Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-04T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-04T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-06T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-07T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711212@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-08T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711213@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711214@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-10T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711215@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711216@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-12T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711217@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-13T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-15T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-15T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-16T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
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?
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-18T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-26T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 28, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-28T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-28T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-29T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 30, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-30T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-30T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-02T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-03T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-03T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-04T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-04T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-05T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-06T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-07T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-10T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-12T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
LACS and Latina/o Studies Virtual Panel Discussion. Monumental Injustice in the Americas (October 12, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77720 77720-19907803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Free and open to the public. Registration required: http://myumi.ch/2DVXB

As a joint effort between the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) and the Latina/o Studies Program, this panel brings together scholars whose work helps us think about past and present efforts to topple physical monuments to historical figures across the Americas. As the United States recognizes "Hispanic Heritage Month," we push for thinking that cuts across borders. We highlight the hemisphere's interconnected histories of racism, colonialism, conquest and slavery that are at the center of both efforts to memorialize certain figures and stories, and efforts to upend these commemorative structures and the narratives they support. Public discussions around contested symbols of injustice are themselves opportunities to remake historical narratives, and we anticipate this panel will add a rich and important discussion.

Speaker Biographies:

ERIN L. THOMPSON is America’s only full-time professor of art crime (John Jay College, CUNY). She studies a variety of relations between art and crime, including the looting of antiquities, museum theft, art made by detainees at Guantánamo Bay, and the legalities and ethics of digital reproductions of cultural heritage. She has discussed these topics for the New York Times, CNN, NPR, and the Freakonomics podcast, among many others. She is currently writing Smashing Statues: On the Rise and Fall of America’s Public Monuments (Norton 2021). She has written and spoken about the science of public art, the history of protests, the legal barriers to removal of controversial art, and examples of innovative approaches to the problem in venues including Art in America, Hyperallergic, the LARB Blog, and the New York Times.

ANA LUCIA ARAUJO is a full Professor of History at the historically black Howard University in Washington DC, United States. Her single-authored books include Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020), Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), Brazil Through French Eyes: A Nineteenth-Century Artist in the Tropics (University of New Mexico Press, 2015), Shadows of the Slave Past: Heritage, Memory, and Slavery (Routledge, 2014), and Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic (Cambria Press, 2010). She also edited or coedited five books and published dozens of refereed articles in journals and chapters in edited books on topics related to the history and memory of slavery. In 2017, Araujo joined the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project. She also serves on the board of editors of the American Historical Review (the journal of the American Historical Association) and the editorial board of the British journal Slavery and Abolition. She is a member of the executive board of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide Diaspora (ASWAD), the editorial review board of the African Studies Review, and the board of the blog Black Perspectives maintained by the African American Intellectual History Society. Currently, Araujo is working on two book projects: Human in Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery in the Americas (under contract with the University of Chicago Press) and The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism (under contract with Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora series). She just finished Museums and Atlantic Slavery, a short-format book to be published in 2021 by Routledge in the series Routledge Museums in Focus.

ANDREA QUEELEY is a native of Berkeley, California and holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the City University of New York Graduate Center. She has a joint appointment in Florida International University’s Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies and the African & African Diaspora Studies Program. Her research interests include black and diasporic subjectivity, race and representation, intra-Caribbean migration, and the African Diaspora in Latin America. She has published several journal articles on these themes in addition to her book ”Rescuing Our Roots: The Anglo-Caribbean African Diaspora in
Contemporary Cuba” (University Press of Florida 2015).

OLIVIA CHILCOTE (San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians) received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. She is currently an Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at San Diego State University and a Critical Mission Studies Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at UC Riverside. Dr. Chilcote's research and teaching focus on the areas of interdisciplinary Native American Studies, federal Indian law and policy, Native American identity, and Native California. Dr. Chilcote grew up in the center of her tribe’s traditional territory in the North County of San Diego, and she is active in tribal politics and other community efforts.

VANESSA FONSECA-CHÁVEZ is an Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University. She received her MA in Hispanic Southwest Studies from the University of New Mexico and her PhD in Spanish Cultural Studies at Arizona State University. She is the co-editor of Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland (University of New Mexico Press, 2020). Her monograph, Colonial Legacies in Chicana/o Literature and Culture: Looking through the Kaleidoscope is out with the University of Arizona Press.


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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:55:22 -0400 2020-10-12T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion Monumental_Injustice-image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-13T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
Race and Business Education: Deans Panel (October 13, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78092 78092-19963479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Ross

Join us for a series of conversations addressing race in business and business education.

RACE AND BUSINESS EDUCATION: DEANS PANEL

Does business education make the grade on issues of race? A power panel of deans from leading business schools discuss the challenges and opportunities they face in their efforts to prepare their graduates to be inclusive leaders of a racially diverse workforce.

MODERATOR // DAVID WOOTEN // MICHIGAN ROSS
UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION PROFESSOR

WILLIAM BOULDING // DUKE FUQUA

KERWIN CHARLES // YALE SOM

FRANCESCA CORNELLI // NORTHWESTERN KELLOGG

SCOTT DERUE // MICHIGAN ROSS

NICOLE THORNE JENKINS // VIRGINIA MCINTIRE

JONATHAN LEVIN // STANFORD GSB

RAGHU SUNDARAM // NYU STERN

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:21:50 -0400 2020-10-13T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T16:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion Business and Society
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-15T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
David Miliband on international politics, humanitarian needs, and the global significance of the U.S. election (October 15, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77303 77303-19838048@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join us for a discussion with David Miliband, President of the International Rescue Committee and former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom. John Ciorciari, Ford School Associate Professor and Director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center, will moderate the discussion.

Join the conversation: #policytalks

From the speaker's bio:

David Miliband is the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. He oversees the agency’s relief and development operations in over 30 countries, its refugee resettlement and assistance programs throughout the United States and the IRC’s advocacy efforts in Washington and other capitals on behalf of the world’s most vulnerable people.

David has had a distinguished political career in the United Kingdom. From 2007 to 2010, he served as the youngest Foreign Secretary in three decades, driving advancements in human rights and representing the United Kingdom throughout the world. His accomplishments have earned him a reputation, in former President Bill Clinton's words, as "one of the ablest, most creative public servants of our time.” In 2016 David was named one of the World’s Greatest Leaders by Fortune Magazine and in 2018 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

David is also the author of the book, Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time. As the son of refugees, David brings a personal commitment to the IRC's work and to the premise of the book: that we can rescue the dignity and hopes of refugees and displaced people. And if we help them, in the process we will rescue our own values.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:12:28 -0400 2020-10-15T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion David Miliband (Photo: U.S. Institute of Peace)
Donia Human Rights Center and Center for Global Health Equity Panel. Human Rights, Health, and COVID-19: Exploring the Connections (October 15, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77872 77872-19939556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

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/nb5bV

COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on individuals' human rights around the world. These impacts range from worsening enjoyment of economic and social rights to governmental reactions that violate political rights. The disproportionate rates of infection, deaths, and other adverse social and health impacts among historically oppressed groups in many countries highlight structural inequities and failures of states’ to protect the rights to life and health. States' approaches to the epidemic often reflect their own approaches to human rights. This panel of distinguished experts on global health and human rights will explore the impact of the pandemic on human rights, as well as the connections between a country's human rights practices -- including its practices on the right to health -- and its response to the pandemic. Panelists will seek to shed light on how global health and human rights policy can best work together to protect both human rights and health during the current crisis and going forward.

