Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. MIW Information Sessions (January 23, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71424 71424-17825684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

Come learn more about the Michigan in Washington Program.

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Other Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:19:33 -0500 2020-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 2020-01-23T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Other Haven Hall
Privacy@Michigan 2020 (January 28, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71094 71094-17777056@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Register to attend the Privacy@Michigan Symposium and Research Showcase Tuesday, January 28, 1 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre (4th floor) and celebrate the 2020 International Data Privacy Day. Attendance is free and open to the public but space is limited. Please RSVP.

For a schedule of events and to register visit: https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/privacy-at-michigan/2020

Kathleen Kingsbury, editor of The New York Times Privacy Project, will give the keynote address. Multi-disciplinary experts will participate in panel discussions on a range of privacy-related topics. A privacy fair including a privacy clinic, where students help with general privacy questions, and posters showcasing privacy research at the University of Michigan will be available throughout the afternoon.

This event organized by the University of Michigan School of Information, University of Michigan Information Assurance, and the Dissonance Event Series.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:49:19 -0500 2020-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T18:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Conference / Symposium Privacy@Michigan Symposium - Keynote Speaker: Kathleen Kingsbury
A Meditation on Juliana v. United States (January 30, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70163 70163-17540919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the latest installment of the Environmental Law & Policy Program Lecture Series. Professor Lisa Heinzerling from Georgetown Law will deliver a lecture entitled, "A Meditation on Juliana v. United States."

This event is free and open to the public.

Lisa Heinzerling is the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Her specialties include administrative law, environmental law, food law, and torts. She has published several books, including a leading casebook on environmental law and a widely cited critique of the use of cost-benefit analysis in environmental policy (Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:30:24 -0500 2020-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T13:00:00-05:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Chief Justice Bridget McCormack, Len Niehoff, and John de Lancie: Theater of Justice (January 30, 2020 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70388 70388-17594435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

This event brings together Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack, legal scholar and practitioner Len Niehoff, and acclaimed actor John de Lancie to explore the work of the courts and the law; how the human impulse for narrative performance and drama informs the inner workings of the courtroom; and how the courtroom is represented on stage and screen.

Chief Justice Bridget McCormack joined the Michigan Supreme Court in January 2013, and became chief justice in January 2019. As the chief justice, McCormack has promoted statewide initiatives devoted to improving the courts’ service to the public, and in particular delivering on a promise that courts are independent, accessible, engaged with their communities, and efficient. Len Niehoff is a nationally prominent law practitioner, professor, and scholar in three fields: media law and the First Amendment; higher education law; and trial and appellate litigation. Niehoff is working on a book about the Salem witch trials. John de Lancie is best known for his role as “Q” on Star Trek: The Next Generation, however, his credits are numerous and include The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Fisher King, Breaking Bad, and The West Wing.  He was recently in a national tour of the “Scopes Monkey Trial” with Ed Asner where he played Clarence Darrow, and is the first recipient of the Clarence Darrow Award. De Lancie is currently at work on a play about the 2005 Kitzmiller vs. Dover School District trial.

Presented in partnership with University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). This event heralds Witness Lab, a project by Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence Courtney McClellan. This courtroom installation is activated from February 15 through May 17, 2020, in UMMA’s Stenn Gallery.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Jan 2020 08:46:01 -0500 2020-01-30T17:10:00-05:00 2020-01-30T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/McCormack.jpg
Continuing Korematsu: Our Fight in the Trump Era (January 30, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72117 72117-17939981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

January 30th is the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. On February 19th, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, one of the most blatant forms of racial profiling in US history, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of over 120,000 American citizens and residents on the basis of being ethnically Japanese. Fred T. Korematsu was one of many who refused to be incarcerated, and was arrested. A national civil rights hero, Fred Korematsu appealed his case to the Supreme Court. Although the Supreme Court ruled against him in 1944, in 1983 his conviction was overturned in a coram nobis proceeding where Fred Korematsu addressed the court, saying, “I would like to see the government admit they were wrong, and do something about it so this will never happen again to any American citizen of any race, creed, or color.”

In 2014 and again in 2019, the US government attempted to reopen the Fort Sill camp to incarcerate migrant children from Latin America; Fort Sill was previously used as a concentration camp where Native Americans and Japanese Americans were detained. In June 2017, ICE agents raided and arrested Iraqi families in the Detroit area, leading to the ACLU’s lawsuit, Hamama v. Adducci. Raids on Iraqi families have continued into 2019.

On January 30th, APALSA's Political Action Committee, in partnership with the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission and Stop Repeating History would like to invite you to attend a screening of the documentary Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 by Jon Osaki, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A led by University of Michigan Law student Kevin Luong.

This event features incredible guest speakers: Dr. Karen Korematsu, Don Tamaki, Aamina Ahmed, Mary Kamidoi, and Michael Steinberg. Free and open to the public. Food from Curry On will be provided with RSVP: bit.ly/2tfDsnu

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:49:48 -0500 2020-01-30T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T20:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Lecture / Discussion Korematsu Day Poster
Pre-Law Practice LSAT (February 7, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72239 72239-17963878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Participate in a proctored LSAT practice exam. Registration required: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/21975

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:09:57 -0500 2020-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T15:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Workshop / Seminar Pre-Law Image
Financial Inclusion: A Conversation with Adrienne Harris (February 12, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69973 69973-17491318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Join the +Impact Studio at Ross and MBA Finance Club for a discussion on financial inclusion with U-M Ford School Professor and Gate Foundation Senior Research Fellow, Adrienne Harris. Adrienne also advises fintech companies, incumbent financial institutions, and large venture capital firms. Most recently, she was the Chief Business Officer and General Counsel at a San Francisco-based inter-tech start-up for which is is now an advisor.

As part of the school’s Business+Impact initiative, the +Impact Studio brings together students from Ross and other disciplines in applying design principles to translate insights from faculty research into practical solutions to societal challenges. Studio faculty Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks and Jerry Davis will be on hand to engage Ms. Harris in a lively discussion about her work in governmental and corporate strategy around financial inclusion and fintech availability to the underserved.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/financial-inclusion-in-the-age-of-fintech-tickets-92064733095

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:07:58 -0500 2020-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 2020-02-12T19:00:00-05:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion Adrienne Harris
Courtney McClellan: Observer v. Witness (February 17, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70391 70391-17594438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 17, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Special Event: Monday, February 17, 5:30pm / Helmut Stern Auditorium, UMMA, 525 S State St, Ann Arbor 48109

Courtney McClellan is an artist and writer from Greensboro, North Carolina, and the 2019-2020 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. Her work addresses public ritual, institutional space, and objects that invite or demand speech. Her explorations result in sculpture, performance, installation, writing, and video. Her studio practice includes experimenting with materials, but also reaches into fields such as law, theater, and journalism. For the past five years she has studied legal simulation.

At UMMA, McClellan will mount Witness Lab, an architectural courtroom installation and performance series. The facsimile courtroom located in the glassed-in Stenn Gallery will host legal simulations from participating groups including the Trial Advocacy Society and the Oral Argument Competition from the University of Michigan Law School, as well as the undergraduate team of the Collegiate American Mock Trial Association. Additionally, court transcript readings and trial advocacy workshops will be performed in the gallery. Stamps students will observe and document the courtroom activity through drawing, text, photography, and video. The accumulated documents will result in a publication.

Witness Lab offers audiences a complex truth. By studying the courtroom as a space of performance, and the lawyers as agents of justice, participants and passersby consider the physical and social architecture of the law.

Presented in partnership with University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), presenting Witness Lab, a project by Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence Courtney McClellan. This courtroom installation is activated from February 15 through May 17, 2020. Lead support for Witness Lab is provided by the University of Michigan Law School and the Office of the Provost.

Image credit: Double Jeopardy, GIF, 2019

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:15:46 -0500 2020-02-17T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-17T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/McClellan.jpg
MIW Application Deadline Extension-March 13th (March 9, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73725 73725-18304826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington program is still accepting applications for the Fall 2020 semester.

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Other Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:33:31 -0400 2020-03-09T00:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T23:00:00-04:00 Michigan in Washington Program Other
MIW Application Deadline Extension-March 13th (March 10, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73725 73725-18304827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington program is still accepting applications for the Fall 2020 semester.

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Other Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:33:31 -0400 2020-03-10T00:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T23:00:00-04:00 Michigan in Washington Program Other
Bioethics Discussion: Public Health (March 10, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52728 52728-12974162@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on the health of our society.

Readings to consider:
1. The right to public health
2. Ethics and Public Health: Forging a Strong Relationship
3. Old Myths, New Myths: Challenging Myths in Public Health
4. A Bridge Back to the Future: Public Health Ethics, Bioethics, and Environmental Ethics

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/042-public-health/.

A public good for the good of the public – the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Jan 2020 09:57:57 -0500 2020-03-10T19:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Public health
MIW Application Deadline Extension-March 13th (March 11, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73725 73725-18304828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington program is still accepting applications for the Fall 2020 semester.

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Other Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:33:31 -0400 2020-03-11T00:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T23:00:00-04:00 Michigan in Washington Program Other
MIW Application Deadline Extension-March 13th (March 12, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73725 73725-18304829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington program is still accepting applications for the Fall 2020 semester.

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Other Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:33:31 -0400 2020-03-12T00:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T23:00:00-04:00 Michigan in Washington Program Other
CANCELLED: Our Constitution and Our Children in the Era of Climate Crisis: Juliana v. United States (March 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73028 73028-18129604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

This lecture has been CANCELLED.

Please join us for the latest installment of the Environmental Law & Policy Program Lecture Series. Julia Olson, Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel of Our Children's Trust, will speak about Juliana v. United States.

This event is free and open to the public.

Julia Olson graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, with a J.D. in 1997. For the first part of her 22-year career, Julia represented grassroots conservation groups working to protect the environment, organic agriculture, and human health. After becoming a mother, and realizing the greatest threat to her children and children everywhere was climate change, she focused her work on representing young people and elevating their voices on the issue that will most determine the quality of their lives and the well-being of all future generations. Julia founded Our Children’s Trust in 2010 to lead this strategic legal campaign on behalf of the world’s youth against governments everywhere. Julia leads Juliana v. the United States, the constitutional climate change case brought by 21 youth against the U.S. government for violating their Fifth Amendment rights to life, liberty, property, and public trust resources. Julia and OCT are recipients of the Rose-Walters Prize for Global Environmental Activism. She received the Kerry Rydberg Award for Environmental Activism in 2017 and is a member of Rachel's Network Circle of Advisors. To rejuvenate, Julia loves being high up in the mountains with her family and her dog or playing tunes on her ukulele with friends.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:11:27 -0400 2020-03-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T13:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Canceled | Hello, My Name Is: Name Change Clinic (March 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73813 73813-18330893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Spectrum Center

This event has unfortunately been canceled with no immediate rescheduling planned.

