Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/group/1146/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Writing Beyond the Academy (April 3, 2024 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119367 119367-21842627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 5:30pm
Location: U-M Museum of Art Helmut Stern Auditorium
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

How can scholars broaden the reach of their research beyond the academy? Professor Kevin Maillard (Syracuse University) will discuss engaging public audiences through journalism and children’s literature as a culture and food reporter for the New York Times and as an children's book author for the award-winning, "Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story."

Speaker Bio: Kevin Maillard is a Professor of Law at Syracuse University, a contributor to the New York Times, and an author of children’s literature. He has written for The Atlantic and has provided on-air commentary to ABC News and MSNBC. He is the debut author of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, a picture book illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, which won the Sibert Medal and the American Indian Youth Literature Honor. An enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, he is based in Manhattan, NY.

Cosponsors: The Office of Public Engagement & Research Impacts (PE+RI), The Edward Ginsberg Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:56:02 -0400 2024-04-03T17:30:00-04:00 2024-04-03T19:00:00-04:00 U-M Museum of Art Helmut Stern Auditorium Ginsberg Center Lecture / Discussion Photo of Kevin Maillard
Student Grant Showcase (April 4, 2024 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/117702 117702-21839853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2024 10:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Are you curious about student-led community-engaged work happening at the University of Michigan? Interested in learning about ways to engage with communities more equitably? Come join the Ginsberg Center in the Union’s Pendleton Ballroom on April 4 from 10 am to 12:30 pm as we celebrate and showcase the amazing work of our student grant recipients.

The work of several student organizations and their work with community partners will be showcased followed by a networking reception with light refreshments. Each year the Ginsberg Center provides several community engagement grant opportunities available to student organizations planning alternative spring breaks and community-engaged initiatives locally and globally. The primary goal of this funding is to support partnerships between University of Michigan student groups and external community organizations or agencies working together to address community-identified needs.

Funded initiatives this year include organizations such as Washtenaw Rock Stars, The Dot Org, The Pearl Project, Students of Color at Rackham, BLUElab Metro, Rotaract Michigan, M-Heal, Lunar Doula Support Network, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:31:09 -0400 2024-04-04T10:00:00-04:00 2024-04-04T12:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union Ginsberg Center Exhibition Student Grant Showcase
Foundations of Community Engagement (May 7) (May 7, 2024 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/120410 120410-21844670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Foundations of Community Engagement is an interactive workshop for students that introduces principles and practices of equitable, ethical community engagement. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of what the term “community engagement” means, as well as the many forms it might take - from research and course-based projects to philanthropy, activism, policy, and direct service. Across all these forms of engagement, participants will learn concepts and actions that promote equitable partnerships, center community-defined priorities, and disrupt entrenched power dynamics between universities and community members. Participants will also discuss real-world community engagement scenarios that ask them to apply what they’ve learned in the workshop to various situations.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:28:48 -0400 2024-05-07T11:00:00-04:00 2024-05-07T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Workshop / Seminar Learning in Community graphic (Buildings on top of "C")