Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Listening to Strengthen Democracy (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66775 66775-16776790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

Our democracy suffers from a lack of listening and an overabundance of people not feeling heard. In her talk, Dr. Cramer will explain what she heard while inviting herself into the conversations of people in small communities in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. That project led to a collaboration with a team of technology experts at MIT and partner nonprofit, Cortico. Kathy will talk about the community-driven listening network they invented, the Local Voices Network, and share what they've learned so far from chapters in Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts, and Alabama.

Katherine Cramer (B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1994, Ph.D. University of Michigan 2000) is a Professor of Political Science and the Natalie C. Holton Chair of Letters & Science. During the 2018-2019 academic year she is a Visiting Professor with the Laboratory for Social Machines at the MIT Media Lab. She is an affiliate faculty member in the UW-Madison Elections Research Center, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, LaFollette School of Public Affairs, Institute for Research on Poverty, Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, and Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. Her work focuses on the way people in the United States make sense of politics and their place in it. She is known for her innovative approach to the study of public opinion, in which she uses methods like inviting herself into the conversations of groups of people to listen to the way they understand public affairs. Her award-winning book, The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker, brought to light rural resentment toward cities and its implications for contemporary politics, and was a go-to source for understanding votes in the 2016 presidential election (University of Chicago Press, 2016). She has also published as Katherine Cramer Walsh and is the author of Talking about Race: Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference (University of Chicago Press, 2007), and Talking about Politics: Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life (University of Chicago Press, 2004). She was named a Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters in 2018 and is the recipient of the 2018 APSA Heinz Eulau Award for the best article published in Perspectives on Politics (with Benjamin Toff), the 2017 APSA Qualitative and Multi-Method Research section Giovanni Sartori Award for the best book developing or using qualitative methods published in 2016; a finalist for the 2017 APSA Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book on government, politics, or international affairs; the 2012 APSA Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research Section award for the best qualitative or multi-method submission to the American Political Science Review; a 2006 UW-Madison Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award; a 2012-2014 UW-Madison Vilas Associate Award; a 2015-17 Leon Epstein Faculty Fellowship; and a 2017-2022 UW-Madison Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award. In 2019 she was elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Sponsored by The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy and The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

For more information contact closup@umich.edu or call 734-647-4091.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:08:25 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) Lecture / Discussion Kathy Cramer
Science, Technology, and Public Policy Graduate Certificate Info Session (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67933 67933-16969022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program

Join us for an information session about the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Graduate Certificate!

Wednesday, October 23rd, 4:00pm-5:00pm
5240 Weill Hall
There will be SNACKS!

Do you want to learn how science and technology policy is made? Are you interested in the social and ethical implications of developments like gene editing and autonomous vehicles? Are you concerned about the increased politicization of science and research funding?

In the STPP graduate certificate program, graduate students from across the University analyze the role of science and technology in the policymaking process, gain experience writing for policymakers, and explore the political and policy landscape of areas such as biotechnology, information technology, energy, and others. Graduates of the STPP certificate have gone on to a range of policy-engaged scientific roles in government, NGOs, and academia.

More information about the program is available at: http://stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/graduate-certificate/

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Presentation Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:21:49 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program Presentation Information Session promotional slide
Entering, Engaging & Exiting Communities in Detroit (October 23, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64820 64820-16452975@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

This interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways--with an emphasis on working with communities in Detroit.

This workshop is open to all students, including ones in small classes or student organizations with less than 10 students.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:36:59 -0400 2019-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Ginsberg Center Workshop / Seminar Learning in Community logo
Documentary Screening “The Jewish Underground” (November 4, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68734 68734-17147121@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

In the early 1980s, a network of right-wing settlers plotted to blow up the Dome of the Rock, the oldest existing Islamic monument situated on the most volatile site in the Middle East, the Temple Mount. Arrested in 1984 by the Israeli secret service Shin Bet, the conspirators were found to be responsible for several other attacks against Palestinians, including a series of car bomb attacks against West Bank mayors and schemes to blow-up civilian buses at rush-hour. Shai Gal’s documentary recounts the events surrounding their case and reveals the ties between the convicted plotters and leaders of the current Israeli government. Join us for a viewing and stay for a conversation with the documentary’s filmmaker, Shai Gal, and U-M’s director of screenwriting program, Jim Burnstein.

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Film Screening Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:06:47 -0400 2019-11-04T14:30:00-05:00 2019-11-04T16:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Wallace House Center for Journalists Film Screening Shai Gal
In a Distracted World, Solitude is Practice for Tomorrow’s Leaders (November 6, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65923 65923-16670251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Michigan Leadership Collaborative (MLC) Speaker Event: In a Distracted World, Solitude is Practice for Tomorrow’s Leaders
with Mike Erwin

Introduction by Saddi Washington, U-M Basketball Assistant Coach

The volume of our communication, and our unfettered access to information and other people, have made it more difficult than ever to focus. Despite this reality, there is another truth: Opportunities to focus are still all around us. But we must recognize them and believe that the benefit of focus, for yourself and the people you lead, is worth making it a priority in your life. In other words, before you can lead others, the first person you must lead is yourself.

MIKE ERWIN was born and raised in Syracuse, NY. He has dedicated his life to serving the nation---and empowering people to build positive relationships.

