Focus on Bias: 3.5.19
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: Poverty Isn’t a Lack of Character, It’s a Lack of Cash TEDTalk by Rutger Berman – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydKcaIE6O1k. This takes about 15 minutes to watch. The same topics are covered in the article of the week as it is written by Rutger Berman as well. The topics addressed in both aren’t new for most of us but make a good transition to our next voluntary book club. 😊
Article of the Week: Utopian Thinking: The Easy Way to Eradicate Poverty – https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/06/utopian-thinking-poverty-universal-basic-income. This article is by the speaker of the video.
Upcoming Trainings, Workshops, & Events
(Newly added events are bolded)
THIS MONTH
- 11th 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)
- Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement – https://nelson.wisc.edu/events/public-lectures/white.php (March 6)
- 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)
- 17th Annual Israeli Film Festival – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/134110 (March 25)
- Improve Cross-Cultural Relations & Diversity Initiatives Webinar – In 9101/SSTAR Seminar Room (March 26)
- 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)
- Thrive@UW–Madison: Creating Inclusive Work Environments – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Thrive@UW–Madison (March 28)
- Gender & Women’s Studies Colloquium Series (https://crgw.gws.wisc.edu/colloquium-series/)
- Listening for the Afro-Future: What Can’t Bodies Hold – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/127411(March 28)
- Supporting Refugee Students in Higher Education – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/134537 (March 29)
- Building Inclusion@UW: Disability Awareness and Ableism – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Building Inclusion@UW–Madison (April 4)
- Daniel Colon-Ramos Talk – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/134469 (April 9)
- 2019 J. Jobe and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Lecture – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/133543 (April 11)
- An Indigenous Critique of Whiteness in Children’s Literature – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-may-hill-arbuthnot-honor-lecture-with-dr-debbie-reese-registration-56438776901 (April 13)
- 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)
- Gender & Women’s Studies Colloquium Series (https://crgw.gws.wisc.edu/colloquium-series/)
- Black on the Midwestern Frontier: From Slavery to Suffrage in Wisconsin – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/127412(April 25)
- Building LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Workplace – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Building Inclusion@UW–Madison (April 30)
- Thrive@UW–Madison: Creating Inclusive Work Environments – See https://talent.wisc.edu and click Thrive@UW–Madison (June 11)
- 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)
- Leveraging Science to Benefit Marginalized Populations – http://today.wisc.edu/events/view/134600 (November 2)