Join Spectrum, JTCC's OUTreach with Outlaws at the University of Michigan for a free clinic dedicated to addressing the challenges of name changes for transgender and gender nonconforming people.

Event Location: The clinic will take place on Saturday, March 28 from 1-4pm in the basement multipurpose room at the Ann Arbor District Library's downtown location (343 S. Fifth Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104). A detailed wayfinding guide is available at http://bit.ly/SCeventnav

We will provide details on how to legally change your name and gender marker in the state of Michigan. Information on how to update your Social Security, Passport, Driver’s License, and Birth Certificate will also be available. Legal volunteers will be on-site after the presentation to answer questions and assist with forms.

Event timeline:
1:00-1:15: Arrival
1:15-2:30: Presentation and Q&A
2:30-4:00: Paperwork assistance with legal volunteers

How to Get There:

***A detailed wayfinding guide is available at bit.ly/SCeventnav***

Bus
The Downtown Ann Arbor District Library is located directly across the street from the Blake Transit Center. For details on bus schedules, check out http://theride.org.

Driving
Several options are available for Downtown parking. An underground parking structure is located next to the library between 5th Avenue and Division St. Metered street parking is available on 5th Avenue, William Street, and Library Lane.

Questions?
If you have any questions, please e-mail outlawslegal@gmail.com for more information.

http://www.jimtoycenter.org/know-your-rights

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:06:12 -0400 2020-03-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 Spectrum Center Workshop / Seminar Event information & sponsor logos on a transgender pride flag.
MIW Application Deadline Extension-March 13th (March 13, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73725 73725-18304825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington program is still accepting applications for the Fall 2020 semester.

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Other Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:33:31 -0400 2020-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T23:00:00-04:00 Michigan in Washington Program Other
CANCELLED - Parenting for Prison: Time for One is Time for All (March 17, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73203 73203-18377654@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 6:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Prison Birth Project

This semester, Prison Birth Project is hosting its second annual symposium, Parenting from Prison: Time for One is Time for All.

We aim to raise awareness and foster a discussion about our state’s prison system and the negative effects it has on those that are incarcerated and their loved ones in order to work collaboratively towards systematic changes.

The symposium will feature keynote speaker Cindy Shank, a previously incarcerated activist and advocate for abolishing mandatory minimum sentences. There will be several breakout workshop options relating to birth in prison, criminal justice advocacy, and diversion programs. There will also be a presentation about a current bill related to criminal justice advocacy.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:53:21 -0400 2020-03-17T18:00:00-04:00 2020-03-17T19:00:00-04:00 Prison Birth Project Conference / Symposium Parenting from Prison: Time for One is Time for All
CANCELLED: “Suing for an Enslaved Woman’s Child in the Nineteenth-Century Río de la Plata” (March 18, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73357 73357-18208321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Please join us for a lunchtime discussion of the pre-circulated paper:

“Suing for an Enslaved Woman’s Child in the Nineteenth-Century Río de la Plata”

This article traces the history of Petrona, an enslaved woman sold in Santa Fe (Argentina), sent to Buenos Aires and later possibly to Montevideo (Uruguay). Her case demonstrates how the legal status of enslaved persons was affected by the redefinitions of jurisdictions and by the forced or voluntary crossings between political units. It sheds light on the circulation and uses of the Free Womb law (1813) in Argentina and Uruguay and traces legal experts’ debates over its meaning. And it reveals the knowledge enslaved people had of those abolitionist norms and how they used them to resist forced relocations, attempt favorable migrations, or achieve full freedom. The article reflects on the impact of independence on enslaved persons’ lives, the gendered bias of the abolitionist process, and the
central yet untold uses of antislavery rhetoric in the national narratives.

The article will be circulated in advance of the event; please contact Elizabeth Collins (elizabac@umich.edu) to obtain a copy.

Magdalena Candioti is Associate Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET) at the Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana “Dr Emilio Ravignani” and Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina. Candioti’s doctoral research focused on the political history of justice in the nineteenth-century Río de la Plata, resulting in the book Un maldito derecho: leyes, jueces y derecho en la Buenos Aires republicana, 1810–1830 (Buenos Aires, Didot). She is currently working on a book on gradual abolition in the Río de la Plata (1810-1860) called El tiempo de los libertos. Esclavitud y abolición en el Río de la Plata. Candioti was a visiting fellow in ILAS-Columbia University, NYC (2010-2011), and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (MPIeR), Frankfurt, Germany (2014). In 2014, she was awarded a scholarship by the Slicher van Bath DeJong Foundation, CEDLA (Holland) to conduct comparative research on slavery in Santa Fe and Buenos Aires. Currently, she is a Fulbright fellow at the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University.

Ángela Pérez-Villa is an Assistant Professor of History and Gender and Women’s Studies at Western Michigan University. Her research and teaching focus on the social, legal, and gender history of Latin America, particularly Colombia. Currently, she is working on a book manuscript that examines how during Colombia’s war of independence, political power and legal practice were disputed and reconfigured locally on the terrains of family, sexuality, and gender.

Sponsored by the U-M Department of History, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Law in Slavery and Freedom Project.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:53:37 -0400 2020-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-18T14:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Modo de fabricar velas
Live Event Canceled - Shaka Senghor: Writing My Wrongs (March 19, 2020 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70394 70394-17594441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Live event canceled: To limit the potential spread of respiratory viruses and safeguard those at highest risk of catching COVID-19, the University of Michigan has canceled all live events with estimated attendance of over 100 people.

As a result, live Penny Stamps Speaker Series events will not take place as scheduled. When possible, our weekly presentations will be available online: video presentations will be announced via email and on the Stamps website (https://stamps.umich.edu/stamps).

Shaka Senghor is a leading voice in criminal justice reform. His memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison, was released in March 2016 and debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list as well as The Washington Post Best Seller list. Writing My Wrongs chronicles Senghor’s personal experience with the criminal justice system after being sent to prison at age 19 on second-degree murder charges. An unforgettable tale of forgiveness and second chances, Senghor’s book reminds us that our worst deeds don’t define who we are or what we can contribute to the world. Senghor’s story has inspired thousands and serves as a compelling testament to the power of hope, compassion, and unconditional love.

Senghor is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2016 EBONY Power 100 list and the 2016 NAACP Great Expectations Award. Senghor was also a 2014 TED Prize finalist for The Atonement Project (a program that aims to promote healing and understanding between victims of violence and violent offenders), is a former MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow, and is a current fellow in the inaugural class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Leadership Network. He shares his story of redemption around the world through his company, Shaka Senghor Inc., dedicated to shifting societal narratives through storytelling with deep social impact.

Supported by the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan, presenting the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, on view at the Duderstadt Center Gallery March 18–April 1, 2020.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:15:44 -0400 2020-03-19T17:10:00-04:00 2020-03-19T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Senghor.jpg
Canceled | Hello, My Name Is: Name Change Clinic (March 28, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73813 73813-18322364@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 28, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

This event has unfortunately been canceled with no immediate rescheduling planned.

Join Spectrum, JTCC's OUTreach with Outlaws at the University of Michigan for a free clinic dedicated to addressing the challenges of name changes for transgender and gender nonconforming people.

Event Location: The clinic will take place on Saturday, March 28 from 1-4pm in the basement multipurpose room at the Ann Arbor District Library's downtown location (343 S. Fifth Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104). A detailed wayfinding guide is available at http://bit.ly/SCeventnav

We will provide details on how to legally change your name and gender marker in the state of Michigan. Information on how to update your Social Security, Passport, Driver’s License, and Birth Certificate will also be available. Legal volunteers will be on-site after the presentation to answer questions and assist with forms.

Event timeline:
1:00-1:15: Arrival
1:15-2:30: Presentation and Q&A
2:30-4:00: Paperwork assistance with legal volunteers

How to Get There:

***A detailed wayfinding guide is available at bit.ly/SCeventnav***

Bus
The Downtown Ann Arbor District Library is located directly across the street from the Blake Transit Center. For details on bus schedules, check out http://theride.org.

Driving
Several options are available for Downtown parking. An underground parking structure is located next to the library between 5th Avenue and Division St. Metered street parking is available on 5th Avenue, William Street, and Library Lane.

Questions?
If you have any questions, please e-mail outlawslegal@gmail.com for more information.

http://www.jimtoycenter.org/know-your-rights

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:06:12 -0400 2020-03-28T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-28T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Workshop / Seminar Event information & sponsor logos on a transgender pride flag.
CANCELLED - Conversations on Europe. The European Court of Justice's Case Law on Data Privacy in Europe and Beyond (April 6, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71795 71795-17885880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 6, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

In this lecture, Judge von Danwitz will provide an overview of the normative and jurisprudential foundations of data protection law in the European Union and discuss some of the landmark judgements of the Court of Justice in this field: the Digital Rights Ireland, Google Spain, Tele2 Sverige and Watson, and Google France (Territorial Scope). Justice von Danwitz will discuss the EU law regime governing the transfer of data outside the European Union and the lessons to be learned from the Schrems case on the "Safe Harbor."

Thomas von Danwitz (born 1962) is a legal scholar who has served since 2006 as a Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union. He received his Doctor of Laws from the University of Bonn in 1988, the International Diploma in Public Administration from the École national d’administration in 1990, and his teaching accreditation at the University in Bonn in 1996. He was professor of German public law and European law from 1996-2003, dean of the Faculty of Law of the Ruhr University Bochum from 2000-01, and professor of German public law and European law at the University of Cologne from 2003-06. He served as director of the Institute of Public Law and Administrative Science until 2006. He has held several visiting professorships, including at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the François Rabelais University Tours, and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. In 2010 he received an honorary doctorate from the François Rabelais University.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to cesmichigan@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:31:47 -0400 2020-04-06T16:30:00-04:00 2020-04-06T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Judge Thomas van Danwitz
Bioethics Discussion: History (April 21, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52731 52731-12974165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on the means to our ends.

