Please join the Ford School for a virtual discussion with Cecilia Muñoz, Vice President, New America Foundation, former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. Ford School professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes will moderate this discussion.


On September 15, 2020 the Ford School will present More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You . . . and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise. The event is from 4:00 to 5:00pm EST.


Cecilia Muñoz (AB '84) is Vice President for Public Interest Technology and Local Initiatives at New America. Prior to joining New America in 2017, she served for eight years on President Obama’s senior staff, first as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs followed by five years as Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Before working in government, she was Senior Vice President at the National Council of La Raza (now UNIDOS US), the nation’s largest Hispanic policy and advocacy organization, where she served for 20 years. Muñoz is also a Senior Fellow at Results for America, a nonprofit that advances the use of data and evidence in policy making. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2000 for her work on immigration and civil rights, and serves on the Boards of the Open Society, MacArthur and Kresge Foundations, as well as the nonprofit Protect Democracy Project. She is the author of More than Ready: Be Strong and Be you....and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise.

For more information and to register, visit https://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/more-ready


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