Focus on Bias: 2.6.19

February 6, 2019

The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a weekly email focused on Implicit Bias with some videos to watch, articles to read, and other events around campus and the community that we encourage you to attend if your schedule allows. Video of the Week: As a continuation of a topic from last week, this week’s video is a TED Talk by Mia Birdsong called The Story We Tell About Poverty Isn’t True – https://www.ted.com/talks/mia_birdsong_the_story_we_tell_about_poverty_isn_t_true/transcript. It takes about fifteen minutes to watch. Articles of the Week: This month is the 50^th Anniversary of the Black Student Strike of 1969. Learn more about this event through these articles and consider attending some of the anniversary events across campus this month.

Black History Month at UW–Madison: The Black Student Strike of February 1969 – http://uwmadarchives.tumblr.com/post/139052806511/black-history-month-at-uw-madison-the-black
Black Student Strike at UW–Madison 1969 – https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/soc/racepoliticsjustice/2018/06/12/black-strike-at-uw-madison-1969/
- This article was written by a student and I’d like to draw your attention towards the end of the article (specifically the sixth paragraph) where she compares where things stand today vs. 1969.

Opportunity of the Week: The 2019 Boarding School Healing Webinar Series hopes to educate audiences about the history, impacts, and healing of U.S. Indian boarding school experiences. The first webinar episode is this week on February 7^th. Check out more about the series here: https://boardingschoolhealing.org/2019-webinar-series/. Upcoming Trainings, Workshops, & Events (Newly added events are bolded) THIS MONTH

Beyond Diversity I Seminar – http://www.thenetworkwi.com/calendar/2019/2/5/beyond-diversity-i-seminar (February 5-6)
Emotional Intelligence: Putting Your EQ to Work – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Building Inclusion@UW–Madison (February 6)

Integration Beyond Numbers: Getting Along and Working Together in a Multiethnic Neighborhood – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132706(February 6)
University Archives Open House: Black Student Strike at the UW–Madison – https://www.library.wisc.edu/archives/2019/01/28/university-archives-open-house-black-student-strike-at-the-uw-madison/ (February 6)
Paint Your Protest – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132535 (February 7)
African American Pioneers, Within Our Gates Film – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132537 (February 7)
The Power of the Crown Photoshoot – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132546 (February 9)
Black History Month Art-Spin – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132538 (February 9)
The 50 Strong March – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132547 (February 11)
A Recollection of the 1969 Black Student Strike – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132548 (February 11)
YWCA Racial Justice Workshops – https://www.ywcamadison.org/what-were-doing/race-gender-equity/racial-justice-workshops/ (February 12, February 27, March 13)
Poetry Speaks: A Response to Nathaniel Mary Quinn – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/133084 (February 15)
FRANÇOISE VERGÉS: Liquid Decolonial: Seas, Oceans, and Rivers in the Age of Racial Anthropocene – https://today.wisc.edu/events/view/129104 (February 20)
An Evening with Angela Rye – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132785 (February 20)
African American Pioneers: The Learning Tree – https://www.chazen.wisc.edu/index.php?/events-calendar-demo/event/african-american-pioneers-the-learning-tree-with-talk-by-steve-ryfle/ (February 21)
14th Annual Evening of Style & Grace – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132576 (February 22)
Moonshine Concerts – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132573 & http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132577 (February 22)
International Festival at the Overture Center – https://www.overture.org/programs/international-fest (February 23)
Building LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Workplace – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Building Inclusion@UW–Madison (February 27)
Celebrating Legacy: The Family Reunion – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132578 (February 28)
African American Women: Femininity and Strength – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/133088 (February 28)
Gender & Women’s Studies Colloquium Series (https://crgw.gws.wisc.edu/colloquium-series/)
- Rethinking Interdependence: Desiring Messy Dependency – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/127410(February 28)
- Listening for the Afro-Future: What Can’t Bodies Hold – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/127411(March 28)
- Black on the Midwestern Frontier: From Slavery to Suffrage in Wisconsin – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/127412(April 25)

NEXT MONTH

YWCA Restorative Justice Workshops – https://www.ywcamadison.org/what-were-doing/restorative-justice/restorative-justice-workshops/ (March 4)
11^th Annual UW–Madison Outstanding Women of Color Reception – https://diversity.wisc.edu/event/11th-annual-uw-madison-outstanding-women-of-color-reception/ (March 5)
Flavors of the World – https://iss.wisc.edu/event/flavors-of-the-world-4-2/2019-03-05/ (March 5)
Approaching MLK’s Dream: Scientifically Tested Methods to Reduce Racism and Promote Inclusivity – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/133208 (March 5)
Beyond Diversity II Seminar – http://www.thenetworkwi.com/calendar/2019/3/6/beyond-diversity-ii-seminar (March 6-7)
White Privilege Conference – https://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/ (March 20-23)
Badger Café: Global Black Literature Experts Join the UW – https://www.uwalumni.com/event/badger-cafe-global-black-literatures-experts-join-the-uw/ (March 26)
National Diversity Council Women in Leadership Symposium – https://diversity.wisc.edu/event/national-diversity-council-women-in-leadership-symposium-2/ (March 27)

FUTURE MONTHS

Building Inclusion@UW: Disability Awareness and Ableism – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Building Inclusion@UW–Madison (April 4)
2019 J. Jobe and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Lecture – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/133543 (April 11)
MSAN Institute – http://msan.wceruw.org/conferences/institute.html (April 15-16)
Flavors of the World – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/132285 (April 17)
Division of Continuing Studies – Honoring Our Common Differences Course: https://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/classes/honoring-common-differences/ (April 23)
ETHEL and Robert Mirabal Concert – https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/ethel-and-robert-mirabal/ (April 25)
Building LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Workplace – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Building Inclusion@UW–Madison (April 30)
UW–Madison Women & Leadership Symposium – https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx (July 2)
YWCA Racial Justice Summit – https://www.ywcamadison.org/what-were-doing/race-gender-equity/racial-justice-summit/ (October 15 & 16)

If you know of any videos, podcasts, articles, events, etc. that would be perfect to include in these updates, please send them along to Andrew Hahn at andrew.s.hahn@wisc.edu.