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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EIHS Public Lecture: “Species Insurance”: Harriet Tubman\, Environmental Storytelling\, and Historical Modes of Survival
DESCRIPTION:Format: Lecture followed by book signing with light refreshments. Literati Bookstore will sell copies of Professor Miles's book. \n\nAbstract: Borrowing the words of Octavia E. Butler for theoretical inspiration\, this talk engages in a thought experiment. What if we were to take Harriet Tubman\, one of the most famous historical figures in the US\, and center her in an environmental story? What would we learn about Tubman herself? What would we notice about Black women in the nineteenth century and the role of place and ecology in their survival? And what connections might we draw between Black women’s environmental thinking in the multi-temporal past and the greatest challenges facing our species in the murky present and future?\n\nBiography: Tiya Miles is the author of seven books\, including four prize-winning studies on the history of American slavery. Her works include the National Book Award winner\, All That She Carried\, The Journey of Ashley’s Sack\, a Black Family Keepsake\; Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation\; The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits\, and Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom\, among others. She has written prize-winning historical fiction: The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts\, shared her travels to \"haunted\" historic sites of slavery in a published lecture series\, and written various articles and op-eds (in The New York Times\, The Boston Globe\, The Atlantic\, CNN.com\, and more) on women’s history\, history and memory\, Black public culture\, and Black and Indigenous interrelated experience. Miles’s forthcoming book\, Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People\, will be published by Penguin Press in June. Miles taught on the faculty of the University of Michigan for sixteen years and is currently the Michael Garvey Professor of History at Harvard University. Her work has been supported by the MacArthur Foundation\, the Mellon Foundation\, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. Additional support from the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.
UID:119386-21842656@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/119386
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion
LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom
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SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Community and Health Equity Symposium
DESCRIPTION:We at the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR) invite you to our upcoming “IDEAL Community and Health Equity Symposium.” This all-day event will bring together academic researchers\, community leaders\, healthcare professionals\, and statewide community advocates to share milestones and advance strategies for addressing health disparities.\n\nThis event is occurring during our nation’s ‘Black Maternal Health Week’ and ‘National Minority Health Month\,’ as well as our institution’s ‘Healthcare Equity Month.’ In recognition of these movements\, we will be joined by plenary speakers and community presenters leading within these spaces.\n\nIn addition\, the agenda for the day will include research presentations\, round-table discussions\, breakout sessions\, and organic networking opportunities.\n\nThis event is free to attend and open to all individuals invested in advancing health equity in our state. In addition\, travel support is available for community attendees.\n\nPlenary Speakers\n\nElla Greene-Moton\nPresident\, The American Public Health Association\n\nElla Greene-Moton has an extensive background in public health advocacy\, Public Health policy\, Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)\, and programming\, spanning over the past forty plus (40+) years in the City of Flint and surrounding areas.   In addition\, specific efforts in public health Ethics have focused on providing awareness at the community level\, developing and elevating the community voice and advocating for community inclusiveness at the State and National Levels. Her areas of expertise include facilitating community/academic/practice partnership building and sustainability\; developing\, managing\, and evaluating community-based projects\; and training programs for graduate students\, community members\, as well as middle and high school students partnering with community-based organizations\, schools\, and public health agencies.\n\nDavid R. Williams\, Ph.D.\nFlorence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health\; Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\n\nDavid R. Williams is a St Lucian and American social scientist who has specialized in the study of social influences on health. His research has enhanced our understanding of the complex ways in which race\, socioeconomic status\, racism\, stress\, health behaviors and religious involvement can affect physical and mental health. He has been invited to keynote scientific conferences in Europe\, Africa\, the Middle East\, Australia\, South America and across the United States. Currently\, he is the Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health\, and chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also a Professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology at Harvard University.\n   \n   SCHEDULE:\n   7:30am-8:30am - Check-In & Breakfast\n   8:30am-5pm - Symposium\n   5pm-6pm - Networking Reception and Poster Session
UID:118261-21840776@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/118261
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20240329T100102
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240412T083000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creating a Disability-Centric Workplace:
DESCRIPTION:Join the Equity\, Civil Rights\, and Title IX Office’s ADA Team for breakfast and coffee on Friday\, April 12\, 2024\, from 8:30-10:00 A.M. to learn how you can create a disability-centric workplace as part of your university-wide DEI(A) efforts. Topics will include hosting inclusive events/meetings\, disability-inclusive language\, and etiquette. We’ll also review and answer your frequently asked questions about disability/accessibility. Register today as space is limited.
UID:120619-21845041@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/120619
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion
LOCATION:Anderson ABCD Michigan Union (1st Floor)
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