Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Chef & Writer Tunde Wey in Conversation with Rebekah Modrak (April 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51868 51868-12274329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Tunde Wey opened a restaurant in Detroit in 2013. A year later, realizing that the influx of capital to the city was not contributing to an inclusive revival but to the profit of those already “fluent in the language of privilege,” Tunde left the restaurant and moved to New Orleans. He now travels around the country holding dinners, using food as a medium to have conversations about race, equity, and cultural values. Recently, the Nigerian-born chef and writer has received national press for Saartj, his lunch counter in New Orleans where white patrons were asked to pay $30 per plate and people of color were charged $12 per plate as a way to call attention to racial wealth disparity. Participants of color could “opt-in” to receive the profit redistribution. In Ann Arbor, Tunde will host two private dinners for local residents and advocates concerned with equity and race, and will offer food truck conversations for four nights.

At the Ann Arbor District Library, artist and Stamps School Professor Rebekah Modrak (whose works, such as Rethink Shinola, critically intervene in consumption) will moderate a conversation with Tunde about his work as a chef, his decision to use food as provocation, the possibility of transforming consumptive acts through dinners and pop-up restaurants, discriminatory development, racial wealth disparity, and the importance of self-determination in affecting the outcomes of your life and community. 

Tunde’s talk is co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library, The Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, and Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:15:20 -0400 2018-04-20T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-20T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/Blackness_Austin_Melements-45.jpg
Tunde Wey: Food Truck Conversations on Race, Equity, and Segregation (April 24, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51831 51831-12262911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

In late April 2018, the Stamps School of Art & Design will host Witt Visiting Artist Tunde Wey. Recently, the Nigerian-born chef and writer has received national press for Saartj, his lunch counter in New Orleans where white patrons were requested to pay $30 per plate and people of color were charged $12 per plate. Participants of color could “opt-in” to receive the profit redistribution. The project was a way to explore and call attention to racial wealth disparity. Data collected during the project revealed the power of social pressure to re-frame conversations about equity and race.

Rebekah Modrak, Associate Professor at the Stamps School, is hosting Wey for his Ann Arbor visit.

As part of his campus visit, Wey will create a public dinnertime food truck dining experience Tuesday, April 24 and Wednesday April 25 at the U-M Ginsberg Center at the corner of E. University and Hill Streets in Ann Arbor. The food truck will appear at Argus Farm Stop (325 W. Liberty Rd, Ann Arbor) on Thursday, April 26 and Friday, April 27. Hours of operation are from 5-8 pm. These dining spaces will aim to use food as a way to explore the ways in which racial disparities, equity, and privilege play out locally.

Food Truck Locations/Hours
Tuesday, April 24, Ginsberg Center (1024 Hill St.), 5 - 8 pm
Wednesday April 25, Ginsberg Center (corner of E. University and Hill Streets), 5 - 8 pm
Thursday, April 26, Argus Farm Stop (325 W. Liberty Rd, Ann Arbor), 5 - 8 pm
Friday, April 27, Argus Farm Stop (325 W. Liberty Rd, Ann Arbor), 5 - 8 pm

Sponsors:
Stamps School of Art & Design
The Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
The College of Literature, Science and the Arts
The Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Interdisciplinary Academic Affairs
Institute for the Humanities
The Ann Arbor District Library
The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Jefferson Market
Argus Farm Stop
The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, The Original

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Other Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:15:11 -0400 2018-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-24T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Other https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/Blackness_Austin_Melements-45.jpg
NextProf Science Workshop (April 30, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49452 49452-11462126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 30, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

About 50 advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with an interest in diversity will meet to network and get tips on how to take the next step to a faculty position. Hosted by College of LSA Natural Science Division and coordinated by the Advance Program at UM.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:27:09 -0500 2018-04-30T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-30T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar collage of scientists