A 2002 graduate of The U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, Mike was commissioned as an Intelligence Officer, deploying three times between 2004 and 2009. Following his third deployment, Mike attended the University of Michigan from 2009-2011, where he studied positive psychology and leadership under the tutelage of Drs. Chris Peterson and Nansook Park. He went on to serve as an Assistant Professor in Psychology & Leadership at West Point from 2011-2014.

While in graduate school in 2010, Mike founded a non-profit organization named Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB). Team RWB’s mission is to enrich the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to their communities through physical and social activity.

Mike is the co-author of LEAD YOURSELF FIRST by Bloomsbury Press (2017). The book focuses on how solitude strengthens people’s ability to lead with clarity, balance and conviction. The book profiles leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Winston Churchill and Jane Goodall, and how they used solitude in some of their most pivotal moments.

Currently, Mike is leading another non-profit organization that he co-founded in 2015: The Positivity Project. Its mission is to empower America’s youth to build positive relationships through a deeper understanding of positive psychology’s 24 character strengths. Currently partnered with over 625 schools in 24 different states, The Positivity Project is helping over 400,000 students to see the good in themselves---and in other people---which is giving them the foundation to build stronger relationships.

EVENT NOTE: Please enter the building at State and Hill, 735 S. State Street.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:34:43 -0400 2019-11-06T19:30:00-05:00 2019-11-06T21:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Barger Leadership Institute Lecture / Discussion event poster
Michigan Leadership Collaborative Speaker Event (November 6, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65658 65658-16627872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Department of Psychology

In a Distracted World, Solitude is Practice for Tomorrow's Leaders

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Presentation Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:02:30 -0400 2019-11-06T19:30:00-05:00 2019-11-06T21:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Department of Psychology Presentation Michael S. Erwin Presentation
Conversation on National Security, Service, and Policy (November 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68562 68562-17096962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Please join the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy for a conversation with LTG James Clapper (USAF, ret.), LTG Michael Nagata (USA, ret.), and Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) on national security, service, and policy. This wide-ranging discussion in honor of Veterans Day will cover current national security issues, as well as the importance of public service. The conversation will be moderated by Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali.

This event is free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be live streamed. Please check back to the event page just before the event for viewing details.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:50:14 -0500 2019-11-11T16:00:00-05:00 2019-11-11T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion National Security, Service, and Policy
Human rights on the brink (November 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68582 68582-17103246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be livestreamed. Check event website right before the event for viewing details.

From the speaker's bio:

Michael Breen is president and chief executive officer of Human Rights First, one of the nation’s leading human rights advocacy organizations. Established in 1978, Human Rights First’s mission is to ensure that the United States is a global leader on human rights. The organization works in the United States and abroad to promote respect for human rights and the rule of law. Breen leads a staff with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Houston. Before joining Human Rights First, Breen served as president and CEO of the Truman National Security Project, a nationwide membership organization of diverse leaders inspired to serve in the aftermath of 9/11 and committed to shaping and advocating for tough, smart national security solutions.

Prior to his work at the Truman Project, Breen led soldiers in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan as a U.S. Army officer, including by serving for a year as a platoon leader in the Pech and Korengal Valleys with the 173rd Airborne. After leaving the military, he served in the Office of White House Counsel and co-founded the International Refugee Assistance Project, working with refugee families in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. Breen holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. from Dartmouth, having also studied in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the United Kingdom.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:34:45 -0400 2019-11-14T16:00:00-05:00 2019-11-14T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Michael Breen, President & CEO of Human Rights First
Desperate and Displaced: Ensuring NGOs Do Their Best to Help Those in Humanitarian Crises (November 18, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68677 68677-17136736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 18, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

We invite the Ford School students to a seminar with Ambassador Klosson from Save the Children.
The session will focus on the expanding number of people caught up in humanitarian crises around the world for increasingly protracted periods, and the role of International Nongovernmental Organizations (INGOs) in responding to these needs. What principles should guide how INGOs go about these responses? The session will provide for an interactive discussion of challenges and dilemmas NGOs must navigate, drawing on several short hypotheticals or case studies and Save the Children’s experience.

Ambassador Michael Klosson joined Save the Children in January 2007 after a career in international affairs and serves as the Vice President for Policy and Humanitarian Responses. He oversees the agency's public policy and advocacy work with the U.S. and foreign governments as well as its global emergency response work.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/1VhvDhvhf59msADS9

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:50:33 -0400 2019-11-18T11:30:00-05:00 2019-11-18T13:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar Save the Children Organization Logo
"Communities of Interest" and Michigan's New Approach to Redistricting through an Independent Citizens Commission (November 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64955 64955-16493258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
735 S. State Street, Ann Arbor 48109-3091
4:00pm-5:30pm

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

Panelists:
-Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State.
-Connie Malloy, Chair, 2010 California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
-Chris Lamar, Legal Counsel for Redistricting with the Campaign Legal Center.
-Christopher Thomas, former Director of Elections for the State of Michigan.
-Nancy Wang, Voters Not Politicians, Executive Director - will moderate the discussion.