Panelists:
Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH, Desmond Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Prof. Dr. Diane Desierto, Associate Professor of Human Rights Law and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame; Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Philippines Judicial Academy of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Eszter Kismödi JD, LLM, Chief Executive, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters; Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School

Moderator:
Michele Heisler, MD, MPA, Professor, Internal Medicine and of Public Health, University of Michigan; Medical Director of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)

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Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH
Desmond Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Chris Beyrer MD, MPH, is the inaugural Desmond M. Tutu Professor in Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is a Professor of Epidemiology, International Health, Health Behavior and Society, Nursing and Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He serves as Director of the Johns Hopkins Training Program in HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Science and as Founding Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights. He is the Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and of the University’s Center for Global Health. He served as Field Director for the Chiang Mai University-Johns Hopkins HIV research site in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from 1992-1997, and has continued to conduct HIV epidemiology and prevention research in Thailand and the region for 28 years. He was President of the International AIDS Society from 2014-16, and was elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 2014. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in Public Health from Chiang Mai University in 2012. Dr. Beyrer is a graduate of SUNY Downstate Medical School, in Brooklyn, New York, and completed his residency training, MPH, and an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Johns Hopkins.

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Prof. Dr. Diane Desierto
Associate Professor of Human Rights Law and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Philippines Judicial Academy of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Professor Desierto works in academia and as international counsel in the areas of public international law, international human rights and humanitarian law, international economic law and development, international arbitration and dispute settlement, maritime security, and ASEAN Law. She serves in five editorial boards: 1) the European Journal of International Law and its leading blog EJIL:Talk!; 2) the Journal of World Trade and Investment; 3) International Legal Studies; 4) the Indonesian Journal of International and Comparative Law; and 5) the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Law Journal. She acts as Counsel in cases brought before the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Criminal Court, the UN Human Rights Committee, and Southeast Asia courts, tribunals, or agencies, and is a Listed Arbitrator at the British Virgin Islands Arbitration Centre. She is one of the Experts who drafted the pending Draft UN Convention on the Right to Development, the 2019 Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration, and the 2012 ASEAN Human Rights Declaration. At Notre Dame, she simultaneously holds five faculty fellowships with the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Kellogg Institute of International Studies, the Liu Institute of Asia and Asian Studies, the Pulte Institute of Global Development, and the Nanovic Institute of European Studies. She is also the Co-Principal Investigator of the Notre Dame Reparations Design and Compliance Lab, tasked with examining and reconceptualizing more human rights-sensitive reparative orders at international courts and tribunals.

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Eszter Kismödi JD, LLM
Chief Executive, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School

Eszter Kismödi JD, LLM, is an international human rights lawyer, specialized in sexual and reproductive health and rights law, policy, programming and research.

Presently she is the Chief Executive of SRHM (Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters), that promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) globally through its multidisciplinary, open-access, peer-reviewed journal.

Previously, she has been working as an independent human rights lawyer for several UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs, including UNAIDS, UNHCR, UNDP Asia Pacific Hub, OHCHR, WHO, the World Association for Sexual Health and CREA. Between 2002-2012 she has worked as a human rights adviser at WHO, Department of Reproductive Health and Research.

She has been a visiting fellow at the Global Health Justice Partnership of the Yale Law School and Yale School of Public Health since 2016, and was a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Programme of the Harvard Law School in 2014. She is a member of various committees and boards, such as the Global Advisory Board on Elimination of Mother and Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis of WHO; the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights; the Technical Advisory Committee of Women's Integrated Sexual Health Programme (WISH) of DFID and GATE, Global Action for Trans Equality.

She is a regular guest lecturer at various universities, and an author of and contributor to several WHO and other UN publications.

She is Hungarian, based in Geneva Switzerland.

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Moderator:
Michele Heisler, MD, MPA,
Professor, Internal Medicine and of Public Health, University of Michigan
Medical Director of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)

Dr. Heisler’s research has applied rigorous health services research approaches to investigate and promote health equity and human rights among populations experiencing health disparities. She has pioneered methods, programs, and evaluation tools that improve health by promoting individual human rights and activating low-income individuals to effectively manage their health and health care. She has also applied cutting-edge research methods to investigate health impacts of human rights violations and advocate for remedies. She has authored more than 225 peer-reviewed studies in medical and public health journals and is an elected member of the Association of American Physicians.

Dr. Heisler received her MD degree from Harvard University and MPA degree from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. She completed residency training in internal medicine and health services research training as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Michigan. Before medical training, Dr. Heisler was in charge of human rights and poverty programs in Latin America and the Caribbean as a program officer at the Ford Foundation.

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 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 08:47:01 -0400 2020-10-15T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Donia Human Rights Center Livestream / Virtual Donia Human Rights Center and Center for Global Health Equity Panel. Human Rights, Health, and COVID-19: Exploring the Connections
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-16T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
MESA Social Connectivity & Community Series Presents: Civic Engagement & Voting (October 28, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78749 78749-20117229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The MESA Social Connectivity and Community Series invites campus community from different backgrounds and social identities to come together to discuss various topics and current issues from the lens of race and ethnicity that will assist with the further understanding of intersectional identities within contexts of history, culture, and society. Each session is peer-led and aims to provide an informal and supportive environment for mutual learning through active listening, inquiring and deep reflection.

This session we will specifically discuss civic engagement and voting. Register by visiting: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/4653

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:57:51 -0400 2020-10-28T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-28T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual Social Connectivity & Community Series
Brick by Brick: Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere (November 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76237 76237-19679534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

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

From the speaker's bio:

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

For more information visit https://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/brick-brick-building-hope-and-opportunity-women-survivors-everywhere

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:57:31 -0400 2020-11-09T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-09T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Karen Sherman
MESA Social Connectivity & Community Series Presents: Post Election Conversations (November 11, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78750 78750-20117230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The MESA Social Connectivity and Community Series invites the campus community from different backgrounds and social identities to come together to discuss various topics and current issues through the lens of race and ethnicity that will assist with the further understanding of intersectional identities within contexts of history, culture, and society. Each session is peer-led and aims to provide an informal and supportive environment for mutual learning through active listening, inquiring and deep reflection.

Register by visiting: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/4653

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:06:08 -0400 2020-11-11T17:30:00-05:00 2020-11-11T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual Social Connectivity & Community Series
Donia Human Rights Center Discussion. Should There Be A Human Right To Cross Borders In Search Of A Better Life? (November 12, 2020 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76977 76977-19782539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

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/1pv3V

In his recently-published book, “Migration and Integration; The Case for Liberalism with Borders,” Professor Farer argues that any legal argument for a general right to enter is flimsy. But, he goes on to propose, by invoking two of the deep values on which treaty-based human rights rest, you can make a strong moral case for recognizing a human right to cross international borders in search of a better life (not merely to escape persecution). But the case is not conclusive because it is possible to invoke human rights norms to support the claim that a democratic electorate has the moral authority to decide who may enter the country and on what terms. How should people who imagine themselves as liberal resolve these competing claims? In Farer’s hierarchy of liberal values, the preservation of liberal democratic governments ranks at the top. Today the walls of liberal government are being breached by right-wing demagogues who have weaponized the migration issue. Farer’s premise is that liberals need to defend the walls by taking possession of the issue. They can do so only by conceding the electorate’s right to decide who and how many may enter and by demonstrating the will to enforce the electorate’s decisions. However, once they have demonstrated their rejection of open borders, they can appeal on moral as well as on the grounds of societal self-interest for a generous admissions policy and do so with the promise of electoral success.

Tom Farer, University Professor at the University of Denver, was dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies for 14 years, 1996-2010. He has served as President of the University of New Mexico, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a principal organ of the OAS, and President of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs.

