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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How to Speak Your Mind / How to Change Your Mind: The Student Edition — FIRE on Campus
DESCRIPTION:How should universities respond to controversial or challenging speech while addressing student concerns about safety and belonging? What role can students play in creating a campus culture where people can speak\, listen\, disagree\, change their minds\, and defend their convictions? \n\nJoin the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and partnering U-M units for a student-focused conversation examining key questions at the heart of campus speech debates. Featuring insights from FIRE experts on free expression in the arts\, First Amendment issues in the age of AI\, legal battles\, and state and federal interventions\, the discussion moderated by U-M Open Inquiry fellow Michelle Liao will invite members of the U-M community to think critically about what meaningful commitments to free speech require from our institutions and from us all.\n\nThis event is sponsored by U-M Life-Changing Education\, Access & Opportunity\, and Talking Maize & Blue\, as well as other campus partners.
UID:152436-21913743@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152436
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions,Free Speech,dialogue,Conversations Across Differences,Civic Engagement,central student government,Activism,Access
LOCATION:Great Lakes Room
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DTSTAMP:20260915T160703
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T143000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dialogue & Donuts
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy a sweet treat and make new friends while playing U-M's conversation game\, The Pluralism Playdeck\, with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. The Pluralism Playdeck is a low-key scaffolded card game designed to allow university students to practice the soft skills they need to engage in compassionate and honest conversations about hot-button issues across ideological and demographic differences. You'll learn about yourself\, others\, and develop a skill set that will serve you well in both social and professional settings.
UID:150812-21910223@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150812
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Conversations,Workshop,Undergraduate,Social,Advocacy,Conversations Across Differences,dialogue,Discussion,Education,Free,In Person,Intergroup Dialogue,Staff,Open Inquiry
LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 (Multipurpose Room)
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DTSTAMP:20260902T161532
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261029T120000
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SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:Political Speech and the Public Square
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan is an institution with diverse communities\, interests and opinions. In Fall 2024\, the Faculty Senate Office launched this series – Political Speech and the Public Square – to provide a forum for members of the U-M community to present informed\, fact-based perspectives\, and to listen to and learn from each other. In his essay\, “Education as a Space to Change Your Mind\,” philosopher Troy Jollimore reminds us of Socrates’ commitment to open-mindedness: “It requires that we work toward developing a sense of the world as a vast and complex place that we can\, and ought to\, continue to learn about for the rest of our lives.”\n\nOffered in this spirit of intellectual humility\, to support the principles of academic freedom\, and to develop a campus climate comfortable with hearing different well-informed points of view\, even those counter to one’s own views\, the lunchtime series will take place on the Diag throughout the Fall. U-M Students\, staff\, and faculty can sign up in advance to request an opportunity to speak on select topics for 3-5 minutes. Or they can simply come to listen and learn. These events are co-sponsored by the Faculty Senate Office\, the Center for Democracy & Civic Empowerment\, Open Inquiry: Talking Maize & Blue\, and Central Student Government.
UID:151418-21911570@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151418
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Diag,Civic Engagement,Ai
LOCATION:Diag - Central Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261130T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261130T143000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dialogue & Donuts
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy a sweet treat and make new friends while playing U-M's conversation game\, The Pluralism Playdeck\, with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. The Pluralism Playdeck is a low-key scaffolded card game designed to allow university students to practice the soft skills they need to engage in compassionate and honest conversations about hot-button issues across ideological and demographic differences. You'll learn about yourself\, others\, and develop a skill set that will serve you well in both social and professional settings.
UID:150812-21910224@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150812
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Conversations,Workshop,Undergraduate,Social,Advocacy,Conversations Across Differences,dialogue,Discussion,Education,Free,In Person,Intergroup Dialogue,Staff,Open Inquiry
LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 (Multipurpose Room)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260915T160703
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T143000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dialogue & Donuts
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy a sweet treat and make new friends while playing U-M's conversation game\, The Pluralism Playdeck\, with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. The Pluralism Playdeck is a low-key scaffolded card game designed to allow university students to practice the soft skills they need to engage in compassionate and honest conversations about hot-button issues across ideological and demographic differences. You'll learn about yourself\, others\, and develop a skill set that will serve you well in both social and professional settings.
UID:150812-21910225@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150812
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Conversations,Workshop,Undergraduate,Social,Advocacy,Conversations Across Differences,dialogue,Discussion,Education,Free,In Person,Intergroup Dialogue,Staff,Open Inquiry
LOCATION:North Quad - 2435
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