In November, 2018, the citizens of Michigan passed Proposal 2, which amended the Michigan Constitution to place legislative and congressional redistricting in the hands of a 13-member Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. The amendment requires the Commission to draw Michigan's election district maps in a fair and transparent way using public input. Commission-drawn maps must meet strict, prioritized criteria listed in the amendment. "Communities of Interest" (COIs) are high on the list of priorities in drawing new districts, after equal population, compliance with the Voting Rights Act, and contiguity. However, COIs are a new concept for Michigan redistricting and are defined broadly in the amendment.

A panel of experts will share how COIs factor into the redistricting process, and how citizens can be involved in helping the Commission incorporate COIs in Michigan's next set of election district maps.

Panelists will discuss:
-- what are communities of interest (COIs)
-- how are they defined (some examples from Michigan and other states)
-- where do they factor into the redistricting process
-- why is it important for district maps to respect community boundaries
-- what is the actual process for drawing lines around communities, and
-- what to do with overlapping communities of interest

This panel discussion is part of a larger CLOSUP research and service project being conducted on behalf of the Michigan Department of State to advise the Department and the Commission on best practices for the implementation of the COI criteria.
Sponsored by: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Co-sponsors: Voters Not Politicians, Ginsberg Center, Domestic Policy Corps, Detroit Public Television, Program in Practical Policy Engagement (P3E)

For more information contact closup@umich.edu or call 734-647-4091.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Nov 2019 10:16:55 -0500 2019-11-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-11-18T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) Lecture / Discussion poster
The U.S., Iran, and Security in the Persian Gulf (November 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69009 69009-17213802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public.

The Weiser Diplomacy Center is partnering with the American Academy of Diplomacy to bring seasoned U.S. diplomats to Ford School and discuss the U.S., Iran and Security in Persian Gulf. We invite all students and community to join us in conversation with Ambassador Deborah McCarthy, program chair and moderator, with Ambassador Gerald Feierstein, Ambassador Ronald Neumann, and Ambassador Patrick Theros.

Ambassador Deborah A. McCarthy (moderator) is an international security strategist with over 30 years of experience in Europe, the Western Hemisphere and the U.S. She is currently a consultant with the Transnational Strategy Group in Washington D.C. Before joining the private sector, Ms. McCarthy was a member of the U.S. Foreign Service. From 2013 to 2016, she was the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania. Ms. McCarthy also served as Deputy Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Greece and the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua.

Ambassador Patrick Nickolas Theros has served as president and executive director of the U.S.-Qatar Business Council for nearly 20 years. Throughout his 35-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Theros held many honorable positions, including ambassador to the State of Qatar, advisor to the commander in chief, central command; deputy chief of mission and political officer in Amman; and deputy coordinator for Counter-Terrorism. Ambassador Theros was awarded the President’s Meritorious Service Award for career officials and the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1998.

Ambassador Gerald (Jerry) Feierstein retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in May 2016 after a 41-year career. At the time of his retirement, Feierstein held the personal rank of Career Minister. Feierstein currently serves as the Senior Vice President of the Middle East Institute. Over the course of his career, he served in nine overseas postings, including three tours of duty in Pakistan, as well as tours in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Lebanon, Jerusalem, and Tunisia. As Deputy Coordinator and Principal Deputy Coordinator in the State Department’s Counter-Terrorism bureau, Feierstein led the development of initiatives to build regional networks to confront extremist groups as well as to counter terrorist financing and promote counter-terrorism messaging.

Formerly a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann served three times as Ambassador; to Algeria, Bahrain and finally to Afghanistan from July 2005 to April 2007. Before Afghanistan, Mr. Neumann, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, served in Baghdad from February 2004 with the Coalition Provisional Authority and then as Embassy Baghdad’s liaison with the Multinational Command, where he was deeply involved in coordinating the political part of military actions. He currently serves as the President of the American Academy of Diplomacy.

About the lecture series:

This event forms part of the series in celebration of the launch of the Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC), housed in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. WDC is a hub for practical training and policy dialogue on diplomacy and foreign affairs. WDC trains students for careers in international service, provides a meeting point for academics and practitioners, and serves as a bridge between U-M and the foreign policy community. WDC engages Professors of Practice and regular visiting practitioners and aims to be one of the country’s leading loci for the study of foreign affairs.

Hosted as part of the Ford School's Conversations Across Difference Initiative.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Nov 2019 08:38:17 -0500 2019-11-21T16:00:00-05:00 2019-11-21T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion American Academy of Diplomacy
Who is Xi: A Chinese Political Saga of The New Era (November 22, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69316 69316-17301845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 22, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Michigan China Forum

Who is Xi? What do we know about him beyond his bland title as the President of the People’s Republic of China? As the strongest Chinese leader in recent years, President Xi Jinping has overseen a multitude of changes affecting both China’s domestic sphere and the international community. Thus, how did he come to power? What role will he play in the history of our time? From the anti-corruption campaign to “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” how has he transformed the political climate within one of the last surviving parties with “anti-capitalist” principles? What about the economy? Though no longer based on communist principles, it is certainly not the liberal free-market western scholars envisioned it to be. Yet, it is nevertheless characterized by rapid urban development, consumer market growth, and technological breakthrough, though complicated by downward pressure in recent years. How have these domestic factors together challenged Sino-US relations? How can the two countries work together to prevent a downward spiral? With China’s rising global influence, it is never too early to be acquainted with the face of China in the new era. Come join us at a panel discussion moderated by professor Ann Chih Lin, with professors Mary Gallagher, Alan Deardorff, and WCED fellow Jundai Liu as panelists, on how President Xi Jinping has reshaped contemporary Chinese politics and its relations with the United States! The event will be followed by a light reception.

