Happening @ Michigan

EnginTalks: Finding Your Place

Presented by the DEI Student Advisory Board

There are misperceptions within the Engineering field that “safe spaces” are an indulgence rather than filling a necessary role – by...

#FunnyAsHAIL Wellness Evening with Magician Eric Jones

The Magic Of Eric Jones

Get ready for this #FunnyAsHAIL wellness break with The Magic of Eric Jones. Take a study and work break and prepare to be amazed as he...

Reading and Q&A with Zeyn Joukhadar

Zeyn Joukhadar

The Arab & Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan (AMAS), Hikayat, the Spectrum Center, and Arab Heritage Month...

Community Meet Up: Diversity and Representation in Books

Come join "book club" and hear about some awesome books that offer forms of LGBT+ and other cultural representation! Participants...

Food Justice in AA&PI Communities

Register to attend: https://myumi.ch/PlR7M...

How the Measurement and Meaning of Family Structure Shape Research on Young Adult Racial Inequality

Paula Fomby (UM ISR), Christina Cross (Harvard), and Bethany Letiecq (George Mason University)

POSTPONED....

Zorro as a "Southwestern": The Ambivalent Latinx Superhero at Midcentury

Anthony Mora, Associate Professor of History and Interim Director of Latina/o Studies

In this presentation, Anthony Mora, Associate Professor of History and Interim Director of Latina/o Studies, will consider the decisions...

Lecture & Panel: Deanna Van Buren, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces (DJDS)

Deanna Van Buren is the Executive Director, Design Director, and Co-Founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces (DJDS), an architecture...

Anti-Asian Violence and the LGBTQ+ Community

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

POSTPONED: Rackham Minority Serving Institutions Coffee Chat Series—Inclusive Teaching Practices to Promote a Welcoming Climate

Our presenter has experienced some unforeseen challenges and unfortunately will be unable to join us this afternoon. Therefore this session...

Shaping Creative Lineage: A Poetry Reading + Writing Workshop with Carlina Duan

Carlina Duan

Register to attend: https://myumi.ch/dOA8j...

Storytelling for Social Justice

School of Social Work ENGAGE Virtual Discussion

Storytelling — listening to the stories of others and sharing one’s own stories — builds a foundation for human interaction. Telling...

Indian Literature Series

Silappatikāram - The Tamil Epic

SPICMACAY at University of Michigan is proud to organise the Literature Series, where we will organise discussions of various works of...

Dewy Apricot Designs: Desi Digital Art Q&A and Logo Tutorial

Register to attend: https://myumi.ch/Bobl7...

Loving Our Planet Like We Should Love Each Other

Disability in the time of climate crisis

A student-organized symposium to help our community learn about how climate change impacts people with disabilities...

Ken Fischer and Wynton Marsalis: Everybody In, Nobody Out

Penny Stamps Speaker Series

Exploring community connection through the performing arts, UMS President Emeritus Ken Fischer and jazz musician Wynton Marsalis come...

Annual Vaisakhi Night

Join the University of Michigan's Sikh Students Association in celebrating Vaisakhi, a Punjabi and Sikh festival. We are featuring...

Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy Book Talk with Editors

Dr. Wei Ming Dariotis (Professor of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University) and Dr. Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde (Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis)

Join us for a conversation with Asian American Studies Professors, Dr. Wei Ming Dariotis (San Francisco State University) and Dr. Kieu-Linh...

Calling In the Calling Out Culture

This presentation will be on challenging the Call Out culture of social justice movements and academic spaces in order to build a united...

The Rainbow Coat Panel

First-Gen/Low-Income LGBTQ Experiences

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

You Don’t Belong Here: The Stories Our Systems Tell and Why We Have to Disrupt Them

Many universities message extensively around their commitments about diversity, equity, and inclusion. These institutional assertions are...

Asian American Activism & Documentary Films: A Conversation With Grace Lee

Director of the Asian Americans PBS Documentary Series, and American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

GRACE LEE is an independent producer & director and writer working in both narrative and non fiction film. She directed the Peabody...

Ziibimijwang Farm: Growing Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Joe Van Alstine - Chair of the Board of Directors, Ziibimijwang, Inc.

Guest Speaker: Joe Van Alstine - Chair of the Board of Directors, Ziibimijwang, Inc....

Coded Bias "At the Movies" Panel Discussion

Dissonance Event Series

Join a panel of U-M experts over Zoom for an "At the Movies" style discussion of the film Coded Bias. The panelists will exchange...

Bridging the Generation Gap

Effectively Communicating in Multi-generational Workforces

This session will teach attendees how to effectively and respectfully communicate within multi-generational work spaces; working together...

Mapping without Boundaries: A collaboration between Yo-Yo Ma and U-M

Maps are used to represent physical topographies of land or borders between nations, and to assist with directing us to a desired...

Digital Studies Research Meeting

Li Cornfeld & Sarah Murray

Li Cornfeld: The Digital Tech Expo...

Nji Kchi-Nshinaabe’baniik Gdish-Chigemi Wi (We Do This for the Ancestors): The Basics of NAGPRA

Panelists:...

One Thousand & One Journeys: The Arab Americans - Discussion with filmmaker

Abe Kasbo

Join the Center for Campus Involvement (CCI) and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA) Social Connectivity & Community Engagement for a...

"Clinical Ethics and COVID: Reflections After One Year"

Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA; Janice Firn, PhD, MSW, HEC-C; Naomi Laventhal;Andrew Shuman, MD, FACS, HEC-C, MD, MA;

The COVID-19 pandemic has strained healthcare providers, patients, and systems in ways previously unimaginable. Clinical ethicists have been...

LEAD: Partnering with HBCUs Toward Racial Equity

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

PROTEST: Justice for Daunté Wright

The University of Michigan has ignored police brutality and systemic racism for too long! Join the protest to hold them accountable. We will...

"The Impact of COVID-19 on Equity for Women in Academic Medicine"

A recent consensus study report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine highlighted growing concerns regarding the...

Rackham Minority Serving Institutions Initiative Coffee Chat Series: Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions in Context and Practice

This talk shares the journey of establishing Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI), the...

Virtual Michigan Medicine Community Conversation

Environmental Scan: A Conversation About the Role of Art in Creating Belonging Panelists: Dr. Joel Howell, Elaine Sims & Grace Serra

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

Promoting Gender Equity in the Professions: What Can We Learn from Academic Medicine?

Presenter: Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, CEW+ 2020 Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity & Social Change Award Winner

RSVP to receive Zoom link:...

9th Annual Shirley Verrett Award Ceremony

Please note the change in date. RSVP online here: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/9th-annual-shirley-verrett-award-ceremony-2...

LEAD: Racism Is a Public Health Crisis

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

George Floyd Remembrance and Reflection for Victims of Law Enforcement Violence

- Opening Remarks by Robert M. Sellers, Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer...

Rackham Minority Serving Institutions Initiative Coffee Chat Series: Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions in Context and Practice

This talk shares the journey of establishing Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI), the...

Leading Inclusive Teams

In this interactive session, students will work through a team decision-making exercise. We will then debrief the exercise in light of the...

Living Inside Out: Leading from the Core of Your Values

Living Inside Out is an opportunity for us to become more fully who we want to be, boost decision making and problem solving skills, and...

Crucial Conversations for Societal Change: Reflection, Research & Resolve

U-M leadership, faculty, graduate and undergraduate students will gather on June 4 to explore and reflect on the progress that has been made...