He has been a senior fellow of the Carnegie Endowment, the Council on Foreign Relations (of which he is now a member) and the Smithsonian’s Wilson Center for International Scholars. He is on the editorial boards of the American Journal of International Law and the Human Rights Quarterly. He has consulted for Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. In the US Government he served as special assistant to the General Counsel of the Department of Defense and later as special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. When Somalia still had a state, he served as assistant to the commanding general of the Somali National Police Force and taught both criminal law and karate to members of the force. In 1993 he served as legal advisor to the UN Peace Enforcement operation in Somalia and in 1994 served as an external reviewer of Uganda’s draft constitution.

He has published a dozen books and monographs and over 150 book chapters and articles which have appeared in journals including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, Newsweek, and the Harvard and Columbia Law Reviews. His penultimate book is "Confronting Global Terrorism and American Neo-Conservatism:The Framework of a Liberal Grand Strategy." He has just completed a book titled “Migration and Integration: The Case for Liberalism with Borders” which Cambridge University Press will publish in January 2020.

He is a graduate of Princeton and the Harvard Law School, both Magna cum Laude. At Harvard he was Notes Editor of the Law Review. He has taught law at Columbia, Rutgers, Tulane, Harvard and American University and foreign policy at Johns Hopkins School of International Studies, Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, American University’s School of International Service and Cambridge University. He has been an Honorary Professor at Peking University and has an honorary doctorate from Panteion University in Athens, Greece.

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Ann Chih Lin is Associate Professor at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Dr. Lin studies immigrant political socialization -- how immigrants learn about and relate to government authority in their new country – and immigration policy – how governments choose to recruit migrants. She was co-principal investigator on the Detroit Arab American Study, a landmark public opinion survey of Arab Americans in Detroit, and a co-author of a book on the study, Citizenship in Crisis: Arab Detroit after 9/11. With Yan Chen and Kentaro Toyama, she is exploring methods to reduce bias against Muslims in two metro Detroit cities. She is also part of a multi-investigator, multi-national study on the COVID-19 pandemic: "People and Pandemics: Studying International Coping and Compliance." Dr. Lin received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago.

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 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:32:03 -0400 2020-11-12T16:15:00-05:00 2020-11-12T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Donia Human Rights Center Livestream / Virtual Tom Farer, University Professor and Dean Emeritus (1996-2010), Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver; Ann Chih Lin, Associate Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
MESA Social Connectivity & Community Series Presents: Decolonizing Thanksgiving (November 18, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78779 78779-20154720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The MESA Social Connectivity and Community Series invites the campus community from different backgrounds and social identities to come together to discuss various topics and current issues through the lens of race and ethnicity that will assist with the further understanding of intersectional identities within contexts of history, culture, and society. Each session is peer-led and aims to provide an informal and supportive environment for mutual learning through active listening, inquiring and deep reflection.

This session will specifically focus on conversations pertaining to decolonizing thanksgiving. Register by visiting: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/4653

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:03:56 -0400 2020-11-18T17:30:00-05:00 2020-11-18T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual Social Connectivity & Community Series
Empowering Women and Communities and Global Health Equity (November 19, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79254 79254-20241308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 19, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global Health Equity

Please join us for the next seminar in the Center for Global Health's series: Empowering Women and Communities and Global Health Equity.
Panelists include:
Cheryl Moyer, Medicine
Laura Rozek, School of Public Health
Jodi Lori, Nursing
Elizabeth King, School of Public Health
Bridgette Carr, Law

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Nov 2020 13:09:26 -0500 2020-11-19T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-19T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global Health Equity Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
Youth Activism: Lessons from Flint and Beyond (January 18, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79927 79927-20515559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 18, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Presents:

Youth Activism: Lessons from Flint and Beyond
January 18, 2021
2-3pm EST
https://umich.zoom.us/j/93313003054

Amariyanna "Mari" Copeny, also known as Little Miss Flint, is a youth activist from Flint, Michigan. She is best known for raising awareness about Flint's ongoing water crisis and fundraising to support underprivileged children in her community and across the country. Mari is currently 13 years old. At the age of 8 she wrote a letter to President Barack Obama challenging him to visit Flint to see the crisis firsthand. The letter was published in the Los Angeles Times and confronted the entire country with the reality faced by victims of state negligence.

https://www.maricopeny.com/

Event Contact Info
Anna Massey
7347639989
abeattie@umich.edu
http://isr.umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:12:02 -0500 2021-01-18T14:00:00-05:00 2021-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual event flyer
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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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 2021-01-20T12:00:00-05:00 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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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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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
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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 2021-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 23, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 23, 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 2021-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 24, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 24, 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 2021-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 25, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 25, 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 2021-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 26, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 26, 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 2021-01-26T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-26T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
CREES Noon Lecture. Being Queer in Russia: A Conversation about Challenges Facing Russia’s LGBTQ+ Movement (January 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80589 80589-20759750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

This CREES Noon Lecture is brought to you by U-M undergraduates Rachael Merritt and Kyle Arnashus, Russian Language and Culture Majors. The students organized this panel in culmination of their project "Bridging the Gap between LGBTQ+ Communities in Russia and the United States," under the auspices of the CREES-Ford School initiative "Developing Future Leaders in U.S.-Russia Relations."

From the introduction of the 2013 Gay Propaganda Law, the attempted “Trans Ban” laws to the Family Code in 2020, to continuous waves of torture and murder of gay men in Chechnya, members of Russia’s LGBTQ+ community have found themselves in increasingly precarious positions in the struggle for the full realization of their human rights. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that the international Russian LGBTQ+ community come together to form a unified front to fight against increasing oppression. However, the Russian LGBTQ+ community struggles with disconnectedness, both in terms of a unifying Russian LGBTQ+ identity and contradictory visions for the future of Russian LGBTQ+ movement. This panel seeks to address these schisms within the community and foster greater understanding for the identities and perspectives of Russia’s LGBTQ+ diaspora and domestic communities.

All too often in Russian queer diaspora communities individuals feel that they need to forfeit their Russian identity in order to conform to western standards of queer identities. They can feel a loss of their roots, culture, and family. This panel will discuss queer identity formation as it relates to re-connection with a Russian identity, the different obstacles of trauma and persecution that stand in the way of this reunification, and the tremendous impact sustained support through shared conceptions of identity could have for the longevity and strength of the Russian LGBTQ+ movement. Also to be discussed is the media portrayal of the LGBTQ+ movement in the West and in Russia. These depictions are subjected to external or group specific pressures and have contributed to contradictory opinions on methods of social activism throughout the LGBTQ+ community. This fragmentation leaves the LGBTQ+ community vulnerable to oppression and popular criticism.

Collaboration and connectedness between Russian diaspora populations, regional communities, and organizations in Moscow and Petersburg creates an opportunity for effective social organization within the Russian LGBTQ+ movement. The members of the panel bring vastly different personal experiences of identity formation and Russian LGBTQ+ activism, which will serve to begin a dialogue around the deeply entrenched differences in LGBTQ+ identity and movements between their respective groups. These testimonies and the subsequent discussion will hopefully serve as a bridge to find common ground and move the Russian LGBTQ+ movement forward in a more unified and effective way.

