Open Road is an action-based social entrepreneurship program taking place in May, where MBAs drive from state to state meeting socially- and environmentally-driven entrepreneurs. Students spend one week on-site in each location, working closely with the entrepreneur to provide a solution or recommendation to a business problem they are facing, then they move on to …
As we conclude DEI 1.0 and plan for DEI 2.0, we invite all LSA students, faculty, and staff to join us! Celebrate Recognize the collective work around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion @ LSA, while enjoying food, grabbing swag, and entering giveaways. Listen Featuring keynote speakers from our community members on their DEI work. Share Provide …
We'd like to invite you to a new event series this semester, the Queer World Conversations! These will be weekly discussions on a variety of topics, but all of them will be discussed with a queer lens. We'll bring the topic, you bring the discussion! Everyone is welcome to join the Conversations, and the voices …
Kaleidoscope conversations will provide an opportunity for students to come together for a conversation with their peers and get the chance to dive beneath the surface, lean into vulnerability, and to explore the struggles and stories that make up our lives. In these conversations we will explore how the identities you hold shape your experience …
The weight of racism shows up across public policy and other fields — but how do we measure it? Racial Equity Impact Assessments are a tool designed to acknowledge historical context, shift power in how we engage with communities, and build accountability for the future. This assessment model is used to move us past debates …
This interactive virtual workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways. Registration link
Calling all leaders who want to create happiness in their organizations! You may not know it, but compassion competence is one of the most significant contributors to happiness. Compassion competence in a group is also a source of innovation, adaptability, well being, and resilience in organizations. This accelerator will give you everything you need to …
Join our panel of current Asian American Business Association students to learn more about the Asian American community at Ross, application tips, and much more! Most of the session will be dedicated to questions from the audience. Registration link
Are you a pre-health student? Want to learn more about food justice? Come discuss food justice and health equity and engage with subject matter guests on this topic. This event will feature interactive activities designed to approach health equity with a justice framework, giving you the tools necessary to approach these topics in your future …
The weight of racism shows up across public policy and other fields — but how do we measure it? Racial Equity Impact Assessments are a tool designed to acknowledge historical context, shift power in how we engage with communities, and build accountability for the future. This assessment model is used to move us past debates …
The annual lecture is named for three U-M faculty members—Chandler Davis, Clement Markert, and Mark Nickerson—who in 1954 were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. All invoked constitutional rights and refused to answer questions about their political associations. The three were suspended from the University with subsequent hearings and committee actions resulting …
Krystal Tsosie (Diné/Navajo Nation), PhD, MPH, MA, is an Indigenous geneticist-bioethicist and assistant professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. As an advocate for Indigenous genomic data sovereignty, she co-founded the first US Indigenous-led biobank, a 501c3 nonprofit research institution called the Native BioData Consortium. Her research can be encapsulated in two …
In this interactive session, Rackham experts in conflict resolution will discuss the ways in which conflict can manifest in our academic and personal spheres and will explore strategies to navigate and address difficult conversations. You will leave with concrete strategies for productive dialogue and clear communication, able to approach difficult conversations with more confidence in …
Despite our deep desire to feel a sense of belonging, many of us feel isolated. The rise of technology and modern workplace practices have led people to be even more disconnected, even as we remain constantly contactable. And as our human interactions have decreased, so too have our happiness levels. This is sparking a crisis …
We'd like to invite you to a new event series this semester, the Queer World Conversations! These will be weekly discussions on a variety of topics, but all of them will be discussed with a queer lens. We'll bring the topic, you bring the discussion! Everyone is welcome to join the Conversations, and the voices …
Join us for a “A Conversation with Nikki Giovanni” on Wednesday, February 8th | 6:00 - 7:30 PM EST in the Rackham Auditorium. moderated by the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies faculty, Dr. SaraEllen Strongman, Michigan Medicine Special Programs Manager and DEI Practitioner, Blaire Tinker, M.Ed. and Kayla Tate, Black Student Union Speaker. Nikki …
Microaggressions are verbal, behavioral, or environmental slights. They can be overt, subtle or unintentional, and lead to significant consequences. In this session, participants will: Learn about "microaggressions" and other concepts relevant to this topic Obtain an understanding of the social and psychological impacts of microaggressions Engage in activities and dialogue to unveil microaggressions within the …