Please learn more and RSVP here: https://forms.gle/LoHvBW4yxyfnBk1k8

*If you are a person with a disability that requires accommodations, please note so in the Register link*

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:56:10 -0500 2019-11-22T17:00:00-05:00 2019-11-22T19:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Michigan China Forum Lecture / Discussion Official Poster
Entering Canada to Visit, Work, Study, or Live (December 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66951 66951-16787743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: International Center

Are you thinking about visiting Canada? Are you thinking about studying or working in Canada? Or perhaps you are interested in living in Canada?

Whether you are planning a short trip to Canada, are interested in working or studying in Canada, or would like to live there, there are specific requirements that you should understand.

Representatives from the Canadian Consulate General will talk about these requirements and will also be happy to answer questions. These representatives are experts on this topic; this is an excellent opportunity to get accurate information and to have your questions answered.

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Presentation Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:32:24 -0400 2019-12-04T16:00:00-05:00 2019-12-04T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) International Center Presentation Entering Canada
Media, Information, and the U.S.-Russia Relationship: A Conversation with Yevgenia Albats and Amb. Susan Elliott (January 15, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69579 69579-17368296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

This event will feature a conversation between noted Russian journalist and scholar Yevgenia Albats and Ambassador Susan Elliott, a recently retired U.S. diplomat, on the role of media and information in the evolving relationship between Russia and the United States. Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky, professor of international policy and practice at the Ford School, will moderate.

About the Speakers:

Yevgenia Albats is a Russian investigative journalist, political scientist, author, and radio host. She is a 2019-20 Distinguished Fellow at the UM International Institute and Weiser Centers for Europe and Eurasia. Since 2007, she has been the Political Editor and then Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The New Times, a Moscow-based, Russian language independent political weekly. It went digital in June of 2017 when its distribution and sales were severed by the Russian authorities. Since 2004, she has hosted Absolute Albats, a talk-show on Ekho Moskvy, the only remaining liberal radio station in Russia. Albats was an Alfred Friendly Press Fellow assigned to the Chicago Tribune in 1990, and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1993. She graduated from Moscow State University in 1980, and received her PhD in Political Science from Harvard University in 2004. She is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists since its founding in 1996. Albats taught at Yale in 2003-2004, and she was a full-time professor at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics, where she taught institutional theory of the state and bureaucracy until 2011 when her courses were cancelled at the request of top Kremlin officials. In 2017, she was chosen as inaugural fellow at Kelly’s Writers House and Perry House at the University of Pennsylvania. Albats is the author of the four independently researched books, including one on the history of the Russian political police, the KGB, whose graduates are running the country today.

Ambassador Susan Elliott (ret.) is President & CEO of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, a position she assumed in August 2018. Ambassador Elliott is an accomplished diplomat who held a variety of leadership positions at the U.S. Department of State during her 27 year career as a Foreign Service officer. From 2015 to 2017, Ambassador Elliott served as the Civilian Deputy and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander of the United States European Command. Ambassador Elliott was the U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan from 2012 to 2015. Prior to her Ambassadorial appointment, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Ambassador Elliott worked in a variety of overseas and Washington-based assignments. Her previous overseas assignments include Moscow, Russia (twice); Belfast, Northern Ireland; Athens, Greece; and Lima, Peru. In Washington, Ambassador Elliott worked on the staff of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Earlier in her career she reported on conflicts in the countries of the former Soviet Union when she worked in the Office of the Coordinator for Regional Conflicts in the New Independent States.

Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky (ret.), a retired career minister in the U.S. Foreign Service, is a professor of international policy and practice at UM’s Ford School of Public Policy. He also serves as senior associate of the school's International Policy Center, senior advisor to the Weiser Diplomacy Center, and faculty associate of the university's Center for Russian and East European Studies. Before joining the University of Michigan in the fall of 2006, Ambassador Levitsky taught for eight years as professor of practice in public administration and international relations at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. From 2003 to 2012, Ambassador Levitsky served on the International Narcotics Control Board, an independent body of experts headquartered in Vienna and responsible for monitoring and promoting standards of drug control established by international treaties. During his 35-year career as a U.S. diplomat, he was ambassador to Brazil from 1994-98 and before that held such senior positions as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, executive secretary of the State Department, ambassador to Bulgaria, deputy director of the Voice of America, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights. Ambassador Levitsky also served as director of the State Department's Office of UN Political Affairs and as officer-in-charge of U.S.-Soviet Bilateral Relations. Earlier in his career he was a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and a consul at U.S. Consulates in Belem, Brazil and Frankfurt, Germany.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:33:11 -0500 2020-01-15T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Lecture / Discussion Photo of US and Russian Flags
Susan Rice on Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For (January 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69774 69774-17417492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided beginning at 11:30 am: Please RSVP. Dessert reception to follow.

This event will be livestreamed. Please check fordschool.umich.edu just before the event for viewing details.