Speakers:

Alla Chikinda is the regional representative and communications manager for the LGBTQ+ Resource Center based in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The Resource Center provides a safe space for LGBTQ+ individuals to congregate and form community. The organization also hosts informational meetings and takes part in organizing pride activities, and implements social and legal programs and services aimed at overcoming discrimination of the LGBTQ+ community. Joining the Resource Center in 2016, Alla was first responsible for the center’s social media and external communications. Her work led to an increase in the number of followers and mentions in local media outlets. Since 2018, Alla has been concentrating her work with media outlets and stakeholders in the region, and, as a result, the LGBTQ+ agenda is much more visible in Yekaterinburg, on the national, and sometimes international, level. It is considered among the most prominent and efficient LGBTQ+ organizations in Russia. Over the past two years, the center has found a lot of allies and partners among local NGOs, cultural organisations and businesses. Alla believes that a representation of Russian LGBTQ+ identities outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg are essential to form a more comprehensive and inclusive community. It is also Alla’s belief that the integration of the Resource Center into the surrounding community and cooperation with law enforcement is integral to its success.

Ezra Erikson is the digital director at RUSA LGBT, and he has also used his expertise in social media marketing to lead initiatives that advocate for LGBTQ+ rights both in Russia and across the globe. Notably, Ezra has contributed to the development of the Illuminator Project, an initiative designed to raise awareness of gender identity and sexual orientation among Russian-speaking parents. A target of state persecution, Ezra was arrested in June 2016 in Moscow, accused of “gay propaganda,” when he and his partner were paying tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at the Pulse club in Orlando. Ezra moved to the United States in 2017 after his coming out resulted in death threats from relatives.

Anastasiia Fedorova is a writer and curator based in London. She is a regular contributor to "Dazed," "i-D," "GARAGE," "Kaleidoscope Magazine," "032c," "SHOWstudio," and "The Guardian" among other titles. She works as a Strategy and Partnership Manager at "The Calvert Journal," a London-based publication for culture, innovation, photography, and travel in the New East. Anastasiia contributes to LGBTQ+ content curation at "The Calvert Journal," and has covered an impressive number of stories on queer culture in the New East, particularly in Russia. These stories include analysis of Russia’s LGBTQ+ underground movement, queer social media influencers and activists, Russian drag and trans legacies, as well as queer icons of cinema and Russian history. Anastasiia is also a founder of Russian Queer Revolution, a platform for LGBTQ+ creatives from Russia, which she started in 2020. Anastasiia has lived in London for the past nine years, and is a member of the Russian queer community.

Lyosha Gorshkov is a co-president at RUSA LGBT, an organization based in New York City, that operates as a support network for Russian-speaking LGBTQ+ individuals. RUSA LGBT provides informational support to asylum seekers, and organizes social events to increase acceptance of LGBTQ+ people within the Russian speaking public. Lyosha founded Brighton Beach Pride (the first ever Russian-speaking pride) in 2017 that aims at creating a dialogue with Russian diaspora community leaders who hold more conservative views. Lyosha has a background in academia as a former Political Science Professor at Perm State University in Russia. In 2014, as a result of his vocal advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights in Russia and his openly gay status, Lyosha received threats from security services and Neo-Nazi groups and was forced to seek asylum in the United States. In addition to his work at RUSA LGBT, Lyosha currently works as the assistant director of PRIDE and Women’s Centers at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/3qyqm.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at crees@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 Tue, 31 May 2022 14:33:43 -0400 2021-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-27T13:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion CREES Queer in Russia
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 27, 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 2021-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Community Engaged Research: Reflections on MLK’s Legacy (January 27, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79928 79928-20515560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Presents:

Community Engaged Research: Reflections on MLK’s Legacy
January 27, 2021
2-3pm EST
https://umich.zoom.us/j/91449183213

Breanca Merritt is a Diversity Scholar at the University of Michigan and founding director of the Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy (CRISP) and clinical assistant professor in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. In this role, she and her team produce and disseminate research to lay audiences about complex social issues and inequitable outcomes through policy briefs and multidisciplinary research experiences for students with community organizations. Dr. Merritt’s work aims to inform both local stakeholders and academic audiences. Her applied, community-engaged research analyzes local trends and evaluates programs related to social service provision, equitable access and experiences, and systemic sources of poverty. Her academic work assesses how legislation and organizational practices contribute to disparate outcomes, especially for racial/ethnic minorities. Topics addressed by these projects include housing and homelessness, family financial stability, and criminal justice, among others. https://www.in.gov/fssa/thehub/4602.htm

Event Contact Info
Anna Massey
7347639989
abeattie@umich.edu
http://isr.umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:56:17 -0500 2021-01-27T14:00:00-05:00 2021-01-27T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual event flyer
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 28, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 28, 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 2021-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 29, 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 2021-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 30, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 30, 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 2021-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 31, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 31, 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 2021-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 1, 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 2021-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 2, 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 2021-02-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-02T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 3, 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 2021-02-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-03T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Strengthening Systems for Health Seminar (February 3, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81005 81005-20832764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global Health Equity

Please join us for the next seminar by U-M's Center for Global Health Equity, including the following panelists:

Kirstin Scott, Medicine
John Scott, Medicine
Jody Lori, Nursing
Christabel Sefa, Center for Global Health Equity
Joseph Kolars, Medicine

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:49:30 -0500 2021-02-03T17:00:00-05:00 2021-02-03T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global Health Equity Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 4, 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 2021-02-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-04T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 5, 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 2021-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 6, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 6, 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 2021-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 7, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 7, 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 2021-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 8, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 8, 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 2021-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 9, 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 2021-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
DHRC/PICS Student Funding Opportunities Info Session (February 10, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81324 81324-20885832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Interested in learning about student fellowship and funding opportunities that are available through the Donia Human Rights Center and the Program in International and Comparative Studies for summer 2021?

Join us to learn more about the following fellowship and grant opportunities:

-PICS Arctic Internship Fellowship
-PICS Summer Research and Internship Grants
-DHRC/PICS International Human Rights Fellowship
-DHRC Fair Labor Association Fellowship
-DHRC Belgrade Centre for Human Rights Fellowship
-DHRC Social Change Initiative Fellowship
-DHRC Student-Initiated Summer Internship Fellowship

Virtual internship placements for summer 2021 are available for several of these opportunities. We will go over options for each fellowship, eligibility, available funding, and the application process. We will be available to answer any questions you may have.

Register at: https://myumi.ch/mnrW3

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

Please contact is-fellowships@umich.edu or dhrc-fellowships@umich.edu with any questions.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at is-michigan@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 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:35:56 -0500 2021-02-10T10:00:00-05:00 2021-02-10T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Program in International and Comparative Studies Livestream / Virtual DHRC/PICS Student Funding Opportunities Info Session
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 10, 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 2021-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Detroiters Speak Winter 2021 - Pandemic Politics: From Lockdown to Liberation (February 10, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81911 81911-20988917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Racism has been declared a public Health emergency, but this has been given little analytic content. "Structural racism and public health: A way forward?" takes up this challenge. Professor Peter Hammer explores the relationship between spatial-structural racism and the social and economic determinants of health. Water shutoffs in Detroit are taken as a case study. Monica Lewis Patrick, Dr. Nadia Gaber and Dr. Emily Kutil lift up the work of the We The People of Detroit Community Research Collaborative. They will discuss the geography of water shutoffs in Detroit, including new research about how shutoffs have shaped the COVID-19 pandemic. Martina Guzman, the Damon J. Keith Civil Rights Center Racial Equity Media Fellow provides a global perspective juxtaposing water shutoffs in Detroit and South Africa.