Join P3E’s community engagement manager DeAndré J. Calvert for a discussion on policy perspectives on contemporary and historical issues related to black Americans with Patrick Wimberley, mayor of Inkster, MI; Alma Wheeler Smith, former Washtenaw County commissioner; and Theodore Jones, Detroit Public Schools Community District project manager. Our panelists will provide insight into whether current legislation meets the needs of …
This event is part of the Institute for Social Research series in honor of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This hybrid event will take place at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson St.) with live viewing available via Zoom https://umich.zoom.us/s/92773421482. The decades since the civil rights movement are considered by …
In a Q&A session with Jessica Rottner, BBA Marketing Club President, Purcell will talk about her professional development, share career advice, and discuss L’Oreal’s commitment diversity, equity, and Inclusion. Rahquel Purcell is L’Oreal’s first Chief Transformation Officer for the North America Region, and leads the company’s efforts to strategically evolve and advance their business model across operations …
As Founding Partner of Martha Schwartz Partners, Landscape Architects, Martha Schwartz is a world-renowned designer. She has over 40 years of experience designing and implementing large scale masterplans, mixed-use developments, urban regeneration projects, as well as civic plazas, parks, institutional landscapes, corporate headquarters, installations, and gardens. Martha Schwartz Partners works with city leaders, planners and builders at a strategic …
As engineering education scholars and engineering educators, many of us pursue educational change and innovation through our research, teaching, service, and leadership activities. In this pursuit, we take intentional and strategic actions towards educational change and innovation goals that matter to us, whether that is reimagining graduate admissions to be a more equitable and inclusive …
Seating limited; registration required. For in-person attendance: https://myumi.ch/4rnkm For Zoom webinar: https://myumi.ch/j7y9Z The live event will include an ASL interpreter. The Zoom webinar will include CART captioning. Over the past twenty years, scores of universities have committed themselves to uncovering and reckoning with their ties to slavery as well as broader histories of exclusion and discrimination at …
This event will highlight areas of overlap between the healthcare and housing sectors, including the cost of housing instability on the healthcare system, integration of health-promoting attributes in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit supported housing, and future directions for research and practice. Speakers include: Kimberly Rollings, Health and Design Research Fellow at the University of Michigan’s …
This interactive virtual workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways. Registration link
Initially a hashtag but now a global movement, #BlackLivesMatter emerged as a response to the 2013 acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murder. With the mission to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes, the global network is expansive and affirms the lives of …
What trouble can come from straining to know a thing closely, "microscopically"? These lectures explore the political, epistemological, and ontological problems caused by observational scale. Since the mid-twentieth century, US social scientists studying face-to-face interaction have been by turns fascinated and frustrated by the "small" scale of their object and the scrutiny it seemed to …
"Community Connections: Forging Equitable Relationships Between Nonprofit Boards and the Communities They Serve" Wed, Mar 15 @ 5:30-7:30 pm Blau Hall, B0560 As nonprofit organizations grow, it is easy for board members to become increasingly disconnected from the community members they serve. What actions can boards take to be sure community voices are included, without …
Dr. Ruha Benjamin will be at the University of Michigan on March 14, 2023 to discuss her newest book, Viral Justice. Ahead of her visit, the SPH DEI Office will be distributing copies of her new book, on a first come/first serve basis, and will host two reading circles (one virtual, the other in-person) for the …
When you hear the word “diversity”, what comes to mind? If you’re like most people, religion wasn’t your first thought, or even your second one at that. We live in a world, work jobs, attend classes, and are a part of organizations that are religiously diverse, and yet this identity is often forgotten or labeled …
The So Cool So Just (SCSJ) Organization Fair is hosted by the Community Action and Social Change (CASC) Undergraduate Minor and the Ginsberg Center. Since 2012, the fair has created space for organizations to connect with students seeking opportunities to get involved on campus, build community with other social justice organizations, and share activities and programs related …
We'd like to invite you to a new event series this semester, the Queer World Conversations! These will be weekly discussions on a variety of topics, but all of them will be discussed with a queer lens. We'll bring the topic, you bring the discussion! Everyone is welcome to join the Conversations, and the voices …
