Come join us for Ginsberg’s biennial Dewey Dialogue! This year’s theme is "At Home in our Community" We will feature lightning talks from trios of faculty, students, and community partners working together on local projects focused on land use and housing access. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of the featured panelists.

The Ginsberg Center’s Dewey Series recognizes the enduring legacy of philosopher and educational reformer John Dewey, who taught at U of M in the 1890’s, and later, went on to found the New School for Social Research. Chief among Dewey’s enduring ideas were that thought is the means through which we come to understand and connect with the world around us, and that universal education is the key to teaching people how to abandon their habits and think creatively via learning through doing.

Featuring university and community panelists working with:

-Brilliant Detroit: A network of community hubs, often in vacant/repurposed houses, where Detroit families can participate in programs including literacy support, early childhood vocabulary development, nutrition, physical fitness, mental health support groups, and community meals.

-Justice InDeed: A community collaborative project that seeks to better understand and repair the harms done by racially restrictive covenants in Washtenaw County.

-Sidewalk Detroit: A community group “celebrating Detroit landscape and culture through socially relevant public art, community engagement and advocacy.

-We the People Opportunity Farm: A community organization that works to reduce recidivism by providing formerly incarcerated individuals with meaningful work, mentorship, and a supportive community through farming.

This event is designed for community-engaged faculty, staff and postdocs. Lunch will be provided: Registration required.