Suggested reading:

Redlining and Neighborhood Health, https://ncrc.org/holc-health/

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:27:41 -0500 2021-02-10T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-10T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Livestream / Virtual Event title and session titles with blue accent colors and an image of a face mask with a fist made up of racial justice words on it
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 11, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 11, 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 2021-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
How to Go Beyond Diversity and Achieve Equity and Inclusion in Academia (February 11, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80487 80487-20728306@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

RSVP here to receive Zoom link: cew.umich.edu/events/cewinspire-workshop-how-to-go-beyond-diversity-and-achieve-equity-and-inclusion-in-academia

The main objective of this workshop is for participants (faculty, students, administration, and staff) to develop a personal connection with the plight of racial-ethnic and sexual minorities in institutions of higher education. This work is needed for the advancement of individual and institutional empathy so that we can move from tolerating to accepting to celebrating underrepresented minorities in academia. This will be achieved by encouraging workshop participants to identify instances: in their own lives in which structural prejudice and bigotry and individual-level macroaggressions hampered their career development; in which they intentionally and/or unintentionally contributed to advancing structural prejudice and bigotry and/or perpetrated individual-level macroaggressions that may have hampered the career of underrepresented faculty, students, administration, and staff; and in which they were bystanders who did not intervene to dismantle structural prejudice and bigotry and/or address individual-level macroaggressions that they witnessed.

Format: This hands-on workshop will include:
A. A short lecture whose content will include Pinto’s personal experiences and personal examples of the dynamics listed above. This will be reinforced with statistics (e.g., disparities in tenure and promotion), and anecdotes from other minority individuals.

B. Following the lecture, Pinto, in collaboration with other actors, will use Theater of the Oppressed (Port: Teatro dos Oprimidos) techniques to model skits reflecting each of the instances listed above. Skits will be scripted such that the ending of each story will be decided by participants in small groups with an eye toward actions they can take to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the academic space. (Boal A. (1979). Theatre of the Oppressed. New York, NY: Theater Communications Group).

C. Following small group discussions, all participants will reconvene to discuss strategies for welcoming underrepresented minorities into their social networks. This portion of the workshop will help participants to understand how they can help underrepresented minorities develop social capital by lending their social support: emotional, concrete, and informational.

Rogério Pinto accepting on behalf of the Faculty Allies for Diversity Committee: Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Rogério M. Pinto is a professor and associate dean for research at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. He is the co-chair of the Faculty Allies for Diversity Committee. In his work, Pinto focuses on finding academic, sociopolitical, and cultural venues for broadcasting voices of oppressed individuals and groups. Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, his community-engaged research focuses on the impact of interprofessional collaboration on the delivery of evidence-based services to marginalized racial/ethnic and sexual minority individuals. Funded by the University of Michigan Office of Research, as a new scholarly pursuit, he is building an art installation, The Realm of the Dead, to investigate his own personal marginalization as a gender non-confirming, mixed-race, and Latinx immigrant. This installation will serve as the stage set for Pinto’s award-winning theatrical performance, Marília, a one-person play, in which Pinto further explores the tragic death of his 3-year old sister, Marília, and how such loss haunts and inspires the lives of the family members she left behind. Marília won the 2015 United Solo Festival Best Documentary Script and it will be performed again at the University of Michigan as part of the centennial celebration of the School of Social Work.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:18:18 -0500 2021-02-11T15:30:00-05:00 2021-02-11T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Workshop / Seminar
The Disappeared: A Human Rights Film Series & Discussion (February 11, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80824 80824-20793354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Documentary. Noura and Machi search for answers about their loved ones, Bassel Safadi and Paolo Dall'Oglio, who are among the over 100,000 forcibly disappeared in Syria.

The discussant will be Mohammad Al-Abdallah of the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre; moderated by
Melanie Tanielian, Director of the Center for Armenian Studies and Associate Professor of History. Other dates include Feb 25, March 4, and March 11.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcscuGgrDoiHd0iy04JxJC5VEl4i-t0Dldl

READINGS & RESOURCES
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SH9iTfwRkpX00Y8BMNMd1Ib9wX-ruDB_3sgv9SXa2io/edit?usp=sharing

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Film Screening Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:01:54 -0500 2021-02-11T16:30:00-05:00 2021-02-11T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Film Screening Ayouni (The Disappeared: Human Rights Film Series)
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 12, 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 2021-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 13, 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 2021-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 14, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 14, 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 2021-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 15, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus 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 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 15, 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 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Donia Human Rights Center Lecture. U.S. Policy in the Middle East: Human Rights and/or National Interests? (February 17, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79474 79474-20335629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

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/pdb9W

The United States, like all other countries, seeks to advance its most important national security interests abroad. In the Middle East, some U.S. allies and friends have less than stellar human rights records. Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer will discuss the intersection of national security interests and human rights in the Middle East.

Featuring: Ambassador (Ret.) Daniel C. Kurtzer, S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Israel

Commentator: Susan Waltz, Professor Emerita of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Moderator: Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

This event is co-sponsored by: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Department of Middle East Studies, and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center.

Daniel C. Kurtzer is the S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at Princeton University’s Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. During a 29-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Ambassador Kurtzer served as the United States Ambassador to Israel and as the United States Ambassador to Egypt. He is the co-author and editor of several books, including The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011. In 2007, he was named the first Commissioner of the professional Israel Baseball League. Ambassador Kurtzer received his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University.
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Susan Waltz is a professor emerita of public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. She specializes in human rights and international affairs, with a focus on arms transfer policy and regional expertise on North Africa. Waltz is author of Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics (1995) and a series of articles on the historical origins of international human rights instruments.
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Mark Tessler is Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science. He specializes in Comparative Politics and Middle East Studies. He has studied and/or conducted field research in Tunisia, Israel, Morocco, Egypt, and Palestine (West Bank and Gaza). He is one of the very few American scholars to have attended university and lived for extended periods in both the Arab world and Israel. He has also spent several years teaching and consulting in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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, 16 Feb 2021 08:27:54 -0500 2021-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-17T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Donia Human Rights Center Livestream / Virtual Donia Human Rights Center Lecture. U.S. Policy in the Middle East: Human Rights and/or National Interests?
Toxic Equilibrium: Structural Racism and Population Health Inequities (February 24, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81748 81748-20949404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

February 24, 2021
10:00am – 6:30pm
Eastern Time

The American social structure is composed of a resilient, symbiotic network of the formal and informal institutions that operate to maintain an equilibrium toward White privilege. Across time and place, changes in one institution can reverberate through other institutions, and importantly, when we attempt to intervene toward equity in one institution, other institutions can move to restore this toxic equilibrium. Cultural racism, which encompasses the socially accepted ideologies, values, and behavioral norms determined by the dominant power group, sets this equilibrium. Particularly insidious as it operates on the level of our shared social subconscious, the processes that comprise cultural racism are invisible to many because they are our “givens”, our assumptions, our defaults – but the result shapes our answers to the question: Whose life counts?

For our 6th annual University of Michigan RacismLab Symposium on the Study of Racism, we pay tribute to the legacy of Dr. James Jackson, whose mentorship guided our 1st annual symposium in 2015 and resulted in our guest edited Social Science and Medicine special issue on cultural and structural racism. In the introduction to this special issue, we called for all scholarship on race and health to be grounded in interdisciplinary frameworks of cultural and structural racism and critical race theory.

Our annual symposium continues to be sponsored by the University of Michigan Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research. For our virtual meeting in 2021, we partner with the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) to move our discussions to a national stage. As we move to a national, interdisciplinary discussion, we are honored that a pioneer in the study of structural racism, Dr. Eduardo Bonilla Silva will serve as the keynote speaker this year.

Please register for this event: https://iaphs.org/tools-for-success/online-events/racismlab/racismlab-registration/

Event link will be provided upon registration.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:24:54 -0500 2021-02-24T10:00:00-05:00 2021-02-24T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium poster
The Disappeared: A Human Rights Film Series & Discussion (February 25, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80826 80826-20793356@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Documentary. The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film follows the survivors as they organize the groundbreaking 'Argentine Lawsuit' and fight a state-imposed amnesia of crimes against humanity, and explores a country still divided four decades into democracy.

