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.
Other Events & Opportunities:
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: https://ca.gofundme.com/f/prairie-province-prisoner-support-fund
--Justice 4 Black Lives: justice4blackliveswpg@gmail.com (Insta: @justice4blackliveswinnipeg)
--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.commailto:%0dwpgpolicecauseharm@gmail.com%0d (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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