Leslie Bow (English, Wisconsin) will be in conversation with Victor Mendoza about her recent book "Racist Love: Asian Abstraction & the Pleasure of Fantasy". In "Racist Love", Bow traces the ways in which Asian Americans become objects of anxiety and desire. Conceptualizing these feelings as “racist love,” she explores how race is abstracted and then …
White nationalism is the belief that white people have their own racial and national identity (= what makes someone who they are) and should have the most power, authority, and rights in a country based on the idea that they are better in some way than people from other groups (adapted from Cambridge dictionary definition). …
This interactive virtual workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways. Registration link
Dr. Stefanie DeLuca of Johns Hopkins University and Elizabeth Burland, PhD candidate, Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan discuss the role that family, gender and career planning plays in the educational decisions of students from low income families. Registration link
Why do Black and Brown journalists matter? In journalism, media, and other forms of mass communication the narratives of Black and Brown people in America have been told from a White or mainstream perspective. Why is this a problem? Join us for a virtual discussion discussing the need for diverse representation in media, featuring local …
Presenter Martin F. Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Public Health, UCLA Why has it been so difficult to solve the problems of American health care? In exploring this question, Dr. Martin Shapiro draws on research and theory in the social sciences, humanities, health …
Why have DE&I efforts stalled? And what can leaders do to drive real business and social progress? To answer the first question, Valerie L. Myers Ph.D. (BA '93, MSW '97, MA '01, PhD '03) shares surprising results from her team’s study of Michigan hospitals. Then, she applies psychological frameworks to highlight skills that historic leaders …
Business+Tech and the Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Club are hosting a Black History Month event dedicated to closing the racial, gender, and monetary gaps that exist in the tech, venture capital, and entrepreneurship industries. This first-of-its-kind collaboration will provide participants with an insight into what these non-traditional career fields look like from the perspective of historically overlooked professionals. This experience …
In this interactive 3-hour session, we will collectively explore what a decolonized space or a decolonized approach for global development actually look like? How can we structure our organizations and our programs to draw to center more liberatory practices and help us radically re-imagine global development? This workshop will explore and use decolonizing tools including history …
The Goldman School at UC Berkeley will host a meeting of the following group of Deans of Public Policy schools: Susan Gooden (Virginia Commonwealth University), Ian Solomon (University of Virginia), Nisha Botchwey (University of Minnesota), Roland Anglin (Cleveland State University), Scott Taylor (Boston University), and Celeste Watkins-Hayes (University of Michigan). As part of the meeting, there will be a special event to discuss the future of public …
Ask about the new generation of social justice music-makers, and Crys Matthews will be mentioned. A southeastern North Carolina native who now calls Washington, D.C., home, Crys has been compared to everyone from Toshi Reagon to Tracy Chapman and Ruthie Foster. Equally at home in an acoustic listening room as she is on stage at …
Dr. Ruha Benjamin will be coming to Ross on March 14, 2023 to talk about her book, Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want. In anticipation of her visit, and to build our capacity for equity-centered knowledge, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is hosting an in-person teach-in on February 20, 2023 from 11-12:30 …
The emerging Critical Quantitative (CQ) perspective is anchored by five guiding principles (i.e., foundation, goals, parity, subjectivity, and self-reflexivity) to mitigate racism and advance social justice. Within this broader methodological perspective, sound measurement is foundational to the quantitative enterprise. Despite the problematic history of measurement, it can be repurposed for critical and equitable ends. MIMIC …
Change It Up!© brings bystander intervention skills to students for the purpose of building supportive and respectful communities. Change It Up! is based on a nationally recognized five-step bystander intervention model that develops students’ skills and confidence when intervening in situations that negatively impact campus climate. This workshop explores how students’ identities and experiences impact …
Featuring Panelists: Vincent Martin (V Martin Environmental Justice LLC, Detroit), Omega Wilson (West End Revitalization Assoc., NC) and Denise Patel (NYC human rights and environmental activist). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan, Dearborn). View recordings of previous webinars in the series. Registration link
In this session, participants will learn: The role of allies in creating inclusive environments and creating change The best practices for being an ally How to apply these best practices in a work environment To identify unique obstacles towards being an ally in a remote working environment To challenge their own practices to be more …
Join students from SW798: Anti-Oppressive and Transformative Justice Approaches to Community Change, to learn about and envision a world without prisons and police.
