Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. LGBTQ+ Graduate & Professional Student Mixer (October 28, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78545 78545-20060205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events
Other Spectrum Center events: https://bit.ly/SChappening

Our annual LGBTQ+ graduate student mixer, now virtual! Thank you for your patience as we rescheduled this event, we're so excited to finally get the chance to meet you (and have you meet one another!) Come hang out with other graduate and professional students in the community and start making connections! Plus, get a chance to learn more and ask questions about opportunities available to you via the Spectrum Center or Rackham, such as mentorship programs, upcoming events, and funding!

Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:30:46 -0400 2020-10-28T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-28T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Social / Informal Gathering The rescheduled LGBTQ+ Graduate & Professional Student Mixer will be 5:30 to 7 PM on Wednesday, October 28th. Co-hosted by Rackham Graduate School and the Spectrum Center.
LGBTQ+ Election Processing (November 10, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79048 79048-20178465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

The Spectrum Center Programming Board invites you to join them for their Election Processing event on Tuesday, November 10th at 7 PM EST. They hope that this will serve as a safe place for LGBTQ+ folx to come together to share how they’re feeling post-Election Day and discuss where we go from here. This event is open to all LGBTQ+ folx, including students, faculty, alumni, and community members! Registration is required, so please register at https://bit.ly/SCPB-Election2020 if you are interested in attending. Upon registering, an email containing the Zoom link for the event will be sent out. Thank you, we hope to see you there!

Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Well-being Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:27:00 -0400 2020-11-10T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Well-being The Spectrum Center Programming Board presents this LGBTQ+ community space to share election reactions & take care of ourselves. This event will be hosted Tuesday, November 10th starting at 7 PM. The design of the flyer is based on the American flag, but in a purple color scheme. There is a purple rainbow at the top of the text which is centered on the page.
All in the Family: How Colonial Policies Attempted to Make Indigenous Kinship into American Family (November 11, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79349 79349-20280660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Out In Public FSPP

Out in Public welcomes DeLesslin George-Warren (he/they) for an incredibly short survey of how colonial governments have attempted to restructure systems of kinship in Indigenous communities through the creation and enforcement of binary gender, enforcement of gendered property inheritance, and punishment of family structures that lie outside the 'Atomic American Family'. Most importantly we will discuss how Indigenous communities have resisted and continue to resist these policies.

Register here: https://forms.gle/PYqkUFcjLDAjywze6

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:54:56 -0500 2020-11-11T14:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Out In Public FSPP Livestream / Virtual All in the Family: How colonial policies attempted to make Indigenous kinship into American Family. November 17 from 6 to 7 pm. DeLesslin George-Warren discusses how colonial governments used the gender binary to restructure systems of kinship in Indigenous communities and most importantly how communities resist these policies. A photo of DeLesslin, a white-passing, late 20s man
A Conversation with Thought Leader and Change maker LaTosha Brown! (February 1, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81085 81085-20846551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 1, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

For Black History Month, MESA is proud to present, "A Conversation with Thought Leader and Change maker LaTosha Brown!" Co-sponsoring this event is U-M Ross Buisness + Impact, Central Student Government, LSA-English Language and Literature, Michigan Law, Center For Engeneering Diversity and Outreach, and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. This conversation will be moderated by Associate Professor from the Department of Theatre & Drama, School of Music, Theatre & Dance Dr. Antonio C. Cuyler (Kyler) (He). He will be joined by the following panelist (BSU Vice Speaker Cydney Gardner-Brown, Turn Turn Out President Josiah Walker, and Vice Provost for Equity & Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer Office of the Provost Dr. Robert Sellers).

Ms. Brown is a 2020-2021 Hauser Leader at the Center for Public Leadership and a 2020-2021 American Democracy Fellow at Harvard’s Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History. Throughout the 2020 U.S. election, Ms. Brown led the We Got the Power bus tour across the U.S. South to register people to vote and galvanize Black voter participation. In a recent interview, Ms. Brown said “We wanted people, we wanted Black voters in particular, to feel a sense of their power and their agency, and in spite of all odds, what we could do in pushing this country forward.

Ms. Brown is also an award-winning thought leader, social strategist, philanthropic consultant, jazz singer, and catalyst for change. As co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund, Ms. Brown is dedicated to increasing the political power of Black people. She has more than twenty years of experience working in the non-profit and philanthropy sectors on issues related to political empowerment, social justice, economic development, leadership development, wealth creation and civil rights. A regular contributor to The New York Times and a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Ms. Brown is a recipient of the 2010 White House Champions of Change Award, 2006 Spirit of Democracy Award, and the Louis Burnham Award for Human Rights.

