October 2024 Newsletter
Design for a Net Zero Financial System
Are you interested in sustainable finance? Curious to explore the policy factors shaping the ESG landscape? Eager to meet the banking leaders, investors, regulators, and activists creating and responding to these policy shifts? Grad students are invited to join the new competition from the Erb Institute and Business+Impact at the University of Michigan and the Alliance for Responsible Capitalism, the ESG Dilemma Design Challenge!
NEWS FROM THE IMPACT STUDIO
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Impact Studio Welcomes its Biggest Cohort Yet
A lot of great things are coming out of the Impact Studio this semester, and a number of posts on the program offer a unique glimpse into the exciting work being done here. First of all, the Impact Studio kicks off an exciting academic year and welcomes its newest cohort of Founders and Applebaum Impact Design Fellows! Hailing from nine different degree programs across campus, this dynamic group of social innovators comprises a highly diverse mix of undergraduate and graduate students!
- The Impact Studio is Leveling Up (literally)
- Behind the Scenes at the Impact Studio Bootcamp
- Meet the Fall 2024 Impact Studio Cohort!
- See Photos of the Cohort at Work
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Business+Impact Announces its Largest-Ever Cohort of Board Fellows and Nonprofit Partners
Welcome to our 2024-25 Board Fellowship participants! This year’s Board Fellowship Program brings together 39 partner organizations and 63 students from 10 U-M schools The Fellows will serve on the governing boards of these nonprofits for the academic year and complete a strategic project by April 2025.
Women in Entrepreneurship Snack & Learn
Thurs, Oct. 17 @ 4-5 pm
Ross Impact Studio
Hosted by B+I, the Center for Entrepreneurship invites special guest Nina Reyes, Director of Communications for Checkerspot. This is part of a series where students hear from professionals in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, network with like-minded individuals, and participate in an ask-me-anything session. Snacks and refreshments are provided, and all are welcome to attend.
ESG Workshop Series for U-M Students
Open to all students at U-M and strongly encouraged for ESG concentrators. Michigan Ross students can now learn to confidently navigate a rapidly changing business world with a strong foundation in the environment, social impact, and corporate governance. And we are one of the first business schools in the country to offer an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Concentration. Two remain this semester:
ESG Information Provided by Firms
Fri, Nov. 15 @ Noon – 2 pm
R0220, Ross School of Business
Ross Events:
ROSS: Native American Heritage Conference |
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BBSA: 49th ALE Conference |
Map Your U-M Journey with the Impact Roadmap
The Business+Impact Impact Roadmap (UMImpactRoadmap.com) provides you with a single location for all social impact on the U-M campus. Here you’ll find all of the events, courses, people, and key partners working to use their learning to make a real impact in the world.
At the University:
GINSBERG CENTER
Community Engagement and Alternative Break Grants
The Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning seeks grant proposals from registered student organizations to support community engagement and civic participation. This grant program aims to strengthen partnerships between UM student groups, the Ginsberg Center, and external community organizations (i.e. non-profits, government agencies, etc.) to address community-identified needs. Funding supports existing and new partnerships between student organizations and external community partners, emphasizing sustainable partnerships. Applicants can apply for the Community Engagement Grant or the Alternative Break Grant through the same application and eligibility process.
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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
Social Justice Changemaker Lecture
Thurs, Oct. 17 @ 10 – 11:30 am
Rogel Ballroom, Michigan League
Join us for a discussion with Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine. The Social Justice Changemaker Lecture was established by a generous gift from Dr. Neil C. Hawkins and Annmarie F. Hawkins and the Hawkins Family. This annual lecture focuses on important global social justice issues including race and nationality, immigration and refugees, income inequality, gender identity and sexual orientation, education, health, and mental and physical disabilities.
UMSI ENGAGED LEARNING OFFICE
A2 Data Dive Leadership Board Applications Open
Applications due:
Wed, Nov. 20 @ 11:59 pm ET
Information Sessions:
Tues, Oct. 22 @ 12:00 – 12:30
UMSI Engagement Center (lunch provided)
Thurs, Oct. 24 @ 4:30 – 5:00 PM ET
Virtual
A2 Data Dive is a student-led initiative at UMSI that hosts an annual data hackathon for good. The annual service event brings together students, faculty, and data professionals to help local nonprofit and civic organizations analyze data, solve problems and develop impactful solutions through data. A2 Data Dive is coordinated by student leaders who work with community partners to prepare the data and lead students in conducting data analysis on the day of the event.