Join us for an arm-chair conversation between Ambassador Susan Rice and Michael Barr, Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, as they discuss Ambassador Rice's distinguished career and her book, Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For. Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy—as National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations—Ambassador Rice's memoir delivers an inspiring account of a life in service to family and country.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:59:42 -0500 2020-01-20T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-20T13:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Susan Rice
"Killing the Chickens, Scaring the Monkeys? Demonstration Effects from PRC Coercion and Its Limits" (January 27, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71816 71816-17888057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: International Policy Center

Ja Ian Chong will host a talk at the Ford School discussing his research on how China uses economic punishment to elicit desired behavior from other states. A common claim about PRC economic statecraft is that it aims to discourage states from engaging in behavior Beijing finds undesirable by visibly punishing third parties. However, there is limited evidence about how such third party punishment works, particularly when states are more or less sensitive to such indirect demonstration effects. This paper seeks to address this question by examining the cases of the United Kingdom, France, Malaysia, and Taiwan. We argue that states with experience of direct punishment tend to be more resistant to demonstrations of punishment toward third parties

About the Speaker:

Ja Ian Chong is an Associate Professor of political science at the National University of Singapore. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2008 and previously taught at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research covers the intersection of international and domestic politics, with a focus on the externalities of major power competition, nationalism, regional order and security, contentious politics, and state formation. He works on US-China relations, security and order in Northeast and Southeast Asia, cross-strait relations, and Taiwan politics.

To read more visit: https://harvard-yenching.org/scholars/chong-ja-ian

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:23:37 -0500 2020-01-27T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-27T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) International Policy Center Workshop / Seminar Photo of Ja Ian Chong
Emerging Drinking Water Contaminants Panel (January 29, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71811 71811-17888047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Environmental Policy Association

Join the Environmental Policy Association next week on Wednesday, 1/29 at 11:30 to 1 in 1110 Weill Hall for an Emerging Drinking Water Contaminants Panel. Panelist will discuss the challenges of emerging contaminants such as PFAS. The panel will feature UM professors from Public Health and SEAS as well as representatives from the State of Michigan and the Michigan Environmental Council. Lunch will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:45:32 -0500 2020-01-29T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Environmental Policy Association Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
Wallace House Presents Davey Alba of The New York Times with Ceren Burdak of the School of Information and College of Engineering (January 29, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70103 70103-17530519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

In 2018, journalist Davey Alba traveled to the Philippines to investigate Facebook’s breakneck proliferation in that country and President Rodrigo Duterte’s rise to power. She revealed how the politician’s incendiary style aligned perfectly with the tech company’s algorithms that reward entertaining, inflammatory content. From maligning opponents to espousing hardline policies to combat the drug trade, Duterte’s operatives created memes, propaganda and egregious libel that flourished on Facebook. Join Alba and Ceren Budak, associate professor, University of Michigan, for an examination of how demagogic political campaigns worldwide have weaponized the social media platform.

About the Speakers:
Davey Alba is a reporter for The New York Times covering technology. Prior to joining the Times, she was a senior reporter at BuzzFeed News. She has been a staff writer at Wired and an editor at Popular Mechanics. Alba grew up in the Philippines and holds a B.A. degree from De La Salle University in Manila and an M.A. in science journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She received the 2019 Livingston Award for international reporting for her BuzzFeed investigation “How Duterte Used Facebook to Fuel the Philippine Drug War“.

Ceren Budak is an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and the College of Engineering. Her research interests lie in the area of computational social science, a discipline at the intersection of computer science, statistics and the social sciences. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research New York. Burdak received a PhD from the computer science department at University of California, Santa Barbara and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Bilkent University in Turkey.

This Livingston Lecture event is co-sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is a co-sponsor of the event.

This event is produced with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:09:45 -0500 2020-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-29T17:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Davey Alba
POSTPONED: Media, big tech, and democracy: What happened? (February 5, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71118 71118-17777084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
Visit fordschool.umich.edu in the fall for details.




Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.
This event will be livestreamed. Check the event webpage for viewing details.

From the speaker's bio:

From 2001-11, Michael Copps served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission, where his tenure was marked by a consistent embrace of the public interest. As a strong voice in opposition to consolidation in the media, he dissented in the FCC vote on the Comcast-NBC Universal merger. He has been a consistent proponent of localism in programming and diversity in media ownership. Though retired from the Commission, he has maintained a commitment to an inclusive, informative media landscape. In addition to his work at Common Causes, Michael sits on the boards of Free Press and Public Knowledge.

Before joining the FCC, Michael served as assistant secretary of commerce for trade development at the Department of Commerce and chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-SC) from the early 1970s to 1983. He has a PhD in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:52:25 -0500 2020-02-05T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-05T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Michael Copps
Opportunities and challenges of autonomous vehicles: Role of governments? (February 10, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71249 71249-17794043@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 10, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

Automation has been significantly improving safety, efficiency, and throughput in aviation for decades. Automation in autonomous vehicles (AVs) offers similar improvement potential on our streets and highways. Automation on the ground, however, will be far more complex and challenging than in aviation. Given existing skepticism about AVs, crashes that could have been avoided by paying attention to lessons learned in aviation are particularly unfortunate because they will delay implementation of these life-saving technologies. In addition, the AV industry will face many automation challenges that were not encountered in aviation. The transformative changes from AVs will introduce major changes and challenges for federal, state and local governments.

