Happening @ Michigan

Race in Focus: From Critical Pedagogies to Research Practice and Public Engagement in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

New Directions in Research: Race, Gender, and Indigeneity in the American Arctic and Siberia

"Big Noses, Angry Babushki, Mixed Messages: Racialized Expectations of Linguistic and Cultural Performance in Asian Russia"...

Power and Oppression in Groups

Deepening consideration of social identity and its influences, participants spend time not only understanding how to mitigate and resolve...

Rackham North: Diversity in STEM

This workshop discusses the impact diversity has on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and the importance of academic...

How to Flourish - Spiritual Wellness

Joshua Thurman and Brennan McBeth

Am I living the life I want be living?...

Virtual Michigan Medicine Community Conversation

"Leadership and Excellence: Diversifying the Pipeline Through HBCUS" Facilitators: Clarissa Love & Dr. Brandon Lucas

Community Conversations is an opportunity for faculty, staff and student to come together weekly to engage on meaningful ways to increase...

That Ain't Right: AI Mistakes and Black Lives

Presented by Odest Chadwicke Jenkins Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Director of the Michigan Robotics Institute

Our nation is poised to invest billions of dollars to remain the leader in artificial intelligence as well as quantum computing. This...

Powering through Uncertainty

Arlyne Simon, PhD

Platform Architect, Intel & Founder, Timouns...

Racial Microaggressions

Racial microaggressions can be uniquely harmful to their targets, and yet we often times find ourselves skirting around this subset of...

LEAD: Chief Diversity Officers as Anti-Racism Advocates

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

German Studies Departmental Colloquium

Discussion: Tiffany Florvil, Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement (U of Illinois P, December 2020)

Open to all members of the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures

Positive Links Speaker Series

The Person You Mean to Be

Many of us believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion. But how do we stand up for those values in our turbulent world? In this inspiring...

Future of Art Institutions: Repair or Rebuild?

Maurita Poole, Terence Washington, Anya Sirota, Christina Olsen

Arts institutions, such as museums, were founded on colonialist ideas – white Europeans collected the rest of the world during their...

Say Her Name...Too!

Dance Presentation and Discussion

Say Her Name…Too...

Rackham North: 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...

How to Flourish - Physical Wellness

Join Trotter Multicultural Center and the LEAD Scholars Program for a session on physical wellness. During this session, we will restore our...

Toxic Equilibrium: Structural Racism and Population Health Inequities

University of Michigan RacismLab Annual Symposium on Race and Racism

February 24, 2021...

Crucial Conversations: Health Disparities and Social Inequities

For nearly a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the United States. Black communities have found themselves disproportionately impacted...

Virtual Michigan Medicine Community Conversation

Real Talk on Parenting in a Pandemic: Stories of Impact Facilitators: Clarissa Love, Meghan Spiroff, Amber Basnaw & Reggie Beasley

Community Conversation is an opportunity for faculty, staff and student to come together weekly to engage on meaningful ways to increase...

2020 Reflections: Stories of Democracy

In honor of Black History Month, the MLK symposium theme: Where Do We Go From Here, and the University of Michigan's Democracy and...

RUMBA con ZUMBA: Dance/Movement as Activism and Radical Self-care

Learn the AfroCuban Rumba and explore how descendants of the enslaved folks resisted by preserving their rhythms, music, and dance as a...

You Deserve Care

Finding a Therapist that Fits Your Needs

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

Budget: Foe or Friend When Advancing a Diversity Agenda

How has the pandemic affected finances? How does an institution promote a diversity agenda during economic downturn? Budget: foe or friend?...

Conversations on Europe. Mobilizing Black Germany

Tiffany Florvil in conversation with Kira Thurman

This lecture is being presented by the Center for European Studies and Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures as the Werner Grilk...

Alt-Ac Track: Job Searching & Opportunities Outside of and Adjacent to Academe

Anne Cong-Huyen, U-M Library, Devin O'Hara, Associate Director, Data Engineering for ITHAKA, Laura Portwood-Stacer, founder of ManuscriptWorks.com, Emily Raymundo, Ph.D. American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California

This webinar is designed to provide information for humanities graduate students seeking knowledge about different career paths and...