NOTICE: Online hosting procedure https://bluejeans.com/7569798571.

Readings to consider:
1. Bioethics and History
2. The History of Bioethics: Its Rise and Significance
3. What can History do for Bioethics?
4. “My Story Is Broken; Can You Help Me Fix It?”: Medical Ethics and the Joint Construction of Narrative

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/045-history/.

Of historical note – the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:22:43 -0400 2020-04-21T19:00:00-04:00 2020-04-21T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion History
Ay Mariposa Film Screening & Live Q&A (June 12, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74980 74980-19120403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 12, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases

Galaxy 2020, our annual sustainability learning exchange -- this year in a virtual format -- will take place on Friday, June 19th from 7:00-8:30 PM EDT with a brief keynote & awards, followed by a live Q&A with Ay Mariposa filmmakers, main characters, and local immigrant rights organizations.

Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/

Join our community of makers and users of open access learning tools on learngala.com, innovating with digital media, multilingual modules, and interactive engaged learning through 2 simple steps:

1) Rent Ay Mariposa to screen on your own time here: https://www.michtheater.org/screenings/ay-mariposa/ and

2) Register for the June 19 Zoom conversation here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-yqrjotGtVucAFS6m8nB3wPBgt6TNdf.

Ticket proceeds will support local organizations: the Washtenaw Interfaith Council for Immigrant Rights, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and the Michigan Theater Foundation.

We meet each year around this date, as it sits at an important confluence: Juneteenth (June 19), World Refugee Day (June 20), and the Summer Solstice (June 21). Recent protests and planned political rallies have embedded even more meaning this year. Our work together creates an open, inspiring, and nourishing community of learning that helps us chart our respective next steps in the struggle for a just, sustainable future. Please share this invitation widely with your partners, allies & friends in those struggles.

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Film Screening Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:53:32 -0400 2020-06-12T00:00:00-04:00 2020-06-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases Film Screening Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/
Ay Mariposa Film Screening & Live Q&A (June 13, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74980 74980-19120404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 13, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases

Galaxy 2020, our annual sustainability learning exchange -- this year in a virtual format -- will take place on Friday, June 19th from 7:00-8:30 PM EDT with a brief keynote & awards, followed by a live Q&A with Ay Mariposa filmmakers, main characters, and local immigrant rights organizations.

Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/

Join our community of makers and users of open access learning tools on learngala.com, innovating with digital media, multilingual modules, and interactive engaged learning through 2 simple steps:

1) Rent Ay Mariposa to screen on your own time here: https://www.michtheater.org/screenings/ay-mariposa/ and

2) Register for the June 19 Zoom conversation here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-yqrjotGtVucAFS6m8nB3wPBgt6TNdf.

Ticket proceeds will support local organizations: the Washtenaw Interfaith Council for Immigrant Rights, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and the Michigan Theater Foundation.

We meet each year around this date, as it sits at an important confluence: Juneteenth (June 19), World Refugee Day (June 20), and the Summer Solstice (June 21). Recent protests and planned political rallies have embedded even more meaning this year. Our work together creates an open, inspiring, and nourishing community of learning that helps us chart our respective next steps in the struggle for a just, sustainable future. Please share this invitation widely with your partners, allies & friends in those struggles.

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Film Screening Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:53:32 -0400 2020-06-13T00:00:00-04:00 2020-06-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases Film Screening Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/
Ay Mariposa Film Screening & Live Q&A (June 14, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74980 74980-19120405@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases

Galaxy 2020, our annual sustainability learning exchange -- this year in a virtual format -- will take place on Friday, June 19th from 7:00-8:30 PM EDT with a brief keynote & awards, followed by a live Q&A with Ay Mariposa filmmakers, main characters, and local immigrant rights organizations.

Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/

Join our community of makers and users of open access learning tools on learngala.com, innovating with digital media, multilingual modules, and interactive engaged learning through 2 simple steps:

1) Rent Ay Mariposa to screen on your own time here: https://www.michtheater.org/screenings/ay-mariposa/ and

2) Register for the June 19 Zoom conversation here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-yqrjotGtVucAFS6m8nB3wPBgt6TNdf.

Ticket proceeds will support local organizations: the Washtenaw Interfaith Council for Immigrant Rights, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and the Michigan Theater Foundation.

We meet each year around this date, as it sits at an important confluence: Juneteenth (June 19), World Refugee Day (June 20), and the Summer Solstice (June 21). Recent protests and planned political rallies have embedded even more meaning this year. Our work together creates an open, inspiring, and nourishing community of learning that helps us chart our respective next steps in the struggle for a just, sustainable future. Please share this invitation widely with your partners, allies & friends in those struggles.

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Film Screening Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:53:32 -0400 2020-06-14T00:00:00-04:00 2020-06-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases Film Screening Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/
Ay Mariposa Film Screening & Live Q&A (June 15, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74980 74980-19120406@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 15, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases

Galaxy 2020, our annual sustainability learning exchange -- this year in a virtual format -- will take place on Friday, June 19th from 7:00-8:30 PM EDT with a brief keynote & awards, followed by a live Q&A with Ay Mariposa filmmakers, main characters, and local immigrant rights organizations.

Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/

Join our community of makers and users of open access learning tools on learngala.com, innovating with digital media, multilingual modules, and interactive engaged learning through 2 simple steps:

1) Rent Ay Mariposa to screen on your own time here: https://www.michtheater.org/screenings/ay-mariposa/ and

2) Register for the June 19 Zoom conversation here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-yqrjotGtVucAFS6m8nB3wPBgt6TNdf.

Ticket proceeds will support local organizations: the Washtenaw Interfaith Council for Immigrant Rights, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and the Michigan Theater Foundation.

We meet each year around this date, as it sits at an important confluence: Juneteenth (June 19), World Refugee Day (June 20), and the Summer Solstice (June 21). Recent protests and planned political rallies have embedded even more meaning this year. Our work together creates an open, inspiring, and nourishing community of learning that helps us chart our respective next steps in the struggle for a just, sustainable future. Please share this invitation widely with your partners, allies & friends in those struggles.

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Film Screening Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:53:32 -0400 2020-06-15T00:00:00-04:00 2020-06-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases Film Screening Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/
Ay Mariposa Film Screening & Live Q&A (June 16, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74980 74980-19120407@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases

Galaxy 2020, our annual sustainability learning exchange -- this year in a virtual format -- will take place on Friday, June 19th from 7:00-8:30 PM EDT with a brief keynote & awards, followed by a live Q&A with Ay Mariposa filmmakers, main characters, and local immigrant rights organizations.

Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/

Join our community of makers and users of open access learning tools on learngala.com, innovating with digital media, multilingual modules, and interactive engaged learning through 2 simple steps:

1) Rent Ay Mariposa to screen on your own time here: https://www.michtheater.org/screenings/ay-mariposa/ and

2) Register for the June 19 Zoom conversation here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-yqrjotGtVucAFS6m8nB3wPBgt6TNdf.

Ticket proceeds will support local organizations: the Washtenaw Interfaith Council for Immigrant Rights, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and the Michigan Theater Foundation.

We meet each year around this date, as it sits at an important confluence: Juneteenth (June 19), World Refugee Day (June 20), and the Summer Solstice (June 21). Recent protests and planned political rallies have embedded even more meaning this year. Our work together creates an open, inspiring, and nourishing community of learning that helps us chart our respective next steps in the struggle for a just, sustainable future. Please share this invitation widely with your partners, allies & friends in those struggles.

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Film Screening Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:53:32 -0400 2020-06-16T00:00:00-04:00 2020-06-16T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases Film Screening Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/
Ay Mariposa Film Screening & Live Q&A (June 17, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74980 74980-19120408@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases

Galaxy 2020, our annual sustainability learning exchange -- this year in a virtual format -- will take place on Friday, June 19th from 7:00-8:30 PM EDT with a brief keynote & awards, followed by a live Q&A with Ay Mariposa filmmakers, main characters, and local immigrant rights organizations.

Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/

Join our community of makers and users of open access learning tools on learngala.com, innovating with digital media, multilingual modules, and interactive engaged learning through 2 simple steps:

1) Rent Ay Mariposa to screen on your own time here: https://www.michtheater.org/screenings/ay-mariposa/ and

2) Register for the June 19 Zoom conversation here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-yqrjotGtVucAFS6m8nB3wPBgt6TNdf.

Ticket proceeds will support local organizations: the Washtenaw Interfaith Council for Immigrant Rights, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and the Michigan Theater Foundation.

We meet each year around this date, as it sits at an important confluence: Juneteenth (June 19), World Refugee Day (June 20), and the Summer Solstice (June 21). Recent protests and planned political rallies have embedded even more meaning this year. Our work together creates an open, inspiring, and nourishing community of learning that helps us chart our respective next steps in the struggle for a just, sustainable future. Please share this invitation widely with your partners, allies & friends in those struggles.

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Film Screening Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:53:32 -0400 2020-06-17T00:00:00-04:00 2020-06-17T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases Film Screening Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/
Ay Mariposa Film Screening & Live Q&A (June 18, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74980 74980-19120409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 18, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases

Galaxy 2020, our annual sustainability learning exchange -- this year in a virtual format -- will take place on Friday, June 19th from 7:00-8:30 PM EDT with a brief keynote & awards, followed by a live Q&A with Ay Mariposa filmmakers, main characters, and local immigrant rights organizations.

Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/

Join our community of makers and users of open access learning tools on learngala.com, innovating with digital media, multilingual modules, and interactive engaged learning through 2 simple steps:

1) Rent Ay Mariposa to screen on your own time here: https://www.michtheater.org/screenings/ay-mariposa/ and

2) Register for the June 19 Zoom conversation here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-yqrjotGtVucAFS6m8nB3wPBgt6TNdf.

Ticket proceeds will support local organizations: the Washtenaw Interfaith Council for Immigrant Rights, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and the Michigan Theater Foundation.

We meet each year around this date, as it sits at an important confluence: Juneteenth (June 19), World Refugee Day (June 20), and the Summer Solstice (June 21). Recent protests and planned political rallies have embedded even more meaning this year. Our work together creates an open, inspiring, and nourishing community of learning that helps us chart our respective next steps in the struggle for a just, sustainable future. Please share this invitation widely with your partners, allies & friends in those struggles.