Christopher A. Hart is the founder of Hart Solutions LLP, which specializes in improving safety in a variety of contexts, including the safety of automation in motor vehicles, workplace safety, and process safety in potentially hazardous industries.

Mr. Hart is also Chairman of the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, a three-jurisdictional agency (MD, VA, DC) that was created to oversee the safety of the Washington area mass transit subway system. He was also asked by the Federal Aviation Administration to lead the Joint Authorities Technical Review that was created bring together the certification authorities of 10 countries, as well as NASA, to review the robustness of the FAA certification of the flight control systems of the Boeing 737 MAX and make recommendations as needed to improve the certification process.

Until February 2018 Mr. Hart was a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). In March, 2015, he was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate to be Chairman, which he was until March, 2017. Prior to that he was Vice Chairman, after being nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2009 and 2013. The NTSB investigates major transportation accidents in all modes of transportation, determines probable cause, and makes recommendations to prevent recurrences. He was previously a Member of the NTSB in 1990, having been nominated by (the first) President Bush.

Mr. Hart’s previous positions include:
Deputy Director, Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service, Federal Aviation Administration,
Assistant Administrator for System Safety, FAA,
Deputy Administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Deputy Assistant General Counsel to the Department of Transportation,
Managing partner of Hart & Chavers, a Washington, D.C., law firm, and
Attorney with the Air Transport Association.

Mr. Hart has a law degree from Harvard Law School and a Master’s Degree and a Bachelor’s Degree (magna cum laude) in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, and he is a pilot with commercial, multi-engine, and instrument ratings.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:18:40 -0500 2020-02-10T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-10T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Christopher A. Hart
"Determinants of Giving and Taking Bribes in Eastern Europe: Norms, Personal Affluence, and Security of Corrupt Transactions" (February 17, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72149 72149-17946489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 17, 2020 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Please join the Weiser Diplomacy Center, the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, and the Center for Rusia, East European, and Eurasian Studies for a talk with Dr. Aram Simonyan, a visiting Fulbright Fellow.

Short Abstract:
Curbing corruption in Armenia was one of the main goals of the new Armenian government before the velvet revolution in 2018. According to Transparency International, Armenian Corruption Perception Index has increased by 7 points and the rank has improved by 28 positions in 2019 compared to 2018. What were the social and economic factors keeping the high level of corruption in the country? Recent empirical studies have predominantly looked at antecedents of corruption from a macro level. Based on the analysis of three datasets comprising of individual-level surveys taken over a three-year period in Armenia, the study argues that social norms, personal wealth, and the high reliability of corrupt transactions impact an individual’s decision to be involved in corruption.

Lunch will be served.

About the Speaker:
Aram Simonyan is Associate Professor of Economics at the International Scientific Educational Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, where he has been working in the capacity of Associate Chair of Economics and Management Department. His main research focuses on anti-corruption strategies in European countries from a socio-economic perspective. Advanced in eight languages, he held visiting positions at multiple European Universities. Now he is getting his second PhD in Sociology at the University of Kiel.
Dr. Simonyan was a Weiser Professional Fellow at the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan in 2018, and is a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in 2019-2020.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:44:29 -0500 2020-02-17T11:30:00-05:00 2020-02-17T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar Photo of Aram Simonyan
Integrating and Enforcing Labor Rights in Trade (February 19, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72452 72452-18007186@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be livestreamed. Check back here right before the event for viewing details.

This Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture will examine the nexus between labor rights and trade—a crucial topic as U.S. and global trade arrangements are being renegotiated. It will feature a conversation between two experts who have long worked to advance worker’s rights in the context of global trade—Dr. Bama Athreya, a visiting policy expert at the Weiser Diplomacy Center, and Ford School Professor of Practice Sander Levin. They will discuss historical challenges to including labor clauses in trade agreements and enforcing them. They will also review the labor clauses in recent trade deals, including the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement, and analyze the keys to implementing them effectively.

About the speakers:

Bama Athreya has more than twenty years’ experience on international labor issues, gender and social inclusion, and business and human rights. She is currently a Fellow at Open Society Foundations and an advisor to C&A Foundation. Most recently she worked for the US Agency for International Development as Senior Specialist for Labor, Gender and Social Inclusion, where she led the development of new guidance and internal training on gender and social inclusion, and assisted field Missions around the world to develop new programming to address labor rights, counter human trafficking and promote women’s economic empowerment. She was also one of USAID’s principal points of contact on Business and Human Rights. Previously she worked for the Solidarity Center, International Labor Rights Forum and Fontheim International and has been a consultant for the International Labour Organization. She has developed and led multi-country projects in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia on the rights of working women, on forced and child labor, and on ethical business practices. She has developed and led multi-stakeholder initiatives with global corporations on labor compliance, and has worked and written extensively on labor and gender in US trade policy. She served as one of the founding Board members of the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, an entity serving state and city governments in the United States who have adopted legislative or executive commitments to ethical procurement. In 2009 she was appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to a special Consultative Group on Forced and Child Labor. She speaks French, Spanish, Chinese and Indonesian. She holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Michigan. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

