agenda, geared towards promoting the health and well-being of the Latino LGBTQ community. The Fellow will participate in information-gathering discussions with various stakeholders; conduct research on community needs and interests; support the development of related Communication strategies to spark community mobilization; engage in direct advocacy activities; assist in the evaluation of the 2015 Legislative Session’s outcomes and recalibration of legislative priorities as needed; and help with early implementation of Entre Hermanos’ social justice agenda, while planning towards the sustainability of the organizations legislative efforts over time.

International Rescue Committee
Citizenship-Preparation Program
The Carlson Civic Fellow will support the IRC in Seattle’s efforts to improve and strengthen its citizenship-preparation programming for the organization’s primary client-base, refugees resettled to the United States. Refugees are eligible for citizenship through naturalization 5 years after their arrival in this country, and IRC in Seattle believes that more refugees would apply for citizenship if they felt confident in their abilities to pass the naturalization test. The Carlson Civic Fellow will evaluate other citizenship preparation courses offered both within King County and across the country, and consult with IRC staff on which best practices could be implemented by the organization. Using this information, the Civic Fellow will design and pilot a pilot citizenship-preparation project – with an eye towards evaluation and program sustainability, and with the dedicated support of IRC staff and volunteers.

Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda)
IDEA Space: Public Safety Program
SCIDpda works to revitalize Seattle’s Chinatown International District neighborhood through economic and community development efforts that are designed to preserve the community’s multi-ethnic culture and heritage. The Carlson Civic Fellow will aid SCIDpda in two programs, addressing issues of public safety and community engagement: 1) The organization’s twice-weekly, evening Neighborhood Block Watch program focuses on crime prevention and ownership of the streets, but has been on hiatus for over a year. The Fellow will work with SCIDpda staff to jumpstart participation in the initiative amongst neighborhood residents, employees, business owners, families and others, propelling community empowerment, efficacy and cohesion. 2) They will also provide valuable strategic, recruitment and logistical support leading up to, and during, the organization’s neighborhood Spring Clean program, taking place in April 2015.

Harry Bridges, Center for Labor Studies Scholarships & Grants

This year, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is pleased to once again offer a series of grants and scholarships to both undergraduate and graduate students with a strong interest in labor, human rights, and social justice. There are many awards available, and they're eager to see an inspiring group of applicants this year.

Scholarships and Prizes for Undergraduates

 

Martin and Anne Jugum Scholarship in Labor Studies

$5,500 for Undergraduates               Deadline: June 16, 2014

Named after longshore leader Martin Jugum and his wife Anne, this $5000 scholarship is awarded to outstanding undergraduates who exhibit a commitment to labor research or practice. Scholarship winners must demonstrate high academic achievement and be enrolled for Autumn Quarter of the upcoming academic year. http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/resources-jugum.html

Samuel B. Bassett Scholarship

Up to $5,500 for Graduate or Undergraduates              Deadline: June 16, 2014

Established to memorialize Samuel Bassett, a Seattle labor lawyer whose career included defending the IWW, civil rights, civil liberties and other progressive causes. The scholarship is for students planning to pursue a career in labor relations. http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/resources-bassett.html

 

Labor and Employment Relations Association Scholarship

$1,000 for Undergraduates                         Deadline: June 16, 2014

Devoted to the encouragement of research in all aspects of the field of labor studies, the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) generously funds an annual $1,000 scholarship for students who are committed to pursing a profession in labor and/or labor management.  http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/resources-lera.html

Best Undergraduate Paper in Labor Studies

$250 for Undergraduates                            Deadline: June 16, 2014

Each year, the Bridges Center awards $250 to the best undergraduate paper written on a labor-related topic during the current academic year (2012-2013). Papers may focus on any dimension of United States or international labor, including class relations, social conditions, working-class culture or politics, work and gender, work and race/ethnicity, unions, and comparative labor relations.

http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/resources-paperprize.html

For information on these awards, application processes, required materials, and more, visit http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/resources.html or contact

Andrew Hedden, Program Coordinator, (206) 543-7946, pcls@u.washington.edu