SPECIAL a conversation with film's director, Almudena Carracedo, will follow; moderated by Sioban Harlow, School of Public Health. Other dates in the series: March 4 and March 11.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpc-2vrjMiE9P1pJ3MetOUSDRJ036DXh3t

READINGS & RESOURCES
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Film Screening Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:58:01 -0500 2021-02-25T16:30:00-05:00 2021-02-25T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Film Screening The Silence of Others (Spain, 2018)
PICS Career Event. Careers with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (March 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79868 79868-20509636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Interested in careers with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency? Join us to learn from Senior Staff Development Officer (Refugee Law), UNHCR and University of Michigan alumnus, John A. Young (BA ‘86, JD ‘90) who will share his career and life experiences from his 25+ years of service with UNHCR.

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

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

John A. Young, University of Michigan LS&A (Double majoring in Russian Language and Literature, and Russian and East European Studies) and Law, has worked most of his career on refugee protection. Mainly with UNHCR since 1994, he also served five years at the European Commission in pre-accession projects on law and justice. Throughout his career, John has been engaged in refugee status determination, resettlement, asylum-building, migration management, and the identification and response to vulnerable persons. While in Iraq, he oversaw the provision of shelter to hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons. In Turkey, he was responsible for supervision of refugee status determination, resettlement, protection policy and all other issues falling under UNHCR's protection mandate, in what at the time were the largest Refugee Status Determination and Resettlement operations in UNHCR. Whilst in Brussels he prepared UNHCR's legal submissions for ECHR in Strasbourg, and the Court of Justice, and worked with the European Parliament and Commission on the recast Qualification Directive. Presently he is a Senior Staff Development Officer (Refugee Law), based in Budapest, Hungary. John has also served in Russia, Switzerland, Serbia and Slovakia, with missions to Kenya, Uganda, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at is-michigan@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 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 08:34:15 -0500 2021-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Program in International and Comparative Studies Livestream / Virtual PICS Career Event. Careers with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
The Disappeared: A Human Rights Film Series & Discussion (March 4, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81372 81372-20887847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

The event will begin with a short (6 min) background video made in 2015 by South Asians for Human Rights, followed by the documentary "White Van Stories" (2016, 1hr 10min). In the North, East and South Provinces of Sri Lanka, families search for their disappeared family members in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war.

During Winter semester, a series of human rights films that focus on the theme of disappearances will be shown through Zoom. Discussion will follow the movie featuring & White Van Stories
Discussants: Jim McDonald (Amnesty International) and Nirmala Rajasingam (Author, Activist). Other dates include March 11.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED Https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V2i0qVhCR4qpH0YPrWXFuQ

READINGS & RESOURCES
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SH9iTfwRkpX00Y8BMNMd1Ib9wX-ruDB_3sgv9SXa2io/edit?usp=sharing

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Film Screening Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:02:00 -0500 2021-03-04T16:30:00-05:00 2021-03-04T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Film Screening Sri Lanka forced disappearances
The Disappeared: A Human Rights Film Series & Discussion (March 11, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81374 81374-20887849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

During Winter semester, a series of human rights films that focus on the theme of disappearances will be shown through Zoom. Discussion will follow the movie.

The Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida was supposed to be a place where troubled kids could go to straighten out their lives. What these boys found there would instead leave lasting scars and dozens of unexplained deaths.Deadly Secrets follows the work of forensic anthropologist Dr. Erin Kimmerle from the University of South Florida, who has made it her personal mission to uncover the truth behind these mysterious deaths and disappearances. With unprecedented access to family members, photography and old records, Dr. Kimmerle and reporter Ben Montgomery expose the truth behind Dozier's missing boys, providing closure to families that have been haunted by this nightmare for decades.

DISCUSSANTS
Susan Waltz (Ford School of Public Policy) & Sioban Harlow (School of public health); moderated by Leigh Pearce (School of Public Health).

REGISTRATION REQUIRED
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BiMutdkDRjG81-ZW85-5Og

READINGS & RESOURCES
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SH9iTfwRkpX00Y8BMNMd1Ib9wX-ruDB_3sgv9SXa2io/edit?usp=sharing

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Film Screening Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:31:54 -0500 2021-03-11T16:30:00-05:00 2021-03-11T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Film Screening March 11 Dozier School for Boys (FL, U.S.)
Symposium: Where Is Social Reproduction Theory Now? (March 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79658 79658-20438377@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

There has been an explosion in recent years of scholarship on social reproduction theory (SRT), which builds on a long tradition of critique within Marxist feminist scholarship that has focused on the labor required to produce workers and society as a whole. While it arose out of the need to explain the continued oppression of women under capitalism, the SRT framework has been extended to understanding racism and other sources of division between workers. SRT offers a perspective on the link between the oppressive logics of “race,” sexuality, ability, gender, and more, with the development and actualization of labor powers. In short, a renewed SRT provides a historical materialist theory of multiple oppressions within capitalist society. This body of scholarship, varied in its political and theoretical orientations, takes as its subject precisely the continuous and daily reproduction of capitalism as a system. Our round table discussion consists of a conversation with Tithi Bhattacharya, one of the foremost proponents of social reproduction theory, on some of the recent developments in SRT and their relevance in our current conjuncture.

Registrants will receive a link to a pre-circulated paper by Professor Bhattacharya.

For a brief video explaining social reproduction theory, please visit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uur-pMk7XjY

Panelists:
Tithi Bhattacharya, Associate Professor, History, Purdue University
Sueann Caulfield, Associate Professor, History, University of Michigan
Emily A. Peterson, Lecturer, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Michigan
Ruby Tapia, Associate Professor; English Language and Literature, Women's and Gender Studies; University of Michigan
Rosario Ceballo (moderator), Professor; Women's and Gender Studies, Psychology; University of Michigan

Free and open to the public.

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. Presented in partnership with the Department of Women's and Gender Studies.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 08 Mar 2021 09:04:15 -0500 2021-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Conference / Symposium
Donia Human Rights Center Discussion. Shared Sovereignty and Accountability in Fragile States (March 22, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82195 82195-21052528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 22, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Please note: This event will be held virtually ET 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: https://myumi.ch/AxyeW

Promoting accountability for human rights violations is often a central element of peacebuilding in conflict-torn states. When domestic rule-of-law institutions have foundered, some governments have taken the remarkable step of inviting international actors to step into the breach. The United Nations in particular has sometimes shared core sovereign authorities to enforce laws, probe crimes, and prosecute and adjudicate them. These joint ventures aim to combine local and international knowledge and resources to advance accountability. In practice, however, sharing sovereign authority is very difficult to carry out effectively.

This Donia Human Rights Center event will feature a discussion of “Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States” a new book by University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy professor John Ciorciari in conversation with Prof. Susanna Campbell of American University, an expert on peacebuilding and international interventions. Ciorciari will share findings from the book, outlining conditions under which shared sovereignty tends to fail or succeed in advancing accountability for human rights violations. He will pay special attention to the contrasting experiences of “hybrid” criminal tribunals for Sierra Leone, Cambodia and Lebanon and a unique international anti-impunity commission in Guatemala. Campbell will offer comments and insights based on her extensive research on global-local interactions in international peacebuilding initiatives in Africa, Asia, and beyond.

This event is co-sponsored by: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center.