CEW+
CEW+ Awards
Applications Due
Wed, Oct. 23 @ 11:59 pm
2025 Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change, Sarah Goddard Power Award and the Rhetaugh G. Dumas Progress in Diversifying Award honor faculty, staff, and students (either individuals or groups) whose sustained efforts have resulted in greater equity with regard to gender, race, class, age, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
POVERTY SOLUTIONS
Fall 2024 Speaker Series
“Leveraging the Power of Empathy to Build Equitable Health Care Systems” – Oct. 18
“Living on the Edge: How economic insecurity harms children and families” – Oct. 25
“Empowering Communities to Reduce Violence and Improve Economic Mobility” – Nov. 1
“From Surviving to Thriving: The Importance of Engaging People with Lived Expertise” – Nov. 8
This series is free and open to the public, but is also a one-credit course available for U-M students during the Fall 2024 semester. Students can enroll in SWK 503 001 or U-M class 26997 on Canvas.
RESOURCE GENERATION MICHIGAN and GINSBERG CENTER
Co-Create and Design a Conference on the Solidarity Economy
Fri, Oct. 25 @ 3-5 pm
School of Social Work Bdg, #1840
Are you a student, staff, or faculty member at the University of Michigan or a community member interested in the solidarity economy? You’re invited to join Resource Generation Michigan and the Ginsberg Center to co-create and design a Winter 2025 conference. The conference aims to bring together students, community members, scholars, activists, and practitioners to explore topics such as transformative investing, co-operatives, environmental justice, wealth redistribution, reparations, and more. We will have light refreshments!
U-M DEI
Lecture in Honor of Dr. Robert Sellers
Mon, Oct. 28 @ 9 am – 6 pm
Rackham Assembly Hall and Assembly Hall
The National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) are pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Sellers was selected as the 2023 recipient of the James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship. Please join us on Monday, October 28, 2024 for the James S. Jackson Career Award for Diversity Scholarship symposium including the biennial lecture to be given by Robert Sellers.
In the Impact Community:
Global Engagement Summit
Join us at the 2025 Global Engagement Summit, hosted at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, Wednesday April 23rd to Sunday, April 27th. The Global Engagement Summit is a social innovation conference that gathers young change-makers worldwide to collaborate, refine and promote their social ventures. Delegates have the opportunity to grow and scale their projects through tailored workshops, personalized mentorship sessions, and keynote speaker events.
Centering Justice: Power in the People
Wed, Oct. 23 @ Noon – 1 pm
Virtual
In October’s Centering Justice episode we explore what deep democracy says about power and how it challenges traditional power structures. Deep democracy insists that real change comes from sharing power, not concentrating it, and ensuring marginalized voices are truly heard. We’ll break down how power dynamics operate in society, why conflict can be a tool for redistributing power–especially towards communities that are often left out of decision-making.
SOCAP GLOBAL
SOCAP convenes the whole ecosystem to catalyze investable and profitable businesses and industries that can solve the greatest challenges of our time. SOCAP serves as one of the world’s largest gatherings for the impact ecosystem driving market-based solutions to the world’s most pressing issues.
Rally SEA Winter 2025
Rally’s social enterprise accelerator aims to help local, national, and international entrepreneurs transform their early-stage work into sustainable ventures that create positive social, environmental, or economic change. The Winter cohort will meet from Jan. 13 – April 29, 2025 in Orlando, FL.
Peace Center Celebration
Thurs, Nov. 7 @ 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Peace Center, Ann Arbor
Sponsored by Domino’s and Zingerman’s, along with other donors, this celebration honors the work of the Peace Center in maintaining programs for children, families, and individuals to promote self-sufficiency and positive community involvement.
ProsperUS Detroit Entrepreneurs Training
In collaboration with neighborhood organizations, we offer training and education that supports entrepreneurs realize their potential, develop a business plan, and take action on the next steps with their dreams. Through engaging with this program, we support entrepreneurs as they strengthen their skills as leaders, potential employers, and change agents in their communities.
D-Prize
Regular Application Due
Sun, Nov. 3
Can you design a new business or NGO that delivers a proven poverty intervention at scale? Submit your design for a new organization that solves one of our Distribution Challenges below. We will award the most promising teams with up to $20,000 USD to launch their new organization wherever extreme poverty exists. Challenges include Health, Water, Education Agriculture, Livelihoods, Energy, and Public Services.