Happening @ Michigan

PD Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Henry Dyson, Director of ONSF, Cherline Bazile PD Sorors Fellow 2019

The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans provides up to two years of graduate study in any field and in any graduate...

Virtual Michigan Medicine Community Conversation: Dealing with Scarcity in the Hospital

Facilitator: Andrew Schuman, MD FACS

OHEI is now offering a re-formatted Community Conversations approach that is virtual. We feel that it is important to carve out space for...

Bouchet Honor Society Information Session

This session will outline the benefits of joining the Bouchet Honor Society. It will also offer advice and best practices for completing the...

Healing Identity Based Trauma

Many discussions under the umbrella of diversity, equity, and inclusion focus on what we can do moving forward, without holding sufficient...

The Microaggression Session

Jessica Garcia, DEI Manager

This program has been modified to deliver in a remote setting and updated to include content directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic....

Undermining Racial Justice: How One University Embraced Inclusion and Inequality

Book Discussion with Matthew Johnson (Texas Tech University) Moderated by Angela Dillard (University of Michigan)

In Undermining Racial Justice, Matthew Johnson (Texas Tech University) contends that over the last sixty years, administrators on college...

QTBIPOC Mixer

a social for Queer & Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

Registration: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events...

Virtual Michigan Medicine Community Conversation: Middle Eastern Resource Group

Facilitated by Abdelrahman Awad, MD

OHEI is now offering a re-formatted Community Conversations approach that is virtual. We feel that it is important to carve out space for...

Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Youth

the Role of Policy and Providers with Dr. Gary Harper

Registration: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events...

Rackham North: Change It Up!

Change it Up! brings bystander intervention skills to the University of Michigan community for the purpose of building inclusive,...

LACS and Latina/o Studies Virtual Panel Discussion. Monumental Injustice in the Americas

Moderator: Erin L. Thompson, John Jay College, CUNY /Panelists: Andrea Queeley, Florida International University; Olivia Chilcote, San Diego State University; Ana Lucia Araujo, Howard University; Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez, Arizona State University

Free and open to the public. Registration required: http://myumi.ch/2DVXB...

Introduction to Intergroup Dialogue

Shana Schoem (Associate Director) & Scott Hwang (Associate Director), The Program on Intergroup Relations

If you have any questions or if accommodations are needed to access the Zoom Meeting or the content of the presentation, please contact...

Race and Business Education: Deans Panel

Join us for a series of conversations addressing race in business and business education....

Assessing Organizational Culture Through a DEI Lens

How do you assess whether organizations are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Come learn about how to assess various aspects of...

Critical Conversations

Please join the English Department next Wednesday on Zoom for the second Critical Conversations event of the semester. We have a great...

Radical Roots, Contested Place: African American and African Studies at U-M

Stephen M. Ward

Join the Bentley Historical Library for this "Making Michigan" webinar with U-M Professor Stephen Ward, who will discuss the...

Writing a Diversity Statement for the Faculty Job Search

Increasingly, hiring committees are interested in how prospective faculty job candidates will contribute to diversity, equity, and...

Me, the "Other" Panel Discussion

As part of the U-M DEI Summit celebrating Arts and Social Change, Voices of the Staff is hosting a virtual panel discussion. Me, The Other a...

Election Integrity: A WeListen Staff Discussion

This WeListen session is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and the Zoom link will be shared once you've...

King Talks Application Information Session

During this session you will learn about the King Talks, best practices for applying to participate, and the benefits of being part of this...

Democracy & Debate Theme Semester: John Lewis: The Legacy of a Life Lived in Good Trouble

Troy, Alabama. Selma. Nashville. Washington, DC. John Lewis’ journey bore witness to the trials and tribulations of the civil rights...

Living on LOP: What We Learned in Prison

Dr. Heather Ann Thompson, Founder of the Carceral State Project

A panel discussion with the creators of Loss of Privileges (LOP), moderated by Pulitzer Prize Winner, Dr. Heather Ann Thompson....

LEAD: Empowering and Elevating Marginalized Voices

LEAD, Leading Equity And Diversity, is a series of conversations where attendees have the opportunity to hear from a diverse group of guests...

NEW DATE! CEW+ Advocacy Symposium Kick-off Event: Creating Change through Introspection, Dialogue, and Action

Featuring Martha S. Jones, American historian and legal scholar

Join CEW+ for its annual fall Symposium themed Creating Change through Introspection, Dialogue, and Action. The 2020 Symposium includes a...