John D. Ciorciari is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, where he directs the Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Donia Human Rights Center. His research focuses on international law and politics in the Global South, with a particular focus on Asia. He is the author of "Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States" (Stanford University Press, 2021) and co-author of "Hybrid Justice: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia" (University of Michigan Press 2014), among other articles and books. He has been an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, an Asia Society Fellow, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford, a policy official in the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of International Affairs, and an associate at the international law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell. He holds a BA and JD from Harvard and an MPhil and DPhil from Oxford, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

Susanna Campbell is assistant professor at the School of International Service at American University and director of the Research on International Policy Implementation Lab. Her research focuses on statebuilding, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, international development and humanitarian aid, international institutions and NGOs, and issues of civil war and peace. She is the author of "Global Governance and Local Peace" (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and co-author of book manuscript entitled "Aid in Conflict." She has conducted extensive fieldwork in conflict-affected countries, received several large grants for her research, and published widely in prominent peer-reviewed journals. She also engages regularly in policy practice. She directs the Research on International Policy Implementation Lab (RIPIL), an affiliate of Bridging the Gap, and recently completed her term as a senior advisor for the congressionally-mandated Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States. She has led evaluations of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and Care International. She has also worked for the Council on Foreign Relations and UNICEF Burundi. She received her PhD in 2012 from Tufts University and was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at The Graduate Institute in Geneva and Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies.

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 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:05:39 -0400 2021-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-22T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Donia Human Rights Center Livestream / Virtual Donia Human Rights Center Discussion. Shared Sovereignty and Accountability in Fragile States
Inside The Cartel Project: The Power of Collaborative Investigative Journalism (March 24, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82579 82579-21124020@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

In 2012 Mexican journalist Regina Martinez was murdered in her home. She had been reporting on the links between drug cartels, public officials and thousands of individuals who had mysteriously disappeared. Eight years later, her investigations were published simultaneously around the world as The Cartel Project.

Forbidden Stories, a nonprofit newsroom created by Laurent Richard during his year as a Knight- Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, organized the project, secretly bringing together an international network of journalists dedicated to continue the work of Martinez. Sixty reporters from 18 countries, followed her leads to expose a global network of Mexican drug cartels and their political connections around the world.

Join journalists Laurent Richard of Forbidden Stories, Dana Priest of The Washington Post and Jorge Carrasco of Proceso with moderator, Lynette Clemetson, for a behind the scenes look at the global investigation and learn how collaborative journalism can keep alive the work of reporters who are silenced by threats, censorship or death.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:22:40 -0500 2021-03-24T12:30:00-04:00 2021-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Wallace House Center for Journalists Livestream / Virtual 2021 Eisendrath Symposium
From Rufio to Zuko and The Debut: Actor Dante Basco (March 24, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83129 83129-21282826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies

Have you been binge-watching Avatar the Last Airbender during quarantine? Meet the voice of Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation, actor Dante Basco, as he discusses his career, Filipino Americans in film, his memoir, and his new film, The Fabulous Filipino Brothers. Dante Basco is an award-winning American film, television, and voice actor who has appeared in over 30 films, and over 65 television shows, web series, and video games. He is best known for his roles as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg’s film Hook; as Prince Zuko in Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender; as Jake Long in Disney Channel’s American Dragon: Jake Long, and as Spin Kick from Carmen Sandiego. He starred as the lead actor alongside his three brothers and sister in the independent film, The Debut, the first Filipino American film to be released in American theatres nationwide. In 2019, the independent press, Not a Cult, published Basco’s book, From Rufio to Zuko, a memoir detailing his life as a working class actor of Filipino heritage. Basco was born and raised in California in a Filipino American family of performing artists. He continues acting, writing and performing spoken word poetry, and streaming on Instagram and Twitch. The new feature film he directed, The Fabulous Filipino Brothers, had its world premiere at the SXSW Festival in March 2021:www.fabfilipinobros.com

Moderated by Prof. Emily P. Lawsin in conjunction with the ASIANPAM/AMCULT 353/HISTORY 454: Asians in American Film and Television course.

Co-sponsored by Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program, Department of American Culture, in commemoration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Register for this free, virtual event here: http://tinyurl.com/FromRufiotoZuko

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:56:56 -0400 2021-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Workshop / Seminar Dante Basco
Overcoming Systemic Barriers to Entrepreneurship (March 26, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82917 82917-21219294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Ross

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS PRESENTS:

The Business and Society Speaker Series: Join us for a series of conversations addressing race in business and business education.

Date: Friday, March 26, 2021
Time: Noon- 1:15 p.m. EDT

OVERCOMING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Over the past five years, less than 3% of venture capital funding went to Black and Latinx founders. What are the barriers to entrepreneurship for minorities and how can venture capital become more inclusive to entrepreneurs? What steps should be taken by operators and financiers to ensure that sufficient funding is accessible to businesses in these communities? Join moderator Rashmi Menon, entrepreneurship lecturer at Michigan Ross, for a panel discussion with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists about how they are working to expand equity in this space.

MODERATOR // RASHMI MENON // MICHIGAN ROSS
Entrepreneurship Lecturer

VASCO BRIDGES // NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
Chief of Staff, Distribution

LATRESHA (LC) HOWLAND // BREADLESS
Co-Founder

MARC HOWLAND // BREADLESS
Co-Founder & CEO

HARLYN PACHECO // MICROSOFT VIVA
BD & Strategy

MARLO RENCHER // TECHTOWN DETROIT
Director, Technology-Based Programs

Business and Society web page:
https://michiganross.umich.edu/business-society

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:28:12 -0500 2021-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T13:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Ross Workshop / Seminar Join us for a conversation addressing race in business and business education.
Gran Torino, Refugees, and Anti-Asian Racism: A Conversation with Actor Bee Vang (March 31, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83150 83150-21282829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies

Bee Vang, at 16, held the leading Hmong American role as Thao Vang Lor in Clint Eastwood’s 2008 film Gran Torino. He subsequently performed in independent films and on stage at Brown University where he received a 2016 liberal arts degree in international politics, media, and cultural studies. He also trained in China in techniques of Chinese opera and Japanese performance. Throughout this time, Vang engaged in social justice and media activism, and published works related to the visibility and inclusion of Southeast Asian Americans and, more broadly, Asian Americans in Hollywood and mainstream popular culture. His work covered such topics as representation, race, gender, sexuality, production, geopolitics, refugees, criminal justice, mass incarceration. Vang presented at multiple conferences related to these topics, and publicly lectured or gave workshops in over thirty venues, domestically and overseas including the University of Toronto, Beijing University, Minzu University, and Zhongshan University.

Meanwhile, Vang worked at MSNBC with The Rachel Maddow Show in broadcast journalism, at The Economist in print journalism, and at First Look Media in documentary filmmaking with Laura Poitras. After several years working as a print journalist, nonfiction writer, and policy researcher, he recently moved to LA to devote himself to acting, filmmaking, and other creative pursuits.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:57:29 -0400 2021-03-31T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Lecture / Discussion Gran Torino
Donia Human Rights Center Lecture. Black Feminisms and Human Rights in Brazil (April 7, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83122 83122-21274899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Please note: This event will be held virtually ET 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: https://myumi.ch/88bzV

This event honors the memory of Marielle Franco (1979-2018).

Featuring: Jurema Werneck, MD, PhD, Director, Amnesty International Brazil

Moderator: Sueann Caulfield, Associate Professor of History and Residential College, University of Michigan

This event is co-sponsored by: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

Jurema Werneck is a Black physician, author and human rights activist. She received her MD from the Federal Fluminense University and her PhD from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She founded one of Brazil's first Black women's rights organizations, Criola, in 1992, and has more than 20 years of experience in the struggle for racial and gender equality, sexual rights, and equal access to education and health. She has published widely in scholarly and public venues on women's sterilization and bioethics; race and public health in Brazil; and Black women's health. Currently, she is President of the Administrative Council of the Brazil Fund for Human Rights (Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos) and serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Fund for Women. She has been Executive Director of Amnesty International, Brazil, since 2017.

