Happening @ Michigan

DEI 1.0 Evaluation Report | Information Session

U-M President Santa J. Ono and Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Tabbye M. Chavous

Learn about the progress made and challenges discovered through U-M’s initial DEI Five-Year Strategic Plan, DEI 1.0, and how these lessons...

German Film Series: From Swastika to Jim Crow (2000)

Thursday, January 12, 2023 Room 2435 North Quad | 105 S. State Street 4:30 PM Refreshments | 5:00 - 6:00 PM Film Screening

FAM Friday's🥙 🎨 🎵

Trotter Multicultural Center welcomes STAMPS in Color into our F.A.M. Friday community! SiC are a group of artists, designers, and creatives...

2023 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium | Keynote Address

(R)evolution: from Segregation to Elevation

The Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI) in collaboration with the Ross School of Business and the MLK Planning Committee,...

Circle of Unity

Join the Michigan Community Scholars Program and hundreds of University and community participants as we honor Martin Luther King Jr. and...

Marjorie Lee Browne Colloquium

Steve Kahn - Math Corps: Social Justice Through Loving and Believing in Kids--and a few Equations

Speaker: Steven Kahn...

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

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

January Lunch & Learn | Celebrating the 2023 Lunar New Year!

Have you wondered how Lunar New Year is celebrated in China? What about dos/don’ts during this most important holiday? Are you curious of...

LHS Collaboratory

A Conversation about Justice and Governance in Learning Health Systems: Legal and Ethical Issues

LHS Collaboratory January Session...

Winter DEI Film Discussion Series | "John Lewis: Good Trouble"

This 2020 documentary chronicles the life and times of U.S. Congressperson and longtime Civil Rights activist John Lewis (1940-2020). For...

Winter DEI Film Discussion Series | Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

More than 127,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated and incarcerated in concentration camps in remote areas of the seven western...

Grad Students with Disabilities: The Americans with Disabilities Act, Rights, and Accommodations

Are you a graduate student with a disability or chronic illness* who wants to better understand how to advocate for their rights and access...

Unresolved Racial Justice: Anti-Blackness on Campus, Past and Present

The Sankofa Project started by U-M Mechanical Engineering professors is hosting a student panel to unpack anti-blackness at Michigan, and...

How to Flourish: Feeding the Soul

Eliza Haffey, Registered Dietician

In collaboration with MDining, Trotter Multicultural Center is excited to invite a Registered Dietician, Eliza Haffey to speak with...

Sixth Annual Rackham King Talks

Rackham students will communicate the relevance of their work to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy in a TED-talk style. The theme for...

Queering the Workplace: A Career Panel for LGBTQ+ Grad Students

LGBTQ+ graduate students often struggle with queer visibility and representation in their departments, which proves to be a barrier in being...

Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

The Sphinx Symphony Orchestra and EXIGENCE bring together top Black and Latinx professional musicians from around the country to present an...

Malaysian Cultural Night 2023

For the past decade, the Michigan Malaysian Students’ Association (MiMSA) comes together for Malaysian Cultural Night (MCN): an...

Student Meet + Greet with Dr. Anjuli Jain Figueroa '09, U.S. Department of Energy

Hear from U-M Civil and Environmental Engineering alumni Anjuli Jain Figueroa, Chief Scientist and AAAS Science Technology and Policy Fellow...

DEI @ LSA: Celebrate & Inform the Future of DEI in LSA

As we conclude DEI 1.0 and plan for DEI 2.0,...

The Challenge of Transition

Supporting the Hidden Vulnerabilities in Youth and Yourself with Mark Talaga

As stewards of transition, we look to arm incoming students with the hope and promise of a better future through higher education. Why then,...

Kaleidoscope Conversations: Race and Disability

Join us for an informal conversation on the intersection of race and disability, how this intersection creates a unique experience for...

DEI 2.0 Town Hall | Faculty Session

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is hosting a town hall event for University of Michigan faculty members. This virtual town...

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda: Moving Beyond Failure and Actively Cultivating a More Equitable Academy

Systems of higher education in the U.S. create differential advantage and disadvantage for the people who work and learn in them. When...

Pronouns 101

January Virtual Public Workshop

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

Inside The Peculiar Patriot: A Preview Event

Written & Performed by Liza Jessie Peterson

Join us for a film screening of Liza Jessie Peterson's Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison, along with LIVE...

Assessing Organizational Culture Through a DEI Lens

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

Trot Topics

A dedicated space for sacred conversation, spoken word, and community dialogue on relevant topics impacting the BIPOC experience.

Navigating Difficult Conversations

In this interactive session, Rackham experts in conflict resolution will discuss the ways in which conflict can manifest in our academic and...

The 2023 Sarah Goddard Power Award and Rhetaugh G. Dumas Progress in Diversifying Award Ceremony

Click here to view recipients and RSVP:...

Flourish - Planting Your Intentions

Doug Jones, U-M Alumni & Local Artist

Join Trotter Multicultural Center, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and the LEAD Scholars Program to explore the many...

Riot or Rebellion?: The Meaning of Violent Protest from the 1960s to George Floyd

Elizabeth Hinton

This event is part of the Institute for Social Research series in honor of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....

2023 Robertson Lecture

Cydney Seigerman, Ph.D. candidate in the Integrative Conservation & Anthropology program at the University of Georgia

Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbxVSrZ3IwU...

Racial Microaggressions

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

Confronting an Institution’s Pasts

Inclusive History Project + Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Symposium

Please note new location: Ballroom, Michigan League...

FAM Friday's🥙 🎨 🎵

F.A.M. Fridays is a series that will celebrate culture through Food, Art, & Music on one Friday of each month. We will explore the...

Kathakali Performance

Dance-drama plays from India featuring Manoj Kumar

Famed South Indian Kathakali dancer Manoj Kumar from the premier tertiary conservatory of South Indian music and dance, Kerala Kalamandalam,...

Togetherness: QTBIPOC Gatherings

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

Creating Inclusive Environments for Diverse Religious, Spiritual, and Secular Worldviews

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...

Reflect & Set in Motion

Revisiting Summer Programs Through Applications & Evaluation Strategies

Join us and your cross-campus pre-college colleagues on February 15 for the Summer Programs Series (SPS) Winter Summit at Palmer Commons...

Racist Love: Asian Abstraction and the Pleasure of Fantasy

Leslie Bow

Leslie Bow (English, Wisconsin) will be in conversation with Victor Mendoza about her recent book "Racist Love: Asian Abstraction &...

Flourish - Acing the Interview

Alexis Schmidt, University Career Center Coordinator

Did you know that failure to make eye contact is one of the most common mistakes in an interview? How do you know if you’re answering...

Research Day 2023

Research Day 02/16/2023...