January 23, 2019
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Spectrum Center Updates
Join SC, MESA and Mark Chung Kwan Fan for the first QTPOC Dinner of Winter Semester!

Mark Chung Kwan Fan (he/him/his) currently serves as the Assistant Director for Engagement at the Spectrum Center at University of Michigan. Born and raised in Mauritius, he immigrated to the U.S. his freshman year of college. As a queer, brown, immigrant man, Mark is a social justice warrior and Asian food lover while being vegetarian for 354 days a year on a leap year. He enjoys staying active indoors and outdoors, traveling to new places worldwide, and getting to know other QTPOC . He obtained his bachelor's of Arts in Spanish and French from Adrian College followed by a master's degree from Michigan State University in Student Affairs Administration.

FREE dinner will be provided to the first 15 students who sign up. Complete this form to reserve your spot

When: Jan 30, 5:30-7pm
Where: Trotter Multicultural Center (1443 Washtenaw), Ground Flr
Visit: http://bit.ly/QTPOCdine
Register: http://bit.ly/2Enpz6N
Attend CenterSpace!

CenterSpace provides a monthly drop-in space for different communities within queer life at the University of Michigan. CenterSpace creates space for people of similar identities to gain support from one another while building a community of collective resources.

When: Jan. 31, 4-5pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center (1443 Washtenaw), 1st Flr
Attend the LGBTQ+ Health & Wellness Week Keynote!

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (she/they) is a queer disabled nonbinary femme writer and cultural worker of Burger/Tamil Sri Lankan and Irish/Roma ascent. Leah's work has been widely published and anthologized, most recently in The Deaf Poets Society, Glitter and Grit, and Octavia's Brood, including work in the anthologies Dear Sister, Persistence: Still Butch and Femme, and Visible: A Femmethology, among others. A VONA fellow, she holds an MFA from Mills College. In 2010, she was named one of the Feminist Press' 40 Feminists Under 40 Shaping the Future, and she is a 2013 Autostraddle Hot 105 member.

When: Wed, Feb. 20, 6:30-7:30pm
Location: UMMA: University of Michigan Museum of Art (525 S. State St)
What is Happening at Michigan?
Juliana Huxtable live in performance!

Huxtable is a NYC-based artist, DJ and poet whose work probes the perception and presentation of identity, history and online communities. Through Huxtable's explorations, one may contemplate the power of powerlessness of the body as well as its dispossession in relation to technology, violence, and blackness.

When: Feb. 6
Time: Doors open at 4:30pm, performance begins at 5pm
Location: U-M Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre (911 N University)

 
Expanding Sexual Self-Efficacy

This is a group for students interested in exploring how their multiple identities and cultural contexts have shaped their sexual values and goals. Each meeting will introduce a different topic related to sexual and relational wellness, offer an opportunity for self-reflection, and introduce skills to enhance self-agency.

When: Thursdays, 4-5:30pm
Visit: caps.umich.edu
Email: nrawitz@umich.edu
Showing Up for Racial Justice

SURJ UMich works to motivate and make known transformative education opportunities that sharpen the analysis, organizing skills and leadership of white anti-racist organizers and the broader University of Michigan community.

Please join us as we come together to begin setting our agenda and intentions for this semester's chapter. We will also be hosting a one-time training on the topic of, 'how to initiate conversations about white supremacy and anti-racism'.

When: Jan. 24, 7-10pm
Location: School of Social Work (1080 S. University), Rm B780
More Info: https://events.umich.edu/event/59774
Visit: http://bit.ly/2R59YyD
Leadership Opportunities
Apply for the LeaderShape Institute 2019!

The Michigan LeaderShape® Institute is an ethics-based leadership development experience for University of Michigan students. Designed to be an interactive, energizing and unique experience that supports and enhances your perceptions and practice of leadership, it is six days of non-stop self-discovery and learning from practical experiences that build students' leadership concepts and abilities. 

Participants are expected to attend the full six-day experience; food, lodging, and supplies are provided at no cost. Transportation is also provided to and from the conference center at the start and end of the program. LeaderShape is open to all currently enrolled University of Michigan-Ann Arbor students. 


Participant Info & Application: http://bit.ly/2T3RXCR
Deadline: Jan 27
When: Mar. 4-9
Location: Camp Michigania, Boyne City, MI
 
Apply to be an Adventure Leadership Intern!

Adventure Leadership is an outdoor, activity-based team building and leadership development program. You will guide participants on trips and through team building programs, providing opportunities to explore leadership, organizational behavior, and the environment using adventure education practices and outdoor recreation. 

In addition to hands-on experiences, you will design and complete a project of your own that takes into account your unique strengths, passions, experiences and ambitions as it relates to group dynamics.

Deadline to apply: Mon, Jan. 28
Apply: https://recsports.umich.edu/team/become-an-intern/
Questions? Email Jessa Lytle at jessal@umich.edu
Are you an LGBTQ Leader?

Are you an LGBTQ student seeking to grow your leadership skills? Come be alongside LGBTQ peers and develop leadership competencies! Spectrum Empowerment Leadership Retreat (SELR) is the first annual LGBTQ retreat that was initially rescheduled. Sign up for the retreat at http://bit.ly/SELRetreat.

When: Feb. 9, 9am-5pm
Location: Eastern Michigan University, Student Center (Rm 310A)
Apply: bit.ly/SELRstudent 
Deadline: Jan. 30
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The Spectrum Center envisions an inclusive campus community free of discrimination in all forms where social justice inspires community engagement and equity.
 
Contact Us
(734) 763-4186 | spectrumcenter@umich.edu
Spectrum Center
1443 Washtenaw Ave, 3rd Flr
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

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