The Honorable Sander "Sandy" Levin is a professor of practice at the Ford School, with support from the Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence program. For over 35 years, Levin represented residents of Southeast Michigan in Congress. In that time, Levin was actively involved in the major debates confronting our nation including welfare reform, the auto industry rescue, China's entry into the World Trade Organization, the Iran Nuclear Agreement, and every critical economic policy issue. He chaired the House Ways and Means Committee including during passage of the Affordable Care Act, drafted the language to add enforceable labor and environmental standards in trade agreements for the first time, and successfully fought the privatization of Social Security. Born in Detroit, Levin earned a BA from the University of Chicago, an MA in international relations from Columbia University, and a JD from Harvard University. He developed a private law practice, served two terms in the Michigan State Senate, ran for governor, and served as an assistant administrator at the Agency for International Development before his election to Congress.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:53:22 -0500 2020-02-19T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Lecture / Discussion
New frontiers: Labor, immigration, and foreign policy (February 26, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72000 72000-17914109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be livestreamed. Check back here just before the event for viewing details.

Please join us for a talk with Denis McDonough, former White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama in conversation with Associate Professor John Ciorciari, director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center. McDonough will speak about transforming labor markets and the new economy, as well as leading interagency coordination and crisis responses in the White House.

About the speaker:
Denis McDonough served as White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama from February 2013 until January 20, 2017. He managed the White House staff, as well as Cabinet Secretaries and agency leaders. He also advised the President on domestic policy and national security challenges facing the country, management issues facing the federal government, and devised and enforced plans and accountability for performance and goals, maintaining the Obama Administration’s reputation for effective, ethical operation. In the first term of the Obama Administration, he served as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor. Throughout the 2008 Presidential campaign, McDonough served as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor for Obama for America. Prior to his eight-year tenure in the White House, McDonough served in senior leadership and policy-making positions in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
McDonough is currently an Executive Fellow at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, teaching a global policy seminar for graduate and undergraduate students. He also serves as Senior Advisor for Technology and Global Policy for Macro Advisory Partners, as well as Senior Advisor at the Markle Foundation.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:36:58 -0500 2020-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Denis McDonough
Local Trust in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Survey Evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (March 9, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73250 73250-18181866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: International Policy Center

Please join IPC for a Ford Security Seminar with Tom O'Mealia. O'Mealia will be discussing his working paper co-authored by Patrick Vinck and Phuong Pham.

Peacekeeping operations rely on the support of the local population both to gather information and to solidify peace. To gain such support, missions must cultivate trust with the residents in the areas in which they operate. We develop a theory of a transactional model of trust with international peacekeeping missions: those who interact with and benefit from UN peacekeeping missions are more likely to trust it. We find support for this theory leveraging two waves of an original, representative survey of more than 12,000 adults in three eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and an additional sample of more than 5,000 civilians in areas directly around peacekeeping bases. Our results show that civilians are more likely to express trust in the peacekeeping mission if they have direct contact with it. But this result is driven by those who come into contact with the civilian aspects of the mission; in contrast, those who only come into contact with the military parts of the mission are less likely to support the mission. These results suggest that to garner the support of the civilians it is sent to protect, peacekeeping missions must provide more than security.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:12:06 -0500 2020-03-09T11:30:00-04:00 2020-03-09T12:50:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) International Policy Center Workshop / Seminar Photo of Tom O'Mealia
A Lunchtime Conversation about "White Fragility" (March 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73606 73606-18269831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Center for Social Solutions

Free and open to the University of Michigan community. Please RSVP. Lunch will be served starting at 11:45am.

Please join us for a lunchtime conversation about "White Fragility" with Professor Alford A. Young. This lunchtime conversation is designed to prepare attendees for Robin DiAngelo's March 13th visit to the University of Michigan. From a public policy lens, Professor Young will evaluate the impact that public policies—both current and historical—have on racial and/or ethnic inequalities and discuss how it relates to other dimensions of social life.

Alford A. Young, Jr. is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Afroamerican and African Studies, with a courtesy appointment at the Ford School of Public Policy. He serves as associate director of U-M's Center for Social Solutions and faculty director for scholar engagement and leadership at Michigan's National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID). He has pursued research on low-income, urban-based African Americans, employees at an automobile manufacturing plant, African American scholars and intellectuals, and the classroom-based experiences of higher-education faculty as they pertain to diversity and multiculturalism. He employs ethnographic interviewing as his primary data collection method. His objective in research on low-income African American men, his primary area of research, has been to argue for a renewed cultural sociology of the African American urban poor. Young received an MA and PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:15:28 -0500 2020-03-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T13:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Center for Social Solutions Lecture / Discussion A Lunchtime Conversation about "White Fragility"
Earth Day Teach-In: Public Perceptions of Renewable Energy in Michigan: How to Constructively Advocate at the Local Level (March 10, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73721 73721-18304818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

As demand for renewable energy grows, wind energy and solar energy developers are looking for communities to host these projects. In this session, Dr. Sarah Mills will talk about what we know about public perceptions of renewable energy in the communities where wind and solar projects are proposed. She'll draw mostly on her research understanding community reactions to wind energy projects in Michigan, extrapolate what that means for solar energy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:10:10 -0400 2020-03-10T10:30:00-04:00 2020-03-10T12:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion Renewable wind energy
CANCELED: A reading and conversation with Lacy M. Johnson (March 11, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72317 72317-17974669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED AS OF 3/9/2020.

