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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261103T120000
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SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910265@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261007T121735
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents - Is AI Inevitable? Insight from Hypecel vs. Technoskepticist Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Stories about artificial intelligence often imagine the future as inevitable: AI will transform our jobs\, reshape our relationships\, and increasingly make decisions once left to people. But what happens if we refuse to treat that future as already decided? This panel will discuss two contrasting personas for thinking about generative AI: “hypecels\,” who embrace AI’s promises so enthusiastically that technological change can appear unstoppable\, and “technoskepticists\,”who question the larger social\, political\, and cultural interest AI serves. Ultimately\, we aim to think critically about AI not simply as a collection of powerful new tools\, but as part of a much larger struggle over who gets to imagine\, build\, and control the future.\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend.\n\nFree sandwiches from Potbelly will be provided to the first 100 attendees.\n\nA corresponding opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to enjoy a free networking lunch with the panelists will be available. Interested students may register for this session using the same form as the main event.\n\nAdvance registration is recommended:\n\nRegister to attend in-person: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/22871\n\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V1IsoIFFQ5K6fdVIS00FyA\n\nThis event will be recorded. A full recording will be uploaded to the DISCO Network YouTube channel within approximately one week of the event.\n\nMeet the Panelists:\n\nNina-Simone Edwards is the Technology and Research Librarian at Washington and Lee University School of Law. Her research examines privacy\, technology governance\, and information justice\, with particular attention to how race\, vulnerability\, and digital access shape experiences of surveillance and cybersecurity harms. She recently completed both a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law & Policy\, where she worked on the Redesigning the Governance Stack Project\, and a Master's in Library and Information Science from The Catholic University of America. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.\n\nNgozi Harrison is a Ph.D. Student at the University of California\, Los Angeles\, in Information Studies\, whose research primarily investigates the relationship between machine learning\, quantitative and computational methods\, and society. His work critiques algorithmic culture and computational reason and sits at the intersection of Black Studies\, Critical Quantitative and Computational Methods\, and Critical Information Studies. He is currently working on his dissertation proposal\, which critically examines the underlying values\, norms\, and assumptions of machine learning practice to develop new frameworks for liberatory technical practice and justice-oriented technologies.\n\nDJ is an interdisciplinary scholar of race\, technology\, and learning and an Assistant Professor of Computing at Chicago State University. She particularly examines how and if researchers\, educators\, and technologists might use and create technologies toward liberatory learning and living. DJ (Stephanie T. Jones) earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Learning Sciences and an M.S. in Computer Science from Northwestern University. She holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University. \n\nMeet the Moderator:\n\nRayvon Fouché holds a joint appointment as Professor of Communication Studies\, School of Communication\, and Professor of Journalism\, Medill School of Journalism\, Media\, and Integrative Marketing Communications\, and is currently Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the School of Communication. His major publications include Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2003)\, Appropriating Technology: Vernacular Science and Social Power (University of Minnesota Press\, 2004)\, Technology Studies (Sage Publications\, 2008)\, the 4th Edition of the Handbook of Science & Technology Studies (MIT Press\, 2016)\, Game Changer: The Technoscientific Revolution in Sports (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2017)\, and Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal (Stanford University Press\, 2025). He is currently the Editor-in-Chief for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Science\, Technology\, and Society.\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
UID:149370-21906283@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149370
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Big Tech,Computational Science,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,Digital Media,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Information and Technology,Social Justice,Technology
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261110T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910266@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261102T160424
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261110T193000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:An Evening with Kelly Church
DESCRIPTION:Kelly Church is an Ottawa/Pottawatomi black ash basket maker\, fiber artist\, educator\, activist and culture keeper. A member of the Gun Lake Band in Michigan and a Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Ojibwe descendent\, she comes from an unbroken line of black ash basket makers and from the largest black ash weaving family in the Great Lakes region.\n\nChurch’s journey as an advocate for the survival of Native traditions and the black ash tree has involved many national and international art programs\, exhibitions\, and partnerships with government agencies such as tribal offices and the US Forest Service. \n\nJoin this lecture to learn about being a good relative within traditional artistic practices and help create a community black ash basket!
UID:154406-21917689@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154406
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Native American Heritage Month
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261028T163040
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:An Evening with Anton Treuer
DESCRIPTION:Join acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer for an enlightening and candid conversation that breaks down barriers and answers the questions many have about Native Americans—but might be hesitant to ask. Based on his celebrated book\, this event offers an open\, engaging\, and personal dialogue designed for both Native and non-Native audiences.\n\nDr. Treuer tackles a wide range of topics\, from cultural traditions and identity to contemporary issues and misconceptions. Curious about why non-Native people wearing Indian costumes sparks controversy? Wondering about the origins of fry bread tacos\, or what it’s like for Natives who don’t fit stereotypes? Dr. Treuer addresses these questions and many more\, providing thoughtful\, honest\, and sometimes surprising insights.\n\nIn a landscape often marked by misunderstanding\, guilt\, or anger\, Dr. Treuer’s event offers a path toward genuine understanding and positive action. Whether you’re seeking answers\, new perspectives\, or a richer appreciation of Native experiences\, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
UID:154208-21917371@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154208
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Native American Heritage Month
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261019T105415
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:QTBIPOC Kickbacks
DESCRIPTION:Be one with your community! Join our social gatherings as we create memorable connections around community and meals\, centering Queer\, Trans\, Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color. Drop in\, grab food\, enjoy some tunes\, play some games and hang out! Open to all U-M students. This event is in collaboration with Trotter Multicultural Center and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs.\n\nFALL 2026\n- November 13 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Spectrum Center/MESA\n- December 8 [graduate student edition] | 6:00pm – 7:30pm | HopCat\n- December 10 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Spectrum Center/MESA\n\nMORE EVENTS\nExplore more Spectrum Center and Trotter/MESA events:\n- https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events\n- https://trotter.umich.edu/programs-events
UID:150111-21908025@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150111
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:LGBT,lgbtq,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Queer Trans Black Indigenous People Of Color-qtbipoc,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center, Room 3020
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261117T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910267@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261124T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261124T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910268@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261201T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910269@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261102T120334
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T230000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Gaa-bigooshkaaning Round Dance
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Gaa-bigooshkaaning Round Dance! All are welcome!! \n\n4:30 pm Doors Open \n5:00 pm Welcome\, Feast & Round Dance Teachings \n7:00 pm Round Dance  \n10:30 pm Closing \n\nWe will have a traditional feast\, craft vendors\, kids activities\, and dancing!
UID:154416-21917717@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154416
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Native American Heritage Month
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton & Rogel Ballroom
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261019T105415
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T193000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:QTBIPOC Kickbacks
DESCRIPTION:Be one with your community! Join our social gatherings as we create memorable connections around community and meals\, centering Queer\, Trans\, Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color. Drop in\, grab food\, enjoy some tunes\, play some games and hang out! Open to all U-M students. This event is in collaboration with Trotter Multicultural Center and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs.\n\nFALL 2026\n- November 13 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Spectrum Center/MESA\n- December 8 [graduate student edition] | 6:00pm – 7:30pm | HopCat\n- December 10 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Spectrum Center/MESA\n\nMORE EVENTS\nExplore more Spectrum Center and Trotter/MESA events:\n- https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events\n- https://trotter.umich.edu/programs-events
UID:150111-21908026@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150111
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:LGBT,lgbtq,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Queer Trans Black Indigenous People Of Color-qtbipoc,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261019T105415
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261210T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:QTBIPOC Kickbacks
DESCRIPTION:Be one with your community! Join our social gatherings as we create memorable connections around community and meals\, centering Queer\, Trans\, Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color. Drop in\, grab food\, enjoy some tunes\, play some games and hang out! Open to all U-M students. This event is in collaboration with Trotter Multicultural Center and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs.\n\nFALL 2026\n- November 13 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Spectrum Center/MESA\n- December 8 [graduate student edition] | 6:00pm – 7:30pm | HopCat\n- December 10 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Spectrum Center/MESA\n\nMORE EVENTS\nExplore more Spectrum Center and Trotter/MESA events:\n- https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events\n- https://trotter.umich.edu/programs-events
UID:150111-21908027@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150111
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:LGBT,lgbtq,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Queer Trans Black Indigenous People Of Color-qtbipoc,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center, Room 3020
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270119T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910276@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270126T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910277@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261029T131935
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270128T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270128T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents - Trans Coalition-Building and Digital Activism
DESCRIPTION:Event description coming soon.\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend.\n\nAdvance registration is recommended:\n\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K4_jYtqoRB-nwC-diXGR1w \n\nThis event will be recorded. A full recording will be uploaded to the DISCO Network YouTube channel within approximately one week of the event.\n\nMeet the Panelists:\n\nAlejandra Caraballo is a civil rights attorney and Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic. Her scholarship and practice address the intersection of civil rights law\, technology policy\, and institutional accountability\, with particular focus on the areas of digital privacy in areas of stigmatized healthcare around reproductive care and gender affirming care. She is admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts\, and is admitted to the Southern District of New York and the Eleventh\, Ninth\, and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her litigation practice has included impact cases on healthcare discrimination\, employment discrimination\, and LGBTQ civil rights\, including work on Kadel v. Folwell\, Lange v. Houston County\, and Boston Alliance v. HHS. Alejandra’s published legal scholarship includes The Anti-Transgender Medical Expert Industry (Journal of Law\, Medicine & Ethics\, 2022) and Extradition in Post-Roe America (CUNY Law Review\, 2023). Her scholarship has been cited in law reviews\, amicus briefs\, and media coverage of LGBTQ civil rights litigation.\n\nCeleste Trianon is a transfeminine jurist and activist\, based out of Montréal (in the traditional lands of the Kanien'keháka) and active all across Canada. Celeste holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Université de Montréal and a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto). She is currently working with the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund in Toronto\, while completing her lawyer licensure process with the Law Society of Ontario. Through Juritrans\, the legal clinic she founded prior to starting her first law degree\, over a thousand trans people in Québec\, Nova Scotia and other provinces have been able to get information and accompaniment in applying for legal name changes. Celeste has created opportunities for 2SLGBTQ+ law students to be involved with their own community through partnerships with various Canadian law schools. She has equally coordinated several judicial interventions defending the rights of trans people\, both at trial (notably in A.B. v. Québec Minister of Education) and at the Supreme Court of Canada (namely Hak/EMSB and UR Pride). In her capacity as a content creator\, she has built a following of 22\,000+ on Instagram\, primarily through breaking the news on developments in transgender issues in Canada. Celeste maintains Canada's Anti-Trans Risk Map\, a resource extensively used in academia\, conferences\, and even by trans U.S. citizens seeking to flee their country.\n\nMeet the Moderator:\n\nM. Remi Yergeau is a Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies and Communication and an associate professor of Communication and Media Studies at Carleton University. They also direct the Digital Accessible Futures Lab as a part of the DISCO Network. Remi is an autistic academic\, and their scholarly interests include rhetoric & writing studies\, digital studies\, trans and queer rhetorics\, disability studies\, and theories of mind. Their book\, Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness (Duke UP\, 2017)\, is a winner of the 2017 Modern Language Association First Book Prize\, the 2019 CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Book Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship\, and the 2019 Rhetoric Society of America Book Award. Along with 13 colleagues from DISCO\, Remi is a co-author of Technoskepticism (Stanford UP\, 2025).\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
UID:150719-21910002@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150719
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Digital Culture,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Gender Studies,Trans Studies
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270202T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910278@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270209T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910279@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270216T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270216T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910280@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270223T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270223T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910281@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260929T133403
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T153000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents - From Community Center to Content Farm: New Modes of Digitality for Black Women and Girls
DESCRIPTION:Event description coming soon.\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend.\n\nRefreshments will be provided to the first 100 attendees.\n\nA corresponding networking opportunity with the panelists will be available for undergraduate and graduate students. Interested students may register for this session using the same form as the main event. More information coming soon. \n\nAdvance registration is recommended:\n\nRegister to attend in-person: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/111880\n\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jmr7uP-iSuyjO0RgeRTl1Q\n\nThis event will be recorded. A full recording will be uploaded to the DISCO Network YouTube channel within approximately one week of the event.\n\nMeet the Panelists:\n\nDr. Aria S. Halliday is an award-winning author who specializes in the study of cultural constructions of black girlhood and womanhood in material\, visual\, and digital culture in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Her research is published in venues such as The Black Scholar\, Cultural Studies\, Feminist Theory\, Girlhood Studies\, and Women\, Gender\, and Families of Color.  She is the author of Black Girls and How We Fail Them (UNC Press\, 2025) and Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture (University of Illinois Press\, 2022). She edited and introduced The Black Girlhood Studies Collection (Women’s Press\, 2019). She was an Institute for Citizens and Scholars Career Enhancement Fellow (2020-2021)\, a Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin (2022-2023)\, and the 2021 Stuart Hall Foundation x Cultural Studies Award winner for her article “Twerk Sumn!: Theorizing Black Girl Epistemology in the Body.” Currently\, she is the Marie Rich Endowed Professor in Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and program in African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. She’s working on two books\, A Black Feminist Guide to Automobility\, and In a 90s Kind of World: Black Girls and Women in Popular Culture. She is also the owner and founder of Plume & Prosper\, a wellness retreat experience.\n\nNessa Keddo is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Media\, Diversity and Technology at King’s College London. She is Programme Director for MA Global Media Industries and the Department’s EDI Lead. Nessa’s research explores the intersection of diversity practices and technological deployment in the media industries. More recently with the onset of automated praxis through generative AI\, her work explores the affordances and challenges of digitised and platform labour\, particularly for marginalised practitioners and independent creators. Nessa’s research is grounded in critical approaches to the embedding of diversity practices in the media industries. She is co-author of the upcoming book Race\, Racism and Diversity in the Cultural and Creative Industries (2025)\, which focuses on the business case for diversity\, specifically since the commercialisation of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.\n\nAshleigh Greene Wade is Associate Professor of Digital Studies\, jointly appointed in Media Studies and African American Studies. Broadly speaking\, her work traverses the fields of Black girlhood studies\, digital and visual media studies\, Black Feminist theory\, and digital humanities. Wade has a Ph.D. in Women’s and Gender Studies from Rutgers University and is an alumna of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies Fellowship Program. Her work on digital Blackness appears in The Black Scholar\, National Political Science Review\, Women\, Gender\, and Families of Color\, Visual Arts Research\, and Camera Obscura: Feminism\, Culture\, and Media Studies. Wade’s forthcoming monograph\, Black Girl Autopoetics: Agency and Possibility in Everyday Digital Practice (Duke University Press)\, explores the role of Black girls’ digital practices in documenting and preserving everyday Black life.\n\nDr. Rianna Walcott is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland\, and Associate Director of the Black Communication and Technology (BCaT) Lab as part of the DISCO Network. An alumna of the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP)\, Dr. Walcott earned her PhD in Digital Humanities at King's College London for her research on Black (and specifically Black British) communication practices and digital media\, locating the evolution of a hybrid ‘Black British’ identity within the wider Black diaspora. She combines digital research\, Black feminist praxis\, decolonial studies\, arts and culture\, and mental health advocacy in her work. In the time left over\, she moonlights as a jazz singer.\n\nMeet the Moderator\n\nCatherine Knight Steele is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland - College Park where she directs the Black Communication and Technology lab (BCaT) as a part of the Digital Inquiry\, Speculation\, Collaboration\, & Optimism (DISCO) Network funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She is a 2024-26 Just Tech Fellow. Her research focuses on race\, gender\, and media\, with a specific emphasis on Black culture and discourse and digital communication. She examines representations of marginalized communities in the media and how groups resist oppression and practice joy using online technology to create spaces of community. \n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149740
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,digital humanities,Digital Media,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,digital technology,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Feminism,Gender
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910282@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270309T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270309T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910283@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270316T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270316T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910284@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270323T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270323T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910285@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270330T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270330T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910286@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270406T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270406T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910287@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270413T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270413T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910288@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270420T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270420T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910289@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270427T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270427T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910290@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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