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Film Screening Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:53:32 -0400 2020-06-18T00:00:00-04:00 2020-06-18T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases Film Screening Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/
Ay Mariposa Film Screening & Live Q&A (June 19, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74980 74980-19120410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 19, 2020 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases

Galaxy 2020, our annual sustainability learning exchange -- this year in a virtual format -- will take place on Friday, June 19th from 7:00-8:30 PM EDT with a brief keynote & awards, followed by a live Q&A with Ay Mariposa filmmakers, main characters, and local immigrant rights organizations.

Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/

Join our community of makers and users of open access learning tools on learngala.com, innovating with digital media, multilingual modules, and interactive engaged learning through 2 simple steps:

1) Rent Ay Mariposa to screen on your own time here: https://www.michtheater.org/screenings/ay-mariposa/ and

2) Register for the June 19 Zoom conversation here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-yqrjotGtVucAFS6m8nB3wPBgt6TNdf.

Ticket proceeds will support local organizations: the Washtenaw Interfaith Council for Immigrant Rights, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and the Michigan Theater Foundation.

We meet each year around this date, as it sits at an important confluence: Juneteenth (June 19), World Refugee Day (June 20), and the Summer Solstice (June 21). Recent protests and planned political rallies have embedded even more meaning this year. Our work together creates an open, inspiring, and nourishing community of learning that helps us chart our respective next steps in the struggle for a just, sustainable future. Please share this invitation widely with your partners, allies & friends in those struggles.

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Film Screening Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:53:32 -0400 2020-06-19T00:00:00-04:00 2020-06-19T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases Film Screening Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/
Ay Mariposa Film Screening & Live Q&A (June 19, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74980 74980-19120399@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 19, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases

Galaxy 2020, our annual sustainability learning exchange -- this year in a virtual format -- will take place on Friday, June 19th from 7:00-8:30 PM EDT with a brief keynote & awards, followed by a live Q&A with Ay Mariposa filmmakers, main characters, and local immigrant rights organizations.

Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/

Join our community of makers and users of open access learning tools on learngala.com, innovating with digital media, multilingual modules, and interactive engaged learning through 2 simple steps:

1) Rent Ay Mariposa to screen on your own time here: https://www.michtheater.org/screenings/ay-mariposa/ and

2) Register for the June 19 Zoom conversation here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-yqrjotGtVucAFS6m8nB3wPBgt6TNdf.

Ticket proceeds will support local organizations: the Washtenaw Interfaith Council for Immigrant Rights, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and the Michigan Theater Foundation.

We meet each year around this date, as it sits at an important confluence: Juneteenth (June 19), World Refugee Day (June 20), and the Summer Solstice (June 21). Recent protests and planned political rallies have embedded even more meaning this year. Our work together creates an open, inspiring, and nourishing community of learning that helps us chart our respective next steps in the struggle for a just, sustainable future. Please share this invitation widely with your partners, allies & friends in those struggles.

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Film Screening Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:53:32 -0400 2020-06-19T19:00:00-04:00 2020-06-19T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gala/Michigan Sustainability Cases Film Screening Ay Mariposa is a compelling, visually lush documentary film depicting two women and a rare community of butterflies on the front lines in a battle against the US-Mexico border wall. https://www.aymariposafilm.com/
LGBT Rights in Healthcare and Employment: Taking Stock of Bostock v. Clayton County (June 26, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74991 74991-19128259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 26, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Speakers:
- LaVelle Ridley, PhD Candidate, English & Women's Studies; Multidisciplinary Transgender Health Project, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan (she/her)
- Susan Burgess, Distinguished Professor, Center for Law, Justice & Culture, Political Science, Ohio University
- Harper Jean Tobin, Trans Policy Expert and Consultant, HJ Tobin Policy Consulting (she/her)
- Anna Kirkland, Director, Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Michigan (she/her)

This conversation brings together experts in LGBTQ law, politics, health, and transgender rights to reflect on Bostock v. Clayton County, GA, the recent ruling from the Supreme Court affirming that Title VII employment discrimination law covers sexual orientation and gender identity under sex discrimination. That decision came down just three days after the Trump administration issued a final rule rescinding transgender inclusion in the non-discrimination protections of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.

Experts will discuss what these cases and regulations mean for LGBT rights in this political moment. This event is designed to be conversational and informative and to fit within your lunch hour.

This remote event will be presented via Zoom. Please register in advance, here: http://myumi.ch/4pz2j

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:33:13 -0400 2020-06-26T12:00:00-04:00 2020-06-26T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual photo of US Supreme Court building with event title, date and time
Alum Connections: Law Panel (July 23, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75204 75204-19330336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 23, 2020 3:30pm
Location:
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Join LSA alums as they discuss the path to law school and beyond.

In this virtual roundtable, these corporate lawyers and summer associates will be discussing answers to student questions like these: Are there certain undergraduate classes I should take? Should I go from college straight to law school? Is there a top tier of law schools that I should be focusing on? What characteristics make a successful lawyer? What are the most effective networking techniques? Hear an informative range of perspectives and professional experiences from those in the field.

This panel will include:
Andrew Ward (1996, ICP and Org Studies), Special Counsel at Kramer Levin
Andrew Borteck (1996, Communications), Senior VP of Business and Legal Affairs at NBC Sports Group
Rachel Gerstein (1997, History and Political Science), Executive Director & Senior Compliance Counsel at Avon Products Inc.
Gilbert Liu (1992, History), Partner, Chair of Securitization at Kramer Levin
Rachael Ringer (2007, Biopsychology), Partner, Kramer Levin
Kenneth Nick (1992, Communication), General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Waterfall Asset Management
Kathleen Telfer (2013, Dance and Chemistry), Summer Associate, Kramer Levin
Nicole Sweeney, (2017, Fordham University) Summer Associate, Kramer Levin

You should attend this workshop if you are:
A liberal arts and/or sciences student
Interested in pursuing a career in law
Looking for practical advice on smoothing the transition from college to law school

What you’ll gain by attending:
Gain a real-time capture of the myriad of career possibilities that exist within the professional law landscape
Find out how to be ready for law school and how to set yourself up for success
Get your questions answered directly by corporate law experts and summer associates and the start of their legal careers

RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact Carla Huhn at Carlavoy@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

Please be advised that this virtual event will be recorded and may be published later at future date through LSA Opportunity Hub’s media channels. If you'd prefer not to be recorded, please make sure to mute your video at the start of the event. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us at lsa-opphub@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 15 Jul 2020 10:33:52 -0400 2020-07-23T15:30:00-04:00 2020-07-23T16:30:00-04:00 LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Photo of Panel
PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES + DPTV PRESENT CHIEF JUSTICE BRIDGET MCCORMACK, JOHN DE LANCIE, AND LEN NIEHOFF (July 31, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75378 75378-19448157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 31, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

On Friday, July 31 at 8:00 pm ET, tune in at dptv.org or join us on the Penny Stamps Series Facebook page to view a presentation by Chief Justice Bridget McCormack, John de Lancie, and Len Niehoff

This event brings together Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack, legal scholar and practitioner Len Niehoff, and acclaimed actor John de Lancie to explore the work of the courts and the law; how the human impulse for narrative performance and drama informs the inner workings of the courtroom; and how the courtroom is represented on stage and screen.

Chief Justice Bridget McCormack joined the Michigan Supreme Court in January 2013, and became chief justice in January 2019. As the chief justice, McCormack has promoted statewide initiatives devoted to improving the courts’ service to the public, and in particular delivering on a promise that courts are independent, accessible, engaged with their communities, and efficient. Len Niehoff is a nationally prominent law practitioner, professor, and scholar in three fields: media law and the First Amendment; higher education law; and trial and appellate litigation. Niehoff is working on a book about the Salem witch trials. John de Lancie is best known for his role as “Q” on Star Trek: The Next Generation, however, his credits are numerous and include The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Fisher King, Breaking Bad, and The West Wing. He was recently in a national tour of the “Scopes Monkey Trial” with Ed Asner where he played Clarence Darrow, and is the first recipient of the Clarence Darrow Award. De Lancie is currently at work on a play about the 2005 Kitzmiller vs. Dover School District trial.

Presented in partnership with University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

https://www.facebook.com/PennyStampsSeries/

https://www.dptv.org/programs/arts-culture/penny-stamps-series/

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:26:19 -0400 2020-07-31T20:00:00-04:00 2020-07-31T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Livestream / Virtual Courthouse
Identifying Emergency Funds and How to Advocate for Making Room in Your Financial Aid Package (September 11, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75507 75507-19513173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

Advance registration is required; look for the Zoom link at the bottom of your confirmation email after registering.

This session will provide information about how you can seek emergency funds should you experience an emergency situation or one-time, unusual, unforeseen expense while in school. Information about the types of situations that qualify for emergency funds and where to seek funding will be covered during this presentation.

RSVP HERE: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/identifying-emergency-funds-and-how-to-advocate-for-making-room-in-your-financial-aid-package

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:02:34 -0400 2020-09-11T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual A jar of spilled change
Donia Human Rights Center Panel. Racism and Race Relations in the United States: What Value for an International Human Rights Perspective? (September 16, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76542 76542-19725088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Debates and protests in the United States about systemic racism are dominated by discussions of American institutions, law, and practices and the need to change them. But international human rights law, developed over decades to address and respond to human rights violations around the world, offers important frameworks and rules to address racism and race discrimination. Human rights law has already been utilized by some advocates for change in the U.S., but not as much as in other countries. This distinguished panel will offer perspectives on whether and how an international human rights lens provides an added value for discussions of, and solutions to, problems of racism in the United States. It will consider how human rights law might change ongoing conversations, as well as its limits. It will also offer a comparison between the use of human rights on issues of race discrimination in the United States and South Africa.

Please note: This event will be held virtually EST through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at: http://myumi.ch/WwzWk

Panelists:
Catherine Powell, Professor of Law, Fordham Law School; Former White House National Security Council, Director for Human Rights
Yasmin Sooka, Former Member, South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Hardy Vieux, Senior Vice President, Legal, Human Rights First

Moderator:
Steven Ratner, Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School; Director, Donia Human Rights Center, University of Michigan

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Catherine Powell
Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
Former White House National Security Council, Director for Human Rights

Catherine Powell is a Professor at Fordham Law School, where she teaches constitutional law, human rights, and digital rights. She is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), jointly affiliated with the Digital & Cyberspace Policy and Women & Foreign Policy programs.

