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DTSTAMP:20260818T093540
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T120000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Lessons Learned from Designing and Evaluating Ann Arbor's Guaranteed Income Pilot
DESCRIPTION:Kristin Seefeldt is the faculty director of Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan\, and she also is an associate professor of social work and public policy. Her primary research interests lie in exploring how low-income individuals understand their situations\, particularly around issues related to work and economic well-being. She is the principal investigator administering and studying the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) pilot program.\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SW503). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions\, or you can watch the livestream on YouTube.
UID:150393-21909161@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150393
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Social Work,Poverty
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - B780
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DTSTAMP:20260826T140330
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261009T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261009T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Rebuilding Democracy
DESCRIPTION:As the country heads into the 2026 midterm elections\, the University of Michigan welcomes journalist Osita Nwanevu\, contributing editor at The New Republic and columnist at The Guardian\, for a public conversation with Elizabeth Anderson\, the John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy.\n\nThe evening centers on Nwanevu's new book\, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding\, which argues that America's democratic troubles run deeper than any single election. The real problem\, Nwanevu contends\, lies in institutions that were never designed to let majorities govern\, and in an economy that keeps power far from ordinary people.\n\nAnderson\, one of the country's most influential political philosophers\, brings her own work on democracy\, equality\, and the workplace to the exchange. Together they take up the questions this election season keeps surfacing. Who really holds power in America? Why do so many people feel unheard\, and what would it take to build a democracy worthy of the name?\n\nThe conversation is free and open to students\, faculty\, and the broader Ann Arbor community\, with time for audience questions.\n\nSchedule\n\nFriday\, October 9\, 2026 at Ross School of Business\, Robertson Auditorium \n\n5:30 pm    Doors open\, light refreshments and Literati book sales in the lobby.\n6:00 pm    The program begins\, including questions and answers at the end. \n7:30 pm    Refreshments and book signing / sales in the lobby until 8:00 pm.\n\n\nSponsors and Partners\n\nU-M Department of Philosophy\; Energy Club at Ross\; Rackham Graduate School\; Poverty Solutions\; Business+Impact at Ross\; Wallace House\; Institute for the Humanities\; U-M Department of History\; U-M Department of English Language & Literature\; Ford School of Public Policy\; Center for Positive Organizations\; Center for Political Studies\; U-M Department of Political Science\; Michigan Law\; the Philosophy\, Politics\, and Economics Program\; Science\, Technology & Society\; Science\, Technology & Public Policy at the Ford School\; the Erb Institute\; Net Impact\; and U-M Department of Sociology.
UID:149632-21906830@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149632
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Psychology,Lecture,Pre-Law,Politics,Philosophy,Literature,american culture,Public Policy,Rackham,Social Impact,Social Sciences,Sociology,Talk,Law,Books,Business,Discussion,Economics,Faculty,Free,Gerald R. Ford School Of Public Policy,Government,Interdisciplinary,In Person,History,Graduate Students,Graduate School,Graduate and Professional Students
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - TBD
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DTSTAMP:20260818T094816
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T120000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Beyond Silos: An Inter-Institutional Framework for Understanding Poverty and Advancing Social Change
DESCRIPTION:Kess Ballentine is an assistant professor at Wayne State University School of Social Work and a research affiliate with Labor@Wayne\, Detroit PEER\, and the Center for Gender and Sexuality. Drawing on professional experience in child welfare\, labor organizing\, and social services\, her community-engaged research examines how labor policy and working conditions shape the well-being of low-wage workers and their families. Her work on job quality\, unionization\, and workplace policy has informed municipal policy in Detroit\, been featured in national media\, and been published in leading journals\, including Health Affairs and Social Services Review.\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SW503). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions\, or you can watch the livestream on YouTube.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by U-M's Center for Innovation in Detroit.