She will share thoughts on her lecture, “The Death of Democracy: Voter Suppression in the 21st Century,” and she will discuss how storytelling and strategic messaging can build political power. The role of women, young voters, and people of color in American politics will be a key area of discussion as it relates to civic engagement protests and student activism.

RSVP: https://myumi.ch/mnrdk

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:14:11 -0500 2021-02-01T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-01T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual Black History Month Opening Event
A Womb of Their Own - Film Screening (February 3, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81020 81020-20834763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Registration: http://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events

This is a two-part event! Join us the next day for a discussion with the film's director.

"A Womb of Their Own​" introduces a charismatic, funny, thoughtful group of masculine-of-center-identified people who experience pregnancy. Each individual and couple navigates gender expectations, even from the LGBT community, that don’t fit their experience of themselves. The film follows their stories as they establish and celebrate their own unique gender, develop their definition of family, grow a baby in their bodies, and birth, chestfeed and parent their children. Directed by ​Cyn Lubow.

This event is brought to you through collaboration with the Sexual and Gender Diversity in Public Health student organization. Learn more about them at http://bit.ly/2M72nmn.

Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:06:36 -0500 2021-02-03T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-03T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Film Screening Promotional graphic for this event featuring Spectrum Center and SGDPH logos. All text is repeated in event description.
A Womb of Their Own (February 4, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81021 81021-20834764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 4, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Registration: http://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events

This is a two-part event! Make sure to attend the film screening the day before!

"A Womb of Their Own​" introduces a charismatic, funny, thoughtful group of masculine-of-center-identified people who experience pregnancy. Each individual and couple navigates gender expectations, even from the LGBT community, that don’t fit their experience of themselves. The film follows their stories as they establish and celebrate their own unique gender, develop their definition of family, grow a baby in their bodies, and birth, chestfeed and parent their children. Directed by ​Cyn Lubow.

This event is brought to you through collaboration with the Sexual and Gender Diversity in Public Health student organization. Learn more about them at http://bit.ly/2M72nmn.

Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:06:04 -0500 2021-02-04T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-04T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion Promotional graphic for this event featuring Spectrum Center and SGDPH logos. All text is repeated in event description.
You Deserve Care (February 25, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82128 82128-21036723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events

Centering the needs of QTBIPOC therapy-seekers, this workshop aims to help you to learn more about accessing and navigating therapy, the green and red flags of a therapist, and how to ask the right questions to find the right fit for you.

Our workshop presenter will be Kulky Nakai Psy.D. LP (they/them/theirs), a therapist practicing with Integrative Empowerment Group PLLC. In their work, they bring a creative, synergistic, and vibrant energy to the therapy room. They earned their doctorate in clinical psychology at Adler University in Chicago, IL and their masters in counseling psychology at Argosy University in San Diego, CA. Identifying as a fat and tattooed queer femme of color, Kulky has also experienced marginalization, discrimination, and oppression for these intersecting identities throughout their life. They understand the deep impact that prejudice and stigma has on one’s mental health and wellbeing, and they are committed to socio-political and cultural change in efforts towards social justice and equality. After years of professional training and personal exploration, they are not only fulfilling their calling but are also building their legacy. Accordingly, Kulky is intentional about helping to cultivate meaningful, healing, and transformative therapeutic relationships so that their clients may become their own compassionate caregiver and agent of change to live an authentic, value-guided, and worthwhile life.

Read their full bio at https://www.integrativeempowerment.com/kulky

Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:14:00 -0500 2021-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Workshop / Seminar Time / date information, event description, plus logos for LGBTQ Health and Wellness Season, Spectrum Center, and Integrative Empowerment Group PLLC logos alongside a photo of Kulky. Kulky is a medium-skinned South Asian individual with shoulder-length black hair and clear-framed classes. They are smiling at the camera and are in a forest of some kind.
Black History Month's Closing Speaker - JANAYA KHAN (March 1, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82365 82365-21070618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

MESA is proud to present Black History Month's Closing Speaker - JANAYA KHAN. Join us for a thrilling event where Janaya Khan will discuss “The Future within the Black Lives Matter Movement and The Intersections of being a Black, Queer, and Gender-Nonconforming Activist" This event is sponsored by The Spectrum Center and Central Student Government, and will be co-moderated by students Adrian King (they/them), PhD candidate in American Culture, and Jolyna Chiangong, who will be joined by Vice President Of Student Life Dr. Martino Harmon.