Powell’s current work focuses on the role of race and gender (https://www.justsecurity.org/71742/viral-justice-interconnected-pandemics-as-portal-to-racial-justice/) in our emerging touchless society—and the ways it amplifies structural inequalities in the platform economy. In recent writing, she has coined the terms Color of Covid (in a CNN op-ed: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/10/opinions/covid-19-people-of-color-labor-market-disparities-powell/index.html) and Gender of Covid (in CFR’s Think Global Health blog: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/color-and-gender-covid-essential-workers-not-disposable-people), building on other recent law review articles on intersectionality in the Georgetown Law Journal (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3605810 ) and UCLA J. Int’l L. Foreign Aff (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3339362 ).

Her prior experience includes stints on President Barack Obama’s White House National Security Council (Director for Human Rights) and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Policy Planning Staff. Previously Professor Powell has been on the Columbia Law School faculty as founding director of the Human Rights Institute and the Human Rights Clinic. Since then, she has been a visiting professor at Columbia and Georgetown Law Schools. Before going into academia, she was a litigator with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, following a clerkship with SDNY Judge Leonard Sand.

Powell is the first Black woman academic to serve on the prestigious American Journal of International Law board of editors and sits on the American Society of International Law Executive Council. She co-chairs Blacks in the American Society of International Law (BASIL) and was previously on the Human Rights Watch (HRW) board of directors and chair of HRW’s U.S. Program Advisor Committee.

Professor Powell is a graduate of Yale College, Yale Law School, and Princeton’s graduate program in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She was a post-graduate fellow at Harvard Law School.

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Yasmin Sooka
Former Member, South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Yasmin Sooka is a leading human rights lawyer. Sooka is the former executive director of the Foundation for Human Rights in South Africa. Sooka served on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 1996 to 2001 and chaired the committee responsible for the final report from 2001 to 2003. She was appointed by the United Nations to serve on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Sierra Leone from 2002 to 2004. Since 2000, Sooka has also been a member of the advisory body on the Review of Resolution 1325 on women and peace and security. In July 2010, she was appointed to the three member panel of experts advising the secretary general on accountability for war crimes committed during the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka. Sooka currently chairs the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan.

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Hardy Vieux
Senior Vice President, Legal, Human Rights First

As the senior vice president, legal, Hardy leads and directs Human Rights First’s legal initiatives—including its pro bono legal representation, which pairs lawyers at the nation’s top law firms with indigent refugees in need of counsel in New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Hardy also oversees the organization’s impact litigation, which seeks to make systemic change on behalf of those seeking asylum in the United States by challenging harmful governmental policies and laws in federal court.

Since January 2017, Hardy has also served as a Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. In that role, Hardy taught a seminar focusing on the role of nongovernmental organizations in policy formulation. He has led weeklong student spring break trips to Guatemala, during which students volunteered with a Guatemalan NGO that applies multidisciplinary forensic scientific methodologies to identify missing and disappeared persons to provide truth to victims and their families, assist in the search for justice and redress, and strengthen the rule of law. In fall 2020, Hardy is once again teaching a Ford School seminar entitled The Role of Courts in International Human Rights.

In 2014, Hardy served as a policy fellow in the Middle East, where he worked at Save the Children International in Amman, Jordan. There, he handled child protection policy issues impacting Syrian refugee children living in Jordan.

Prior to living in the Middle East, Hardy was in private legal practice in Washington, D.C., for over ten years. While in private practice, Hardy also handled numerous pro bono matters, ranging from litigation stemming from the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq to juvenile detention impact litigation and asylum representation. In 2010, the D.C. Bar recognized him as its Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year.

Before moving to private practice, Hardy was a criminal appellate defense counsel in the United States Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where he served as lead counsel in a capital punishment case. He is a frequent media commentator on military justice issues.

Hardy started his legal career as a law clerk in federal district court in Denver, Colorado.

Hardy serves on the board of directors of the National Military of Justice and the WISER Girls Secondary School, a Kenyan residential school focused on empowering young women. He also served on the board of trustees of DC Scholars Public Charter School.

Hardy is a 1997 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School—serving as editor-in-chief of the Michigan Journal of Race & Law—and Ford School of Public Policy, where he earned his law and Master of Public Policy degrees. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1993.

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Steven Ratner
Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School; Director, Donia Human Rights Center, University of Michigan

Steven Ratner is the Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School and the Director of the University of Michigan’s Donia Human Rights Center. His research addresses a range of public international law issues, including the normative orders concerning armed conflict, regulation of foreign investment, individual and corporate accountability for human rights violations, and the intersection of international law and global justice. He has served on two expert panels of the UN Secretary-General addressing post-conflict justice in Cambodia and in Sri Lanka and is a member of the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Law. A former member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law, he is also a member of the international Working Group on Business and Human Rights Arbitration, which is promoting arbitration as a way to provide a remedy for human rights violations by business entities. His most recent book is The Thin Justice of International Law: A Moral Reckoning of the Law of Nations, issued by Oxford University Press in 2015. The fifth edition of his casebook, International Law: Norms, Actors, Process (Kluwer Law, with Jeffrey Dunoff and Monica Hakimi), was published next year.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:15:45 -0400 2020-09-16T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-16T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Donia Human Rights Center Livestream / Virtual Donia Human Rights Center Panel. Racism and Race Relations in the United States: What Value for an International Human Rights Perspective?
Presidential Impeachment, from Johnson to Trump: What Have We Learned? (September 17, 2020 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75859 75859-19615925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 4:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Please join us for UM's annual commemoration of Constitution Day. Professor Michael Gerhardt (UNC School of Law) and Professor Jonathan Turley (GWU Law School)- two of the four scholars who testified, one on each side, on constitutional standards for impeachment before the House Judiciary Committee during President Trump's impeachment- will debate. MLaw Professor Rich Friedman will moderate.

Join via Zoom at https://umich.zoom.us/j/97622039094

Michael Gerhardt (https://law.unc.edu/people/michael-j-gerhardt/) serves as the Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill School of Law. His teaching and research focuses on constitutional conflicts between presidents and Congress. Gerhardt is the author of seven books, including “Lincoln’s Mentors” (Harper Collins, 2021), and leading treatises on impeachment, appointments, presidential power, Supreme Court precedent, and separation of powers.

Jonathan Turley (https://www.law.gwu.edu/jonathan-turley) is the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, the Director of the Environmental Law Advocacy Center, and the Executive Director of the Project for Older Prisoners at the George Washington University Law School. He is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory to tort law.

Read Professor Gerhardt's written testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on “Constitutional Processes for Addressing Presidential Misconduct" at: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20190712/109768/HHRG-116-JU00-Wstate-GerhardtM-20190712.pdf

Read Professor Turley's written testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on “The Impeachment Inquiry Into President Donald J. Trump: The Constitutional Basis For Presidential Impeachment” at:
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6547-jonathan-turley-s-opening-stat/739d3374f20a9ed69157/optimized/full.pdf

Read both Professor Gerhardt's and Professor Turley's prepared statements for the hearing of the Subcommittee on the Constitution for the impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton at:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-106sdoc3/pdf/GPO-CDOC-106sdoc3-20.pdf

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:42:07 -0400 2020-09-17T16:10:00-04:00 2020-09-17T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion
Movements to Expand the Franchise and Perfect our Democracy: A Legal Perspective (September 29, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74664 74664-18890933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Please join the Department of Political Science as we commemorate the passage of the 19th amendment and welcome Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, Anita Earls. Justice Earls is an African-American civil rights attorney, educator, and founder of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ). Her lecture, "Movements to Expand the Franchise and Perfect our Democracy: A Legal Perspective," will examine the fight for women's suffrage in light of her experiences in voting rights mobilization in the South. Bridging past and present struggles for voting rights, her lecture will take place on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 4:00 PM.

This event is part of the U-M Department of Political Science Rubin Speaker Series and U-M Suffrage 2020 event series.

Email pswebevents@umich.edu for meeting link.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:37:18 -0400 2020-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T17:30:00-04:00 Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual Anita Earls
Mass Incarceration and How Criminal Justice Authorities Can Help End It (October 7, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75817 75817-19608033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

During these three weeks we will examine the role of criminal justice authorities, such as prosecutors, judges, police, parole board and legislators in setting up policies and practices that promote a "tough on crime" culture that promotes incarceration and increases recidivism. We welcome all community members interested in understanding how the criminal justice system could change for the better to provide healing, equity and reduction in incarceration.
Carolyn Madden, MA, Graduate Center, NY & JD, Wayne State. Kathie Gourlay, MBA, Michigan, and retired Washtenaw Community College instructor. The Study Group meets on Wednesdays Oct. 7 to Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access this Study Group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:50:24 -0400 2020-10-07T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Continuing Challenges to Suffrage in Michigan in 2020: Who Still Can’t Vote? (October 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75812 75812-19608026@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Event online via Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94834992200

Panel discussion with:

Stephanie Chang, member of the State House of Representatives and co-founder and past president of Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote-Michigan;

Dessa Cosma, Executive Director of Detroit Disability Power;

Reverend Wendell Anthony, President of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP and leader of voting rights campaigns, including Take Your Souls to the Polls and Proposal 3;

Matthew L.M. Fletcher, law professor and director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University, as well as an appellate judge for numerous tribal courts.

Moderated by Michael Steinberg, Professor from Practice, UM Law School, former legal director, Michigan ACLU.

Organized by Women and Gender Studies, The Ford School, LSA

Sponsored by: The entire Suffrage 2020 Collaboration and the Democracy and Debate Theme Semester

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:27:06 -0400 2020-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Livestream / Virtual voting line
Flint First Day of Action: Literature Drop Campaign (October 17, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78496 78496-20079924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 17, 2020 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Students of Michigan (CSG)

Event Sponsors: ACLU, UM Flint, Latinx Technology Center

A day of action is a city-wide literature drop campaign to inform Flint residents on their voting rights for the 2020 general election. Organized volunteers will be spread throughout the community to address historic voter suppression and intimidation tactics. Due to Flint’s historically low voter turnout rate, it is important that we are active in encouraging ALL people to exercise their constitutional responsibility and vote.

