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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour
DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\, stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Julie Harrell at (harrelju@umich.edu).
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143170
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB
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DTSTAMP:20260129T092412
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T120000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bate-Papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour
DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and light snacks while improving your Portuguese! All language levels are welcome.\n\n-Meet in the RLL Commons: located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nQuestions? Contact Maria Teresa Mattos at (mtmattos@umich.edu).
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143753
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB
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DTSTAMP:20260320T113400
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T173000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Nostalgia Night at Oxford
DESCRIPTION:Join the Oxford Multicultural Council for a throwback night! Featuring the movie Ramona and Beezus\, coloring pages\, and delicious snacks.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146840
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
LOCATION:Oxford Housing - Mahatma Ghandi Multicultural Lounge
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SUMMARY:Well-being:Thrift Pop-Up!
DESCRIPTION:Come to a thrift pop-up event hosted by Alpha Phi Omega! At this event you can either buy clothes between $1-$5 or bring your own clothes to swap!\nWe will be at the Sophia B. Jones Room in the Union from 12:30-3:30!
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143676
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Sophia B Jones Room
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DTSTAMP:20260325T103250
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260419T140000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:North Campus Spring Carnival at Bursley
DESCRIPTION:Join the Bursley and Baits II Diversity Peer Educators and Multicultural Community Lounge Assistants to celebrate the end of the year at their North Campus Spring Carnival! Enjoy free food\, games\, prizes\, music\, and plenty of fun.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147041
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
LOCATION:Bursley Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260423T170000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IRWG Spring Research Symposium Key Note Featuring Dr. Brittney Cooper
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Research on Women & Gender (IRWG) warmly invites you to join us for the IRWG Spring Research Symposium\, taking place April 23–24. This year’s gathering is part of IRWG’s 30th anniversary celebration\, guided by the theme Resistance Is Fertile.\n\nResistance Is Fertile honors the founding moment of IRWG while speaking to the present. The institute was established because faculty members believed that research on women\, gender\, and sexuality required an institutional commitment to thrive. That belief was itself a form of resistance—to disciplinary silos\, to marginalization\, and to the idea that such scholarship was peripheral. The theme reminds us that resistance is not merely reactive\; when rooted in collaboration and sustained through infrastructure\, it produces knowledge that reshapes disciplines\, institutions\, and public life.\n\nThe symposium will open on the evening of April 23 with a keynote address by Dr. Brittney Cooper\, Professor of Women’s\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University and founding director of the Race and Gender Equity (RAGE) Lab. Dr. Cooper is the award-winning author of Eloquent Rage and Beyond Respectability and a widely recognized public intellectual whose work bridges Black feminist thought\, cultural criticism\, and public scholarship.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147741
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Amphitheater (4th Floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260428T150337
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T100000
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SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Communities in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Archives at the University of Michigan have been working to develop new connections and relationships around the state of Michigan in the hopes of re-envisioning and re-connecting collections to communities in engaging and ethical ways. We are working to develop a paradigm of “shared stewardship.” When the Smithsonian adopted a Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns policy in 2022\, Lonnie G. Bunch III\, Secretary of the Smithsonian\, described the policy as “a cultural shift in our concepts of possession\, ownership\, and stewardship of collections.” The Smithsonian’s new policy is designed to address the harm caused by the museum’s past extractive practices and engage\, consult\, and work collaboratively with descendants and communities represented in their collections.\n\nAt the University of Michigan\, we are building on this approach\, which has become increasingly common in museums\, to apply it to archival collections and communities of records. In May 2026\, we are hosting a symposium on the topic\, which will feature contributions from unique archives-community collaborations from around the State and allow for productive conversations about how to build and encourage further shared stewardship among Michigan archives.\n\nOur goals in hosting the symposium are to:\n\n- Create an opportunity for archivists from a variety of institutions across Michigan to share and discuss different ways to document diverse histories and build collaborative relationships between archives and records creators\n- Explore new approaches to  the archival record\, programming and outreach\, and teaching and research at archives across the state that will foster and create more diverse and comprehensive histories of life in Michigan\n- To build toward a set of best practices that will support and encourage archival professionals across Michigan\, and the nation\, to foster collaborative relationships with records creators and source communities.\n\nThe symposium will feature three panels and will be followed by a keynote panel and a reception. Attendees may also attend the panel and keynote events via webinar\, which is free and requires registration.\n\nThe symposium will take place online and on the UM-Ann Arbor campus on May 21\, 2026\, and is part of the Towards Community-Based\, Shared Stewardship project. It is free and open to ALL to attend. \n\nThe Communities in Conversation: Towards Community-Based Shared Stewardship in Michigan Archives Symposium is co-presented by the Bentley Historical Library\, the School of Information\, and the Inclusive History Project.\n\nQuestions? Email us at inclusivehistory@umich.edu.\n\n--\n\nSchedule\n\nDoors open to the public\n9:45am\n\nWelcome\, Opening Remarks\, and Symposium Framing from IHP Co-Chair Earl Lewis and CiC Symposium Organizers\n10:00am – 10:30am\n\nLocation: Dow Room\, 4th Floor\, Leinweber Bldg\n\nSession 1: “Listening” Panel Discussion\n10:30am – 12/noon\n\nThis panel examines collaborations between archival repositories\, libraries\, and local communities to preserve community histories in ways that are responsive to community needs.  Panelists will discuss and explore what it means to develop archival projects that preserve and provide access to history in ways that center community needs.\n\nPanelists: Eric Gollanek\, Lindsay Hiltunen\, Sarah Lundy\, and Sarah Fayen Scarlett\nModerator: Michelle McClellan\n\nLocation: Dow Room\, 4th Floor\, Leinweber Bldg\n\nFree\, catered lunch\n12/noon – 1:15pm\n\nSession 2: “Engaging” Panel Discussion\n1:15 – 2:45pm\n\nThis panel reflects on a core question that repositories face when they decide they want to engage in shared stewardship: where do I start? Panelists will discuss their experiences doing outreach to source communities or working with organizations as a community member. They will together consider how to begin building a relationship\, what actions build trust\, and how those experiences can differ across various organizations and communities.\n\nPanelists: Finn Bell\, Marcia Black\, and Eric Hemenway\nModerator: Alexis Antracoli\n\nLocation: Dow Room\, 4th Floor\, Leinweber Bldg\n\nCoffee break\n2:45 – 3:00pm\n\nSession 3: “Capacity Building” Panel Discussion\n3:00 – 4:30pm\n\nPanelists discuss what it takes to actually build and sustain a program\, platform\, or service that meets community needs. The panel will tackle issues such as technological infrastructure\, funding\, volunteers\, shared decision-making\, and creative problem solving. Together\, the panelists will explore the challenges and promise of creating and sustaining projects and programs that center the preservation of community histories in the context of shared power.\n\nPanelists: Andrew MacLaren\, Carrie Marsh\, and Annika Peterson\nModerator: Jesse Johnston\n\nLocation: Dow Room\, 4th Floor\, Leinweber Bldg\n\nCoffee break\n4:30 – 5:00pm\n\nSession 4: Communities in Conversation Keynote Roundtable with Diana Marsh\, Jennifer Garcon\, and Selena Ortega-Chiolero\nModerator: Ricardo Punzalan\n5:00 – 6:15pm\n\nLocation: Large Lecture Hall\, 1st Floor\, Leinweber Bldg\n\nCommunities in Conversation Reception with light fare.\n6:30pm – 7:30pm\n\nLocation: Location: Bentley Historical Library\, 1150 Beal Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147988
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
LOCATION:Leinweber LCSIB
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