Anti-Racism in an Abroad Context

Structural racism in the United States is the normalization and legitimization of an array of dynamics—historical, cultural,...

Black History Month's Closing Speaker - JANAYA KHAN

“The Future within the Black Lives Matter Movement and The Intersections of being a Black, Queer, and Gender-Nonconforming Activist."

MESA is proud to present Black History Month's Closing Speaker - JANAYA KHAN. Join us for a thrilling event where Janaya Khan will...

Combating Anti-Asian Racism

Professor Melissa Borja is a faculty member in the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program and lead researcher with the Stop Asian...

DEI Workshop: Diversity 101

Jessica Garcia, DEI Manager

Please direct any questions or accommodation requests to Mikalia Dennis (mikaliad@umich.edu) as soon as possible....

Future Faculty Event to Enhance Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges

Faculty from top liberal arts colleges are visiting for a virtual event on March 4 and 5 to promote greater diversity in the faculty at...

The Movement for Economic Equity in Detroit

School of Social Work ENGAGE Virtual Discussion

From the fight for a fair wage, to business closures during a pandemic, to a historic lack of job opportunities for Black individuals,...

Interracial Dialogue

The prospect of engaging in interracial dialogue can be a discomforting one for many people in the United States. There’s concern about...

On the Peripheries of the Subaltern: Privilege, Marginalization, and Intersectional Identities

Grounded in theoretical frameworks of “otherness,” such as Spivak’s “subaltern” and Canagarajah’s “periphery,” this workshop...

Rackham North: Cultural Competencies During the Interview Process

Attend this session to learn more about inclusive interviewing from both sides. We will talk about how cultural awareness and experiences...

Building Your Toolbox as an Anti-Racist Advocate in Higher Ed

Higher Ed is a particular kind of work and learning space. While it shares characteristics with its primary and secondary counterparts, it...

Translation and Memory: Hispanofilipino Literature and the Archive in the US Midwest

Mellon Sawyer Seminar: Sites of Translation in the Multilingual Midwest

Seminar coordinator: Marlon James Sales (U-M Postdoctoral Fellow in Critical Translation Studies)...

LEAD: Racial Equity and Community Engagement

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

German Studies Departmental Colloquium

Discussion: Susan Neiman and Michael Rothberg

Discussion: Susan Neiman, Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019); Michael Rothberg,...

Translation/Transnation: Translation as a Critical Practice for Writing a Nation in Transit

Harold Augenbraum, editor, translator, and former executive director of the National Book Foundation, and award-winning author Gina Apostol

In the afternoon, the public is invited to a book talk between Harold Augenbraum, editor, translator, and former executive director of the...

Translation, Memory and the Archive: The Literary Worlds of the Spanish Philippines

Immediately after the book talk, join us for the launch of the virtual exhibit about the history of translation in Filipino literature in...

Dismantling White Supremacy

Culture reflects a set of agreed-upon expectations and norms in a social community. Culture includes values, beliefs, perceptions, and...

Aerospace Student Town Hall

Please join us virtually Monday March 15th from 12-1PM EST for a student town hall organized by the Undergraduate DEI Committee, GSAC DEI...

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...

Embracing Our Artistic Selves: Navigating Times of Crisis and Addressing Inequity

Kate Fitzpatrick-Harnish, PhD, CEW+ 2020 Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity & Social Change Award Winner

RSVP here to receive the Zoom link: cew.umich.edu/events/embracing-our-artistic-selves-navigating-times-of-crisis-and-addressing-inequity...

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...

Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities Workshop

This interactive virtual workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations,...

Faith & Coming Out

a Student & Parent Panel

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

Campus Chords: Devotional Harmonies and the Dissonance of Difference in the University of Michigan’s Songbook

A Making Michigan webinar featuring musicologist Mark Clague

Learn the origin stories of Michigan's traditional songs, as well as the social functions of songs and singing on campus. Discover how...