Saturday, October 17th
10 am to 2 pm

We have four sites volunteers will be assigned to:
Latinx Technology and Community Center ​- *2101 Lewis St. Flint, MI 48506*
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Flint - *​3701 N Averill Ave, Flint, MI 48506*
Flint Development Center - ​ ​*4121 Martin Luther King Ave, Flint, MI 48505*
Sylvester Broom Empowerment Village - ​*4119 N. Saginaw Flint, MI 48505*

The Flint First Initiative ​was created to extend a strong student leadership presence in the community beyond The University of Michigan-Flint campus. The goal of the Initiative is to register and inform a historically disenfranchised community affected by voter suppression and systemic racism.

For our second phase of the initiative, we are mobilizing 300 volunteers to participate in a door-to-door literature drop campaign to inform residents of their voting rights, on ​Saturday, October 17, 2020.​ The target goal for this day is 21,000 households. There will be guest speakers who are elected officials from local, state and federal governments.

Make sure to register at bit.ly/flintfirst

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Community Service Sat, 17 Oct 2020 01:50:20 -0400 2020-10-17T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-17T14:00:00-04:00 Students of Michigan (CSG) Community Service Event flyer - Event occurs on October 17, 2020 and will feature Gary Peters, Dan Kildee, and Sheldon Neeley (whose pictures are included)
WCED Panel. Flashpoint: Hong Kong (October 20, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78387 78387-20020765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Panelists: Nicholas Howson, Pao Li Tsiang Professor of Law, U-M; Mary Gallagher, Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights, Director of the International Institute, U-M; Xiaohong Xu, assistant professor of sociology, U-M; Samson Yuen, assistant professor of government and international studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. Moderator: Jundai Liu, WCED Postdoctoral Fellow.

When handed over from British to Chinese rule in 1997, Hong Kong’s special autonomous status was guaranteed by the principle of “one country, two systems” for fifty years. Since then, this status has been eroded. From the Umbrella Movement in 2014 to large-scale protests against the “Extradition Bill” and the “National Security Law ” in 2019 and 2020, Hong Kong has become an epicenter of contentions. In light of these events, the experts of this panel will share their observations and insights on the judicial, political, and social developments in Hong Kong.

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/mnbv3.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:22:58 -0400 2020-10-20T20:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T21:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Flashpoint: Hong Kong
CHM 19th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities (October 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78729 78729-20113300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for the History of Medicine

The Center for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce its 19th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities.

This year’s lecture will feature Dr. Powel Kazanjian, Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Kazanjian is also Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he teaches on the history of epidemics and the history of sexually transmitted diseases. He has written extensively about the history of AIDS, syphilis, commercial botulism, plague, and the development of bacteriology in America.

Dr. Kazanjian will deliver his lecture, “The Persistence of Contagious Diseases.” By the later 20th century, it had become common for public health officials and lay writers to envision a future in which epidemic diseases had been eliminated. The appearance of the new deadly disease that would eventually be known as AIDS in 1981, however, challenged their confident vision. The potent antiretroviral therapies (ART) introduced in 1996 enabled individuals receiving treatment to survive a full lifespan. By 2014, a global UNAIDS campaign sought to “end AIDS as a global health threat” by 2030” by maximizing the distribution of ART to infected people. The UNAIDS campaign is conceptually similar to earlier 20th century programs that sought to end syphilis by expanding specific therapy. The failure of these syphilis campaigns, together with the realization that today’s efforts to end AIDS is falling short of their 2020 milestones, however, raise uncertainties about whether the ongoing UNAIDs campaign will succeed. Socioeconomic and behavioral factors have hindered the biomedical campaigns to eliminate syphilis and AIDS. To be effective, scientific public health campaigns must also address how to rectify the socioeconomic conditions and human behaviors that vex elimination efforts and lead to emerging epidemics like AIDS and Covid-19. Epidemic diseases, along with efforts launched to contain them, have been and continue to be an inescapable part of our existence.

Please join us for this engaging and timely online lecture from one of the nation’s premiere infectious disease experts.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Zoom link: https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93152555886

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:06:52 -0400 2020-10-21T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for the History of Medicine Lecture / Discussion CHM 19th Annual Davenport Lecture
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series (October 21, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78174 78174-19989054@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

After a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series returns virtually this October with Trevor Pawl!

On July 2nd, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer formally announced the launch of the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) with Trevor Pawl named as Chief Mobility Officer. Trevor will provide insight into the creation of OFME, its vision, and its use as a tool for all key mobility stakeholders in Michigan. This webinar will include a Q&A session.
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About the speaker: Trevor Pawl is the Chief Mobility Officer for the State of Michigan, and leads Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification. In this position, Pawl is responsible for working across state government, academia and private industry to grow Michigan’s mobility ecosystem through strategic policy recommendations and new support services for companies focused on the future of transportation. Prior to this position, Pawl served as the Senior Vice President of Business Innovation at the MEDC, where he led the official state programs for mobility (PlanetM), supply chain assistance (Pure Michigan Business Connect), export assistance (Michigan International Trade program) and entrepreneurial assistance (Michigan Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program). Before joining the MEDC, Pawl brought with him experience in supply chain matchmaking, having led the creation of the economic development program, Connection Point, at the Detroit Regional Chamber, which later became Pure Michigan Business Connect. Trevor has been named Crain’s Detroit Business’s “40 Under 40” and “50 Names to Know in Government”. He’s also been named Development Counsellors International’s “40 Under 40 Rising Stars of Economic Development” and the Great Lakes Women’s Business Council’s “Government Advocate of the Year”. Pawl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Marketing from Grand Valley State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Detroit Mercy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:35:03 -0400 2020-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Lecture / Discussion Decorative Image
Bridging the Gap Series: Women in State Government Panel (October 22, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78591 78591-20068100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leading Women of Tomorrow

Leading Women of Tomorrow at the University of Michigan is hosting the first event in its new Bridging the Gap Series on Thursday, October 22nd from 7-8:30pm!

The first event will be a Women in State Government Panel featuring Michigan State Representatives Christine Greig, Kristy Pagan, and Padma Kuppa. Each representative will introduce themselves followed by an open Q&A.

Please follow the Zoom link to participate. We hope to see you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:20:21 -0500 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Leading Women of Tomorrow Lecture / Discussion LWT - Women in State Gov Panel
Alum Connections: Cachavious English (October 29, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78699 78699-20107388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Alum Connections with Chief of Staff, Cachavious English

Connect with experienced policy advisor and government professional Cachavious “Chay” English, who currently serves as Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Terri Sewell. Cachavious has built a career around serving communities, a passion he developed as an undergrad LSA student, and has a wealth of experience drafting, analyzing and advancing legislation in areas like tax, financial services, foreign affairs and agriculture related issues, capital markets, banking, trade, housing reform, rural development, and consumer protection. Join this session to learn about what it’s like to work as a chief of staff, finding purpose through work in public service, and advocating for others.

You should attend this session if you are:
An undergraduate LSA student
Interested in pursuing a career in government, law, and policy
Considering law school after graduation

What you will gain by attending:
Gain insights into the different roles available within a congressional office
Learn ways in which you can advocate for peoples in your community
Open your mind to career possibilities and potential opportunities within government

About Cachavious:
Cachavious "Chay" English is a 2007 LSA grad who majored in African and African American Studies and minored in Economics before earning his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law. While at Michigan, Cachavious was a Residential Advisor, active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and worked in the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives. After law school, he worked as Legislative Assistant and Legislative Counsel for Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL). He then served as Federal Relations Counsel for the American Association for Justice. In January 2015, he returned to Congresswoman Sewell’s Office as Legislative Director. In 2017, he became Congresswoman Sewell’s Chief of Staff.

Posting Disclaimer:
RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact Carla Huhn at Carlavoy@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:17:19 -0400 2020-10-29T12:30:00-04:00 2020-10-29T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Cachavious English Photo
Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics (IWAP) (October 30, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77497 77497-19877771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 30, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

The Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics (IWAP) is a forum for the presentation of ongoing interdisciplinary research in American politics. Most of our presentations are given by graduate students. Each graduate student presenter is assigned a faculty and student discussant. IWAP circulates the work beforehand and the student presents it briefly at the start of the meeting. After discussant feedback, the bulk of the time is reserved for group discussion among all workshop participants. This format leads to informal yet highly interactive and productive conversations.

Email zcwalker@umich.edu/ for meeting link.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:48:28 -0400 2020-10-30T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-30T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Livestream / Virtual Chaudhari
Bioethics Discussion: Democracy (November 10, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58831 58831-14563723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion we will choose to have.

A few readings to consider on the matter:
––Bioethics and Democracy
––Bioethics and Populism: How Should Our Field Respond?
––Crowdsourcing in medical research: concepts and applications
––How Democracy Can Inform Consent: Cases of the Internet and Bioethics

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/050-democracy/.

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While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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Together, we can read the blog (and probably do much more than that): https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:24:01 -0500 2020-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T18:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Image 050. Democracy
Law School Admissions Panel (November 10, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79126 79126-20209868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Newnan LSA Pre-Law

Law School Admissions Panel with Indiana University Maurer School of Law, University of Colorado Law School, and University of Notre Dame Law School via Zoom, https://iu.zoom.us/j/86412489772

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 03 Nov 2020 10:37:35 -0500 2020-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Newnan LSA Pre-Law Livestream / Virtual Lady Justice background.
Bridging the Gap Series: Women in Political Campaigns Panel (November 12, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79322 79322-20272780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leading Women of Tomorrow

We are hosting the second event in our Bridging the Gap Series this Thursday, November 12th from 7-8:30pm!

The second event will be a Women in Political Campaigns Panel featuring Laura Marsh, Michigan Fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; Kellie Lounds, Political Director for Debbie Dingell; and Carina Teoh, Multimedia Content Producer for Representative Elissa Slotkin and former Senior Videographer/Photographer on Mayor Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign.

Each panelist will introduce themselves and answer a few prepared questions, followed by an open Q&A.