We’re Biased. So Now What?: Personalizing and Mitigating Unconscious Bias

Many of us are committed to DEI, and accept the extensive evidence from scholarly studies in psychology and neuroscience demonstrating that...

King Talks Application Information Session

During this session you will learn about the King Talks, best practices for applying to participate, and the benefits of being part of this...

MESA Social Connectivity & Community Series Presents: Civic Engagement & Voting

The MESA Social Connectivity and Community Series invites campus community from different backgrounds and social identities to come together...

LSA Book Talks: True Justice on HBO (Watch Party)

Please join us for a virtual screening of "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality" and discussion. This...

Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities: An Introduction for Graduate Students

This workshop will introduce graduate students to principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including...

Faculty Forum: Innovative STEM Educational Experiences

Research to Practice

The CEO Team would like to personally invite you to our exciting Faculty Forum on Outreach and Engagement: Innovative STEM Educational...

King Talks Application Information Session

During this session you will learn about the King Talks, best practices for applying to participate, and the benefits of being part of this...

Diversity and Leadership in a COVID-19 Environment: Planning for Higher Education on the Brink

This webinar will offer an opportunity to hear from established national university leaders with a record of commitment to diversity,...

Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood

Vanessa Díaz

Register here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aTALEtuLRdiO6kd8TjtaCA...

Rackham North: Demonstrating a Commitment to Diversity

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) aptitude is now highly valued by many employers, both within and beyond academe. This interactive...

Black College Student Mental Health: What institutions need to know and do to support healing and thriving in a time of racial crisis

Tabbye Chavous, NCID Director

Along with academic impacts, college contexts can serve to support or challenge students’ personal development and well-being in important...

Inclusive Leadership

There is a lot of talk about “Inclusive Leadership” but many are left asking: What is it? Why is it important? How can I do it? This...

RESCHEDULED: The 5th Annual Robert J. Berkhofer Jr. Lecture on Native American Studies: A Conversation with Tommy Orange

Tommy Orange

The Department of Native American Studies presents The 5th Annual Robert J. Berkhofer Jr. Lecture: A Conversation with Tommy Orange,...

Envisioning an Anti-Racist World Creative Challenge: Information Session

How do you imagine a vision for an Anti-Racist World (campus, community, neighborhood, city, state, country), that truly embodies the ideals...

Veterans Week: War Dogs

The “War Dogs” panel will discuss the historic use of dogs in the military, the selection and training of current and future K-9’s for...

LGBTQ+ Election Processing

hosted by the Programming Board

The Spectrum Center Programming Board invites you to join them for their Election Processing event on Tuesday, November 10th at 7 PM EST....

Hub Workshop: Diversity in the Workplace

Have you ever had to wrestle with changing your name to assimilate at work? Or debated how to wear your hair to an interview? Maybe you’ve...

MESA Social Connectivity & Community Series Presents: Post Election Conversations

The MESA Social Connectivity and Community Series invites the campus community from different backgrounds and social identities to come...

Military-Connected Family Student Panel

While there is general support for those serving in the military and military veterans the 2.8 million family members who support them are...

"Weight of Honor" Film Discussion and Panel

Stephanie Seldin Howard Director/Producer, “The Weight of Honor”, Linzi Andersen (featured family member/caregiver in film)

“The Weight of Honor” is the first comprehensive documentary to chronicle the lives of families caring for their...

Teaching for Equity and Inclusion as an International GSI

In this session for international graduate student instructors (GSIs), consultants from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at...

Veterans Week: DEI in the military

Sergeant Major Eugene Owens (ret)

Sponsored by the University of Michigan, Dearborn - Student Veterans of America chapter!...

Veterans Week - the Diversity of the Military

What does it mean to serve along people of every race, gender, creed, religion, place of origin? How does military service take people from...

City on the Edge: Ypsilanti, African Americans and the World of Work

Dr. Alford A. Young, Jr.

Join us as Dr. Alford A. Young, Jr. explores the themes of his research captured in his latest book, From the Edge of the Ghetto: African...

City on the Edge: Ypsilanti, African Americans and the World of Work

Dr. Alford A. Young, Jr.

Dr. Alford Young, Jr. (Edgar G. Epps Collegiate Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Sociology, Afroamerican and African Studies,...