We'd like to invite you to a new event series this semester, the Queer World Conversations! These will be weekly discussions on a variety of topics, but all of them will be discussed with a queer lens. We'll bring the topic, you bring the discussion! Everyone is welcome to join the Conversations, and the voices …
In this virtual panel and discussion, Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez (Michigan State University) and Ryan James Kernan (Rutgers University) will share their groundbreaking research on the literary and cultural translation of Blackness before engaging in a discussion moderated by Aaron Coleman, U-M’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Critical Translation Studies. Dr. Figueroa-Vásquez’s and Dr. Kernan’s transnational and Afrodiasporic scholarship …
The Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series is a student-centered program that promotes civic engagement throughout U-M by inviting speakers from the political and public service sectors of national and international note. This session will feature panelists who will discuss the importance of our topic, their journey, and resources. Food will be provided.
Housing and transportation together account for 42% of our carbon emissions. To minimize climate change, we need to make our buildings more efficient, utilize land and building envelopes more efficiently, and create housing options that allow us to dramatically reduce vehicle miles traveled. What impact do transportation and housing choices have on carbon emissions, affordability, …
Please join us next Thursday, February 23rd for AIChE's Black History Month event to celebrate Black excellence in Chemical Engineering and discuss the barriers to inclusion of Black communities in Engineering fields. Dr. Levi Thompson will virtually join us to discuss his journey through Chemical Engineering and topics regarding Black identity in Chemical Engineering. Dr. …
In this virtual workshop, we will collectively visit frameworks and strategies for affecting change as institutional insiders. Facilitator Bio: Gabrielle Wyatt founded The Highland Project in October 2020, an organization focused on building and sustaining a pipeline of Black women leading communities, institutions, and systems, resulting in the creation of multi-generational wealth and change in their …
The journey to dismantle racism has not ended. Join us to build community collaboration and continue the conversation about anti-racist practice. We invite all members of our school community to attend meetings. RSVP
Alize Asberry Payne is an Equity and Strategic Development professional working in Southeast, MI. Originally from San Francisco, Asberry Payne now serves as the first Racial Equity Officer for Washtenaw County. She brings a community-centered passion and professionalism to “equity work”, incorporating her experience as a community organizer, consultant, and strategist. Alize has over 25-years …
Description: Join the EHS department for a screening of the documentary, 'Nailed It' and panel discussion focused on occupational health and environmental justice as it relates to the beauty industry. Join in-person (at the University of Michigan School of Public Health) or virtually. Details on location and ways to access the movie prior to this …
Jennifer Nash (Duke University) and Samantha Pinto (University of Texas) talk with Aida Levy-Hussen, associate professor of English language and literature, about their book series, Black Feminism on the Edge and about what new and urgent scholarship in Black feminist thought can look like. About Humanities Afrofutures Presented by the Institute for the Humanities, Humanities …
V. Thandi Sulé gives an online presentation highlighting how Black scholars in higher education resist Anti-Blackness and systemic oppression. Dr. Sulé is an associate professor of Higher Education and the coordinator of the Masters in Higher Education Program at Oakland University. As a critical race feminist hip-hop scholar, her work focuses on educational equity issues, …
A day of student speakers, educational activities, and more as we confront topics of food justice in our communities and learn how U-M students are growing a future of community resilience around food systems! Festivities of the day will include food, student-led learnshops, and wellbeing breaks – all by and for students. Student organizer contact …
We'd like to invite you to a new event series this semester, the Queer World Conversations! These will be weekly discussions on a variety of topics, but all of them will be discussed with a queer lens. We'll bring the topic, you bring the discussion! Everyone is welcome to join the Conversations, and the voices …
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