Please follow the Zoom link to participate. We hope to see you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:22:46 -0500 2020-11-12T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Leading Women of Tomorrow Lecture / Discussion LWT - Women in Political Campaigns Panel
Information Session with DePaul Law Assistant Direct of Admissions (November 17, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79142 79142-20215742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

DePaul Law Assistant Director of Admissions Quinn David Furness will be running a 30-minute information session for interested prospective applicants to learn about the DePaul Law experience as well as experiential learning opportunities and life in the City of Chicago. Attendees will have the opportunity to watch a virtual presentation and ask any questions they might have. They will also get access to DePaul Law virtual viewbooks, information regarding programs of excellence, and DePaul’s all-new virtual tour. To join the meeting, please visit: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/4983305482#success

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 03 Nov 2020 10:45:27 -0500 2020-11-17T15:00:00-05:00 2020-11-17T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Livestream / Virtual Lady Justice background.
Gender, Women’s Suffrage, and Political Power: Past, Present, and Future Conference (November 18, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79433 79433-20325781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The Gender, Women’s Suffrage, and Political Power: Past, Present, and Future (GWSPP) conference is a multi-day virtual meeting that brings together academics and activists to explore the critical history of women’s suffrage and political power, and the future possibilities for expanding gender equity in political participation and representation in the United States and across the globe. This conference intends to have a particular focus on womxn of color and will conceptualize suffrage broadly as encompassing civic participation and political power within and outside of electoral politics, and will include a critical perspective on the role of white supremacy in the suffrage movement. There will also be a portion of the conference dedicated to women’s power in higher education, with a view to drawing links between the exclusion of diverse women’s voices in the academy, and women’s broader political power.

Registration is free and open to the public.

Schedule At-A-Glance
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
12:00PM - 1:00PM Keynote with President Elizabeth Bradley of Vassar College
4:30PM - 5:00PM Keynote with Erin Vilardi, Founder and CEO of Vote Run Lead
5:00PM - 6:00PM Featured Workshop: Vote Run Lead’s 90-Day Challenge

Thursday, November 19, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Panel: The Politics of Women’s Power
10:45AM - 12:15PM Discussion: Sexuality & Reproductive Rights
1:00PM - 2:30PM Panel: Transnational Feminisms, Women, & Conflict
3:00PM - 4:15PM Book Talk: Jewish Women and Power
4:30PM - 6:00PM Panel: Women’s Suffrage & Political Participation: Historical Examinations
6:15PM - 6:30PM Keynote with Governor Gretchen Whitmer of the State of Michigan

Friday, November 20, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Discussion: Women Empowering Women
10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel: Sexual Politics
1:00PM - 2:30PM Panel: Jewish Women, Citizenship, Suffrage, and Sexuality
2:45PM - 4:15PM Panel: Asian Immigrant, Asian American Women, and the TransPacific Afterlives of World War II
4:30PM - 6:00PM Roundtable: Ways to Lead a Political Life
6:15PM - 7:30PM Cocktails & Networking Discussions

Saturday, November 21, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Panel: Political Organizing & Activism
10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel: Future Directions of Work & Radicalism
1:00PM - 2:30PM Discussion: Womxn of Color Identity: Implications for Solidarity

All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Hosted by:
Michigan State University's Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen)
Michigan State University's Department of History
University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)

Sponsors:
The Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel James Madison College at Michigan State University
Michigan State University College of Law
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan University of Michigan's History Department
Michigan State University Asian Studies Center
Michigan State University African Studies Center
Michigan State University Muslim Studies Center
Michigan State University College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Michigan Women's Commission
Vote Run Lead
Michigan Women Forward

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:36:44 -0500 2020-11-18T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-18T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual purple and yellow graphic of woman with fist in the air, conference title and dates
Gender, Women’s Suffrage, and Political Power: Past, Present, and Future Conference (November 19, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79433 79433-20325782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 19, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The Gender, Women’s Suffrage, and Political Power: Past, Present, and Future (GWSPP) conference is a multi-day virtual meeting that brings together academics and activists to explore the critical history of women’s suffrage and political power, and the future possibilities for expanding gender equity in political participation and representation in the United States and across the globe. This conference intends to have a particular focus on womxn of color and will conceptualize suffrage broadly as encompassing civic participation and political power within and outside of electoral politics, and will include a critical perspective on the role of white supremacy in the suffrage movement. There will also be a portion of the conference dedicated to women’s power in higher education, with a view to drawing links between the exclusion of diverse women’s voices in the academy, and women’s broader political power.

Registration is free and open to the public.

Schedule At-A-Glance
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
12:00PM - 1:00PM Keynote with President Elizabeth Bradley of Vassar College
4:30PM - 5:00PM Keynote with Erin Vilardi, Founder and CEO of Vote Run Lead
5:00PM - 6:00PM Featured Workshop: Vote Run Lead’s 90-Day Challenge

Thursday, November 19, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Panel: The Politics of Women’s Power
10:45AM - 12:15PM Discussion: Sexuality & Reproductive Rights
1:00PM - 2:30PM Panel: Transnational Feminisms, Women, & Conflict
3:00PM - 4:15PM Book Talk: Jewish Women and Power
4:30PM - 6:00PM Panel: Women’s Suffrage & Political Participation: Historical Examinations
6:15PM - 6:30PM Keynote with Governor Gretchen Whitmer of the State of Michigan

Friday, November 20, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Discussion: Women Empowering Women
10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel: Sexual Politics
1:00PM - 2:30PM Panel: Jewish Women, Citizenship, Suffrage, and Sexuality
2:45PM - 4:15PM Panel: Asian Immigrant, Asian American Women, and the TransPacific Afterlives of World War II
4:30PM - 6:00PM Roundtable: Ways to Lead a Political Life
6:15PM - 7:30PM Cocktails & Networking Discussions

Saturday, November 21, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Panel: Political Organizing & Activism
10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel: Future Directions of Work & Radicalism
1:00PM - 2:30PM Discussion: Womxn of Color Identity: Implications for Solidarity

All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Hosted by:
Michigan State University's Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen)
Michigan State University's Department of History
University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)

Sponsors:
The Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel James Madison College at Michigan State University
Michigan State University College of Law
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan University of Michigan's History Department
Michigan State University Asian Studies Center
Michigan State University African Studies Center
Michigan State University Muslim Studies Center
Michigan State University College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Michigan Women's Commission
Vote Run Lead
Michigan Women Forward

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:36:44 -0500 2020-11-19T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-19T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual purple and yellow graphic of woman with fist in the air, conference title and dates
Alum Connections: Kameron Brackins (November 19, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79221 79221-20231460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 19, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Alum Connections with Kameron Brackins, In-House Counsel for McKesson Specialty Health

If you have ever wondered about the realities of law school and what it really means to be in-house counsel vs. in private practice working in a firm, or working for the government, this is a great opportunity for you to get the advice you are looking for and also learn the multiple career paths within law practice. In addition, Kameron will discuss her own experiences navigating an economically uncertain job market after graduating and rising through corporate America as a young black woman. Lastly, Kameron will share with students her perspective on the importance of gaining what she calls “workplace sponsors” during your career progression and how they differ from mentors.

About Kameron: Born and raised in Flint, 2005 LSA grad Kameron majored in English Language and Literature with a minor in Political Science. She earned her J.D. from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in 2010 and now resides in Houston where serves as an in-house counsel for McKesson, the leading healthcare company for wholesale medical supplies and equipment, pharmaceutical distribution, and healthcare technology solutions.

You should attend this session if you are:
A U-M Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) undergraduate student
Eager to learn about law school and the myriad of career options available in law
A person of color interested in hearing Kameron’s perspective on how to navigate identity in corporate America

What you’ll gain from attending this session:
Understand the strategic decisions you’ll have to make in order to ultimately achieve your career goals
An understanding of what workplace advocates can mean for your career advancement and the difference between short-term advocates and long-term mentors
Find out the range of company legal issues in-house counsel handles, among them employment, policy, tax, and regulatory matters

RSVP now to be part of the conversation

Posting Disclaimer:
RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact Carla Huhn at Carlavoy@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

Please be advised that this virtual event will be recorded and may be published later at a future date through LSA Opportunity Hub’s media channels. If you'd prefer not to be recorded, please make sure to mute your video at the start of the event. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us at lsa-opphub@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 10 Nov 2020 10:14:40 -0500 2020-11-19T15:30:00-05:00 2020-11-19T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Kameron Brackins Photo
Gender, Women’s Suffrage, and Political Power: Past, Present, and Future Conference (November 20, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79433 79433-20325783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The Gender, Women’s Suffrage, and Political Power: Past, Present, and Future (GWSPP) conference is a multi-day virtual meeting that brings together academics and activists to explore the critical history of women’s suffrage and political power, and the future possibilities for expanding gender equity in political participation and representation in the United States and across the globe. This conference intends to have a particular focus on womxn of color and will conceptualize suffrage broadly as encompassing civic participation and political power within and outside of electoral politics, and will include a critical perspective on the role of white supremacy in the suffrage movement. There will also be a portion of the conference dedicated to women’s power in higher education, with a view to drawing links between the exclusion of diverse women’s voices in the academy, and women’s broader political power.

Registration is free and open to the public.

Schedule At-A-Glance
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
12:00PM - 1:00PM Keynote with President Elizabeth Bradley of Vassar College
4:30PM - 5:00PM Keynote with Erin Vilardi, Founder and CEO of Vote Run Lead
5:00PM - 6:00PM Featured Workshop: Vote Run Lead’s 90-Day Challenge

Thursday, November 19, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Panel: The Politics of Women’s Power
10:45AM - 12:15PM Discussion: Sexuality & Reproductive Rights
1:00PM - 2:30PM Panel: Transnational Feminisms, Women, & Conflict
3:00PM - 4:15PM Book Talk: Jewish Women and Power
4:30PM - 6:00PM Panel: Women’s Suffrage & Political Participation: Historical Examinations
6:15PM - 6:30PM Keynote with Governor Gretchen Whitmer of the State of Michigan

Friday, November 20, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Discussion: Women Empowering Women
10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel: Sexual Politics
1:00PM - 2:30PM Panel: Jewish Women, Citizenship, Suffrage, and Sexuality
2:45PM - 4:15PM Panel: Asian Immigrant, Asian American Women, and the TransPacific Afterlives of World War II
4:30PM - 6:00PM Roundtable: Ways to Lead a Political Life
6:15PM - 7:30PM Cocktails & Networking Discussions

Saturday, November 21, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Panel: Political Organizing & Activism
10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel: Future Directions of Work & Radicalism
1:00PM - 2:30PM Discussion: Womxn of Color Identity: Implications for Solidarity

All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Hosted by:
Michigan State University's Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen)
Michigan State University's Department of History
University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)

Sponsors:
The Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel James Madison College at Michigan State University
Michigan State University College of Law
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan University of Michigan's History Department
Michigan State University Asian Studies Center
Michigan State University African Studies Center
Michigan State University Muslim Studies Center
Michigan State University College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Michigan Women's Commission
Vote Run Lead
Michigan Women Forward

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:36:44 -0500 2020-11-20T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-20T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual purple and yellow graphic of woman with fist in the air, conference title and dates
Gender, Women’s Suffrage, and Political Power: Past, Present, and Future Conference (November 21, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79433 79433-20325784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 21, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The Gender, Women’s Suffrage, and Political Power: Past, Present, and Future (GWSPP) conference is a multi-day virtual meeting that brings together academics and activists to explore the critical history of women’s suffrage and political power, and the future possibilities for expanding gender equity in political participation and representation in the United States and across the globe. This conference intends to have a particular focus on womxn of color and will conceptualize suffrage broadly as encompassing civic participation and political power within and outside of electoral politics, and will include a critical perspective on the role of white supremacy in the suffrage movement. There will also be a portion of the conference dedicated to women’s power in higher education, with a view to drawing links between the exclusion of diverse women’s voices in the academy, and women’s broader political power.