Join us for a reading by Lacy M. Johnson, author of *The Reckonings* and professor of creative non-fiction at Rice University. David Morse, Lecturer at the Ford School's Writing Center, will moderate the conversation.

From the speaker's bio:

Lacy M. Johnson is a Houston-based professor, curator, activist, and is author of *The Reckonings*, which was named a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist in Criticism and one of the best books of 2018 by Boston Globe, Electric Literature, Autostraddle, Book Riot, and Refinery 29. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Tin House, Guernica, Fourth Genre, Creative Nonfiction, Sentence, TriQuarterly, Gulf Coast and elsewhere. She teaches creative nonfiction at Rice University(link is external) and is the Founding Director of the Houston Flood Museum.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:59:00 -0400 2020-03-11T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T17:20:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Lacy M. Johnson
CANCELLED: Animals for Environmental Justice: (March 13, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73621 73621-18269849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

CANCELLED: This teach-in explores the action of several animals who are active in addressing environment degradation including beavers, mussels, wombats, cows and mushrooms. The idea that their work is work for environmental justice will be explored.

This teach-in will be led by Trevor Bechtel, Lecturer in the School of Social Work, and staff at Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan. Bechtel is an editor of Encountering Earth: Thinking Theologically with a More than Human World, and the Creative Director of the Anabaptist Bestiary Project.


Due to the COVID-19 situation, this event has been canceled. Email betrevor@umich.edu for more inquiries about the content of this teach-in. Learn more here about the University of Michigan's new university wide measures regarding classes and events.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 21:27:43 -0400 2020-03-13T13:30:00-04:00 2020-03-13T15:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion Wombat
CANCELED: Continuing Challenges to Suffrage in Michigan in 2020: Who Still Can’t Vote? (March 16, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73281 73281-18190698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 16, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Due to the COVID-19 situation, this event has been canceled.

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be livestreamed. Check the event page just before the event for viewing details.

This panel will address the long struggle for women’s right to vote in the U.S., officially secured 100 years ago, and—equally importantly—the continuing struggle to secure full democratic participation in Michigan. Panelists will describe real barriers to voting in Michigan today, as well as efforts to change rules and regulations to expand access to voting, and what it will take to increase access for some groups in the upcoming election.

Panelists are:

-Danielle Atkinson, founding director of Mothering Justice
-Stephanie Chang (MPP/MSW '14), member of the Michigan State Senate and co-founder and past president of Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote-Michigan
-Dessa Cosma, Executive Director of Detroit Disability Power
-Sharon Dolente (MPP ’04), voting rights strategist at Michigan ACLU
-Michael Steinberg (moderator), Professor from Practice, U-M Law School, former legal director, Michigan ACLU

Cosponsored by the Department of Women's Studies, CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. For more information on U-M Suffrage 2020, visit https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/umsuffrage2020/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:36:52 -0400 2020-03-16T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-16T17:20:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
CANCELED: Brick by Brick: Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere (March 18, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73741 73741-18311321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Due to the COVID-19 situation, this event has been canceled.

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be livestreamed. Check event website right before the event for viewing details.

Join us for a conversation with Associate Professor John Ciorciari and author Karen Sherman to discuss her book, Brick by Brick: Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere. Sherman has spent 30 years in global development advocating for women in war-torn and transitional countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Kosovo, and the former Soviet Union. She began writing Brick by Brick during the year she spent living in Rwanda with her three sons to oversee the construction of a first-of-its-kind women’s opportunity center. The strength of these women helped Karen find her own way--through conflict zones and confrontations with corrupt officials to a renewed commitment to her family.

From the speaker's bio:

Karen Sherman currently serves as President of the Akilah Institute, Rwanda’s only women’s college, leading its strategy, growth, and partnerships. Prior to joining Akilah, Sherman was a senior executive at Women for Women International, an organization that helps women survivors of war to rebuild their lives. Sherman also served as the Executive Vice President at Counterpart International, an international nonprofit development organization that partners with local organizations to build inclusive, sustainable communities in which their people thrive. Sherman has been featured on BBC, CNBC Africa, Al Jazeera English, and Voice of America.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:37:26 -0400 2020-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-18T17:20:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Karen Sherman
CANCELED: 13th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work (March 20, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72869 72869-18088115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Due to the COVID-19 situation, this event has been canceled.

Free and open to the public.

Join the conversation on Twitter: #fordschoolgramlich

Each spring, Ford School faculty and staff nominate dozens of outstanding student research and service projects for recognition at the Gramlich Showcase of Student Work. Established in 2008 to honor internationally renowned economist and former Ford School dean, Ned Gramlich, this event features exceptional student work on a broad range of local, national, and international policy challenges.

For students, the showcase is an opportunity to share their academic work and service engagement with the broader community – to teach others about major policy challenges, to respond to thought-provoking questions, and to engage in dialogue about complex problems. For guests, the showcase represents an opportunity to learn about contemporary domestic and international problems, and the policy interventions designed to tackle them.

Join the Ford School community for hors d'oeuvres and refreshments as we celebrate the insightful policy work of our talented students. You're sure to learn something new!

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Presentation Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:38:04 -0400 2020-03-20T14:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T16:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Presentation Gramlich Showcase