UID:150395-21909162@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150395
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Poverty,Detroit
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - B780
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DTSTAMP:20260818T095420
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:cityLAB’s Innovations for Affordable Housing
DESCRIPTION:Dana Cuff engages spatial justice and cultural studies of architecture as a teacher\, scholar\, practitioner\, and activist. Her leadership in urban innovation is widely recognized both in the U.S. and abroad. The lab’s “housing first” research demonstrates that affordable\, well-designed housing and neighborhoods are attainable foundations of equitable cities. cityLAB has developed sustainable\, high-performance\, low-cost housing prototypes for infill sites ranging from backyards to schoolyards. Since 2013\, Cuff has led a cross-disciplinary team at UCLA with a substantial multi-year award from The Mellon Foundation for the “Urban Humanities Initiative.” UHI offers students from architecture\, urban studies\, and the humanities a radical platform for crossdisciplinary\, impactful\, urban scholarship and action.\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SW503). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions\, or you can watch the livestream on YouTube.
UID:150396-21909163@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150396
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Poverty
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - B780
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DTSTAMP:20260828T141830
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261030T120000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Designing for Dignity: Strengthening Food Assistance Amid Policy Threats
DESCRIPTION:Kate Bauer is a professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and director of the newly established Institute for Food\, Nutrition\, and Health Policy (IFNHP) at U-M. Her research focuses on the social influences on children’s eating\, with particular attention to supporting effective parenting and healthy home food environments. Understanding the causes and consequences of food insecurity has been a consistent thread throughout her work\, given the physical\, mental\, and emotional strain it places on parents and children.\n\nBauer will be in conversation with Taylor Moore\, director of Food Rescue at Goodwill Northern Michigan and a member of the Operating Committee of the Northwest Food Coalition. Moore's work focuses on reducing food waste and advancing equitable food access through community organizing and systems change approaches. Over the past decade\, he and his colleagues have expanded consistent\, year-round fruit and vegetable availability from three Northwest Food Coalition pantries to all 37. Active in food system networks at the regional\, state\, and national levels\, Moore has contributed to research incorporating dignity and democratic decision-making practices in food assistance program design.  \n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SW503). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions\, or you can watch the livestream on YouTube.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by U-M School of Public Health and the Institute for Food\, Nutrition\, and Health Policy.
UID:150397-21909164@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150397
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Health,Poverty
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - B780
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DTSTAMP:20260818T100249
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Cash Plus Psychosocial Interventions for Economic Mobility
DESCRIPTION:Catherine Thomas is an assistant professor of psychology and of organizational studies at the University of Michigan. She integrates the insights of social psychology\, lens of cultural psychology\, and tools of behavioral science to examine and intervene upon psychosocial drivers of poverty and inequality in the U.S. and around the globe. In particular\, her work interrogates relationships among agency\, dignity\, and economic mobility. In this work\, she conducts lab and field experiments across diverse low-income contexts\, including in the U.S.\, sub-Saharan Africa\, and South Asia\, and often through interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships with nonprofits and governments. Her work has been published in journals including Nature and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and in media outlets including Time and Foreign Affairs.\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SW503). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions\, or you can watch the livestream on YouTube.
UID:150398-21909165@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150398
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Poverty,Psychology
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - B780
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DTSTAMP:20260818T100532
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261120T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261120T150000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Importance of Research and Data for Policy and Social Change
DESCRIPTION:Poverty Solutions panel moderated by Faculty Director Kristin Seefeldt\, with panelists:\n- Founding Poverty Solutions Faculty Director Luke Shaefer\, who now is the City of Detroit’s chief executive of health\, human services\, and poverty solutions\;\n- Erin Frisch\, senior deputy director of the Economic Stability Administration at Michigan Department of Health and Human Services\; and\n- Zachary Rowe\, executive director of Friends of Parkside in Detroit.\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SW503). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions\, or you can watch the livestream on YouTube.
UID:150399-21909166@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150399
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Poverty
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - To be determined
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