Registration is free and open to the public.

Schedule At-A-Glance
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
12:00PM - 1:00PM Keynote with President Elizabeth Bradley of Vassar College
4:30PM - 5:00PM Keynote with Erin Vilardi, Founder and CEO of Vote Run Lead
5:00PM - 6:00PM Featured Workshop: Vote Run Lead’s 90-Day Challenge

Thursday, November 19, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Panel: The Politics of Women’s Power
10:45AM - 12:15PM Discussion: Sexuality & Reproductive Rights
1:00PM - 2:30PM Panel: Transnational Feminisms, Women, & Conflict
3:00PM - 4:15PM Book Talk: Jewish Women and Power
4:30PM - 6:00PM Panel: Women’s Suffrage & Political Participation: Historical Examinations
6:15PM - 6:30PM Keynote with Governor Gretchen Whitmer of the State of Michigan

Friday, November 20, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Discussion: Women Empowering Women
10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel: Sexual Politics
1:00PM - 2:30PM Panel: Jewish Women, Citizenship, Suffrage, and Sexuality
2:45PM - 4:15PM Panel: Asian Immigrant, Asian American Women, and the TransPacific Afterlives of World War II
4:30PM - 6:00PM Roundtable: Ways to Lead a Political Life
6:15PM - 7:30PM Cocktails & Networking Discussions

Saturday, November 21, 2020
9:00AM - 10:30AM Panel: Political Organizing & Activism
10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel: Future Directions of Work & Radicalism
1:00PM - 2:30PM Discussion: Womxn of Color Identity: Implications for Solidarity

All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Hosted by:
Michigan State University's Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen)
Michigan State University's Department of History
University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)

Sponsors:
The Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel James Madison College at Michigan State University
Michigan State University College of Law
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan University of Michigan's History Department
Michigan State University Asian Studies Center
Michigan State University African Studies Center
Michigan State University Muslim Studies Center
Michigan State University College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Michigan Women's Commission
Vote Run Lead
Michigan Women Forward

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:36:44 -0500 2020-11-21T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-21T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual purple and yellow graphic of woman with fist in the air, conference title and dates
Bioethics Discussion: The Coming Administration (November 24, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58832 58832-14563724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our (new?) government.

A few readings to consider:
––Three Ways to Politicize Bioethics
––Affording Obamacare
––Confronting Deep Moral Disagreement: The President’s Council on Bioethics, Moral Status, and Human Embryos
––The role of party politics in medical malpractice tort reforms

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/051-the-coming-administration/.

Please also swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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[OUR FIRST PLANNED REMOTE DISCUSSION]
While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:13:08 -0400 2020-11-24T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-24T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion The Coming Administration
Bioethics Discussion: The Coming Administration (November 24, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58832 58832-20382972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our (new?) government.

A few readings to consider:
––Three Ways to Politicize Bioethics
––Affording Obamacare
––Confronting Deep Moral Disagreement: The President’s Council on Bioethics, Moral Status, and Human Embryos
––The role of party politics in medical malpractice tort reforms

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/051-the-coming-administration/.

Please also swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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[OUR FIRST PLANNED REMOTE DISCUSSION]
While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:13:08 -0400 2020-11-24T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-24T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion The Coming Administration
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Zoom Webinar: "The People’s Courts Forty Years On - Appraisal and Argument" (December 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76177 76177-19671608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The Fall 2020 lecture series will be only available on-line as a Zoom webinar. Registration link below.

The PRC’s post-1978 court bureaucracy is assumed to be the cat’s paw of an all-encompassing and authoritarian system of social control—lacking everything from political independence to the technical competence required to play a robust role in contemporary China’s increasingly complex economic system and contentious civil society. This easy appraisal of the function and performance of the People’s Courts at all levels in contemporary China is not accurate now, if it ever was, and ignores concurrent developments in the surrounding political legal system, including the application of a new generation of substantive and procedural laws and regulations, the rise of a private bar intent on pushing the boundaries of professional autonomy, the increased (legal) sophistication and autonomy of PRC judicial officials, and the expansion of the public law and administrative law spheres. Professor Howson will review what the PRC People’s Courts have become in the civil, criminal and administrative law spheres over the past 40 years along three distinct lines of inquiry – (technical) competence, (bureaucratic) autonomy, and (political) independence, and make an argument as to how this key institution may shape the future of China’s “Socialist Legality” and the national governance system.

Nicholas Howson is the Pao Li Tsiang Chair Professor of Law at the Michigan Law School. A specialist in Chinese law and legal institutions and developing Chinese jurisprudence, he is a former partner of the New York based international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he was a managing partner of that firm’s Asia Practice based in Beijing. Starting in the late 1970s, he has spent more than a decade as a student, scholar, and practicing lawyer resident in Beijing and Shanghai, has been active in the Chinese courts and US and international judicial fora as both an advocate and expert witness on Chinese law, and since the late 1990s has advised the National People’s Congress and PRC ministries on the drafting and amendment of key Reform era statutes and administrative regulations, including the 1999 PRC Securities Law, the 2006 PRC Company Law and the 2020 PRC Securities Law.

Register for this webinar here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0AdD6iNDS6-iXL0BS_AaXw

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 18 Nov 2020 08:17:21 -0500 2020-12-08T12:00:00-05:00 2020-12-08T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual Nicholas Howson, Pao Li Tsiang Chair Professor of Law, Michigan Law School
Residential College Social Theory & Practice Senior Thesis Presentations (December 8, 2020 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79590 79590-20428439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 4:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

You're invited to join our senior Social Theory & Practice (STP) majors as they present their thesis research on topics ranging from sustainable food in MDining to dialectical steps toward non-capitalism, Tuesday December 8 from 4:10 - 5:30pm at https://umich.zoom.us/j/97960464467.

The Residential College STP major supports students in developing the analytical and practical skills necessary for active engagement in the world and for building careers that promote equality and responsible citizenship. Students learn theories, methods, and strategies that enable them to understand and critique social structures and processes, and choose a focus of study that can encompass sociology, political science, history, anthropology, economics, education, environmental justice, sustainable agriculture, geography, and psychology to approach current issues in U.S. society and the global environment. Like our students, no two STP major plans are alike.

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Presentation Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:04:00 -0500 2020-12-08T16:10:00-05:00 2020-12-08T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Presentation Photos of all presenters and their topics
Bioethics Discussion: Annihilation (December 8, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58833 58833-14563725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our obliteration.

[Video-conference link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94651294615]

A few readings to consider before oblivion:
–– Bioethics and the Metaphysics of Death
––The Ontological Representation of Death: A Scale to Measure the Idea of Annihilation Versus Passage
––The Nonidentity Problem and Bioethics: A Natural Law Perspective
––Controversies in the Determination of Death: A White Paper of the President’s Council on Bioethics

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/052-annihilation/.

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When the server hosting this blog is turned off, where does the website go: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/?

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:46:52 -0500 2020-12-08T19:00:00-05:00 2020-12-08T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Annihilation
Mass Incarceration: A WeListen Staff Discussion (January 12, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79520 79520-20349388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

This WeListen session is open to all UM staff members, and is part of the 'Just Community: A Reading and Action Program' series within LSA DEI.

All voices and views are welcome and the Zoom link for this event will be shared once you've RSVP'd.

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/WLJanuary21

We will discuss Mass Incarceration in the United States-it's history and present day impact. Participants will receive a content presentation to review in advance of the virtual session, and the majority of our time will be spent in small group discussion.

Our aim is to bring liberals, conservatives, libertarians- everyone across the political spectrum- together for constructive conversation. The goal of WeListen discussions is not to debate or argue, but to understand the views and values of others and to learn from their perspectives. The session will begin with a brief content presentation to provide a basic understanding of the topic. No specific level of knowledge is required to participate in WeListen discussions.

By participating in WeListen sessions, staff members will:
- Expand understanding of a prominent political topic
- Practice discussing difficult topics with others,
- Gain openness to new ideas and perspectives,
- Learn to productively challenge an idea, and
- Form a sense of community among fellow staff members.

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by the WeListen Staff Series planning committee with members from the Ginsberg Center, the International Institute, LSA Psychology and Michigan Medicine, and the LSA DEI Office.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:11:04 -0500 2021-01-12T15:00:00-05:00 2021-01-12T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Workshop / Seminar WeListen January 2021
Bioethics Discussion: The Madness of Crowds (January 12, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58834 58834-14563726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on popular delusions.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455.

A few readings from the madding crowd:
––The Liverpool Cholera Epidemic of 1 and Anatomical Dissection—Medical Mistrust and Civil Unrest
––The Wisdom of Crowds, the Madness of Crowds: Rethinking Peer Review in the Web Era
––The Hippocratic Thorn in Bioethics’ Hide: Cults, Sects, and Strangeness
––The Importance of Complying with Vaccination Protocols in Developed Countries: “Anti-Vax” Hysteria and the Spread of Severe Preventable Diseases

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/053-the-madness-of-crowds/.

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It would be shear madness if you did not crowd the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:42:27 -0500 2021-01-12T19:00:00-05:00 2021-01-12T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion The Madness of Crowds
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-20T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 20, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:00pm
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Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-20T14:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T15:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 21, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 21, 2021 12:00pm
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Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-21T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-21T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 22, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 22, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting