Upcoming UMIH Events & Opportunities:

CARE Microrants: Round 2

With QPOC Winnnipeg, the UMIH is thrilled to support 10 (more) microgrants of $300 each for creative projects from U of M students and community members. Please spread the word to your creative friends, colleagues, and students. Details can be found at this link: https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/4507.html

Deadline: Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Write-on-line

Monday and Thursday morning Write-On-Sites have been re-rebranded to Write-ON-LINES. Write-on-sites have gone virtual to prioritize public health and safety while still maintaining our sense of connection during these isolating times. Virtual write-on-sites will continue every Monday and Thursday from 9 am to 12 pm. Everyone is welcome to write together, apart. Please email Serenity at: joo@cc.umanitoba.ca for the Zoom invite.

Talking SMAAC: A night of poetry, song, and abolition

Curious about prison abolition? The UMIH supported the fundraiser for the Prairie Province Prisoner Support fund, organized by brand-new collective, SMAAC -- Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta Abolition Collective. The fundraiser has been archived at https://smaac.org/ and donations are still being accepted. Watch the video and look out for Serenity's cameo!

Other Events & Opportunities:

Faculty of Arts COVID-19 UM Student Emergency Fund

Thanks to the generous donations of our faculty members and the Dean's Office, the Faculty of Arts COVID-19 UM Student Emergency Fund was launched May 12, 2020.

This fund, in the form of a bursary, provides financial support to Arts undergraduate and graduate students directly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The one-time, direct-deposit funds are available to full-time or part-time students registered in the 2019/20 academic year.

Visit the webpage for information on funding amounts, pre-screening criteria and access to the application form.

UM Libraries Online Workshops

Workshops for June and July will begin next week. Please share freely with researchers and grad students, as you are able.

http://bit.ly/onlineworkshopseries

Supporting community

For those of us lucky and privileged to have stable income right now and are looking to support community, here are some local initiatives to consider supporting:

--Prairie Province Prisoner Support Fund, organized by a new, Indigenous-led, anti-colonial prison abolition collective, Free Lands Free Peoples: https://ca.gofundme.com/f/prairie-province-prisoner-support-fund

--Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition (SWWAC): https://www.gofundme.com/f/swwac-covid19-relief-fund

--Queer and Trans People of Colour (Winnipeg): qpoc204@gmail.com (Insta: @qpocwinnipeg)

--Black Space Winnipeg https://www.blackspacewpg.ca/

--Bar None Winnipeg: https://barnonewpg.org/

--Winnipeg Police Cause Harm: wpgpolicecauseharm@gmail.com (Insta: @wpgpoliceharm)

Black-led initiatives in the U.S. and Canada:
--Black Lives Matter (Toronto): https://blacklivesmatter.ca/

--Black Visions Collective (Minneapolis): https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/

--Reclaim the Block (Minneapolis): https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home

--The Action Network, Louisville Community Bail Fund (Louisville, Kentucky): https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/

--Black Table Arts – http://www.blacktablearts.com/

With the university closure, UMIH is maintaining regular office hours from home, Monday-Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm. Please send an email if you have any questions. Or if you have an idea for humanities-related programming and you want some help getting it off the ground. The UMIH voicemail is also being checked regularly if you prefer to call.

Take care, friends!

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