With a timely message about the transformational power of protest, Janaya Khan is a leading activist who engages their community in a profound discussion about social justice and equality. Known as ‘Future’ within the Black Lives Matter movement, Janaya is a black, queer, gender-nonconforming activist (pronouns: they, them, theirs), staunch Afrofuturist and social-justice educator who presents an enlightening point of view on police brutality and systemic racism.

“Throughout the political tumult of 2020, one of the most prominent voices to become a source of healing and hope was Janaya Future Khan, whose rapidly-growing audience across social media now numbers in the hundreds of thousands. But while the activist’s weekly Sunday Sermons on Instagram provided a necessary forum for those looking to reflect and regroup during the pandemic and the instances of police brutality that sparked a renewal of energy behind the Black Lives Matter movement, Khan’s activism extends much further back—all the way to their childhood, spent between Toronto and Florida, and their subsequent years as a competitive boxer.

Galvanized by the 2014 killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Jermaine Carby in Toronto at the hands of police officers, Khan has had a longstanding involvement in Black Lives Matter—even launching its first international chapter in Canada—and became a necessary and informed voice for those seeking direction last summer. And like many around the world, Khan found themselves dismayed and angered by the scenes that unfolded on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol building, where riots led by Trump supporters sieged the building to disrupt the final counting of the Electoral College ballots in favor of Joe Biden’s Presidential win, resulting in five deaths.” BY LIAM HESS January 10, 2021

MESA and the Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:45:08 -0500 2021-03-01T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T19:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual JANAYA KHAN
Pride on the Diag (July 10, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84256 84256-21623497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 10, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Queer Advocacy Coalition

Queer Advocacy Coalition, in collaboration with Rackham Graduate School and the Spectrum Center, are so excited to be hosting Pride on the Diag on July 10th from 1-3pm on The Diag! At the event, you’ll find performances from local queer musicians, poets, and drag performers, as well as interactive tables from campus and community organizations providing resources about the LGBTQIA+ community and LGBTQIA+ safe sex practices. There will be games and cute photo booth opportunities, so grab your friends and family, and come out to celebrate! 🏳️‍🌈

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Performance Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:46:11 -0400 2021-07-10T13:00:00-04:00 2021-07-10T15:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Queer Advocacy Coalition Performance Pride on the Diag, 2021. Postponed to July 10th, 1 to 3pm. Presented by Queer Advocacy Coalition, Rackham Graduate School, and the Spectrum Center. The flyer has a light blue background with hands of all different races holding a variety of pride flags.
Kayaking with GoSTEM (September 11, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85710 85710-21628306@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 11, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Grads Out in STEM

Join Grads Out in STEM for an afternoon of kayaking at Gallup Park Livery on Sat, Sept 11, 1-3 pm. $5 registration. Open to all grad students and post docs in STEM departments and CoE at UMich. Spots are limited. Registration opens 9/1 at 8 pm. Link to register at https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/gostem/home. Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:26:41 -0400 2021-09-11T13:00:00-04:00 2021-09-11T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Grads Out in STEM Social / Informal Gathering An orange kayak in dark water approaching dark mountains with text about the event, given in description as well.
September Togetherness: QTBIPOC Gathering (September 20, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86692 86692-21635592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 20, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events

This month’s Togetherness event will be held in-person, in the MESA & Spectrum shared space . A meal will be provided for all attendees.

The Togetherness: QTBIPOC Gatherings are a collaboration between MESA and the Spectrum Center focusing on centering the experiences of Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color through sharing meals, discussions, and creating connections with people in the QTBIPOC community at UM and in the surrounding areas.

This event’s host will be Karen Montoya. Karen Montoya is a senior graduate student in the Chemistry department working on the development of a diagnostic tool. She is interested in the retention of underrepresented students in higher education. As such, she has been involved in community building and provided mentorship for both college-level and middle school level. She is very excited to meet you all and hopes she can learn about your experiences as students or individuals, or both.

Learn more about future Togetherness events or applying to be a future host at: https://bit.ly/QTBIPOCgather

Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:37:37 -0400 2021-09-20T17:30:00-04:00 2021-09-20T19:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Spectrum Center Social / Informal Gathering Event and host information as provided in event page text. In the lower left-hand corner is a picture of Karen, who is wearing a white-spotted red dress and smiling at the camera while holding up a device over her right eye.