Sueann Caulfield is Associate Professor of History and Residential College at the University of Michigan. She specializes in the history of modern Brazil, with emphasis on gender and sexuality. Her publications include In Defense of Honor: Morality, Modernity, and Nation in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil, the co-edited volume Honor, Status, and Law in Modern Latin American History, and various articles on gender and historiography, family law, race, and sexuality in Brazil. Her current research focuses on family history with a focus on paternity and legitimacy in Brazil from the early nineteenth century to the present. She is also involved in collaborative research on feminisms and human rights and has participated in a number of trans-national teaching projects and exchanges on the history of human rights in Latin America.

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 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:15:02 -0400 2021-04-07T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-07T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Donia Human Rights Center Livestream / Virtual Black Feminisms and Human Rights in Brazil
CAS Webinar | The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression (April 22, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83428 83428-21377658@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

Please register in advance for the webinar here: https://myumi.ch/qgOle

After registration, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the webinar.

Cover credit: Murad Subay, www.muradsubay.com.

Genocide is not only a problem of mass death, but also of how, as a relatively new idea and law, it organizes and distorts thinking about civilian destruction. Taking the normative perspective of civilian immunity from military attack, Dr. Moses argues that the implicit hierarchy of international criminal law, atop which sits genocide as the “crime of crimes,” blinds us to other types of humanly caused civilian death, like bombing cities, and the “collateral damage” of missile and drone strikes. Talk of genocide, then, can function ideologically to detract from systematic violence against civilians perpetrated by governments of all types. “The Problems of Genocide” contends that this violence is the consequence of “permanent security” imperatives: the striving of states, and armed groups seeking to found states, to make themselves invulnerable to threats.

Bios:

A. DIRK MOSES is Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of Global Human Rights History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since July 2020. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 2000. From 2000-2010 and 2016-2020, he taught at the University of Sydney. Between 2011 and 2015, he held the Chair of Global and Colonial History at the European University Institute, Florence.

His first book, “German Intellectuals and the Nazi Past” (2007), was awarded the H-Sozu-Kult “Historical Book of the Year” prize for contemporary history. Dr. Moses has also written extensively about genocide and global history. Recent anthologies include “Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide: The Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967–1970” (2018), “The Holocaust in Greece” (2018), and “Decolonization, Self-Determination, and the Rise of Global Human Rights Politics” (2020). His latest book, “The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression,” appeared in February 2021.

Dr. Moses has held fellowships at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C; and at the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung in Potsdam as an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow. He was a visiting fellow at the WZB Center for Global Constitutionalism in Berlin in September-October 2019, and senior fellow at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg in Göttingen, in the winter of 2019-20. Dr. Moses has been senior editor of the “Journal of Genocide Research” since 2011, and co-edits the War and Genocide book series for Berghahn Books.

GEOFF ELEY is Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1979. He previously taught at the University of Cambridge (1975-79). Trained originally as a modern German historian, he also works in modern British history, as well as on a general European front. He is interested in both the history of the Left and the history of the Right; history and film; historiography; and history and theory. He recently began teaching a large new undergraduate course on the History of Terrorism.

His earliest works were “Reshaping the German Right: Radical Nationalism and Political Change after Bismarck” (1980, 1991) and (with David Blackbourn) “The Peculiarities of German History” (1980, 1984). More recent books include “Forging Democracy: A History of the Left in Europe. 1850-2000” (2002); “A Crooked Line: From Cultural History to the History of Society” (2005); (with Keith Nield) “The Future of Class in History” (2007); and “Nazism as Fascism: Violence, Ideology, and the Ground of Consent in Germany, 1930-1945” (2013). He coedited “German Colonialism in a Global Age” (2014), “German Modernities from Wilhelm to Weimar: A Contest of Futures” (2016), and “Visualizing Fascism: The Twentieth-Century Rise of the Global Right” (2020). He is writing a general history of Europe in the 20th century and a new study of the German Right, “Genealogies of Nazism: Conservatives, Radical Nationalists, Fascists in Germany, 1860-1930.”

Co-sponsors: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Donia Human Rights Center, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, and Society for Armenian Studies.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at armenianstudies@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 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:50:35 -0400 2021-04-22T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Armenian Studies Livestream / Virtual CAS Webinar | The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression
Race - The Power of an Illusion (May 6, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83854 83854-21555865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 6, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for live screenings of award-winning documentary series Race - The Power of an Illusion. Each event will screen a one-hour-long episode, and then host a 30-minute live streamed panel discussion.

Thursday May 6, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 1: “The difference between us”

Thursday May 20, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 2: “The story we tell”

Thursday June 3, 12PM-1:30PM ET
Part 3: “The house we live in”

For more information on the webinars, invited panelists, and registration link, please visit https://iaphs.org/race-the-power-of-an-illusion/ . Here are more resources to help with discussions: https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

Registration is open to all, free of charge.

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Film Screening Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:24:36 -0400 2021-05-06T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-06T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Film Screening
Race - The Power of an Illusion (May 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83854 83854-21555866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for live screenings of award-winning documentary series Race - The Power of an Illusion. Each event will screen a one-hour-long episode, and then host a 30-minute live streamed panel discussion.

Thursday May 6, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 1: “The difference between us”

Thursday May 20, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 2: “The story we tell”

Thursday June 3, 12PM-1:30PM ET
Part 3: “The house we live in”

For more information on the webinars, invited panelists, and registration link, please visit https://iaphs.org/race-the-power-of-an-illusion/ . Here are more resources to help with discussions: https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

Registration is open to all, free of charge.

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Film Screening Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:24:36 -0400 2021-05-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-20T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Film Screening
Race - The Power of an Illusion (June 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83854 83854-21555867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for live screenings of award-winning documentary series Race - The Power of an Illusion. Each event will screen a one-hour-long episode, and then host a 30-minute live streamed panel discussion.

Thursday May 6, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 1: “The difference between us”

Thursday May 20, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 2: “The story we tell”

Thursday June 3, 12PM-1:30PM ET
Part 3: “The house we live in”

For more information on the webinars, invited panelists, and registration link, please visit https://iaphs.org/race-the-power-of-an-illusion/ . Here are more resources to help with discussions: https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

Registration is open to all, free of charge.

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Film Screening Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:24:36 -0400 2021-06-03T12:00:00-04:00 2021-06-03T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Film Screening
WCTF 2021 Juneteenth Celebration (June 18, 2021 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84038 84038-21619636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 18, 2021 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

RSVP here: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/wctf-2021-juneteenth-celebration

Join the Women of Color Task Force for its 2nd annual Juneteenth observance event. The theme for our event is “Improving Intercultural Race Relations to Develop Intercultural Solidarity.”

Juneteenth, also called Jubilee Day, Freedom Day, Liberation Day, or Emancipation Day, is the designated holiday commemorating the freedom of the slaves in the United States, traditionally observed annually on June 19th. President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had officially outlawed slavery in Texas and the other states in rebellion against the Union almost two and a half years earlier on January 1, 1863. Enforcement of the Proclamation generally relied on the advancement of the Union troops. The anniversary of the June 19, 1865 date recognizes the day that the announcement by Union Army Major General Gordon Granger, proclaiming freedom from slavery and the end of the Civil War was delivered to Galveston, Texas.

The Juneteenth holiday is celebrated on Saturday, June 19, 2021, but we invite you to join us for our celebration on Friday, June 18th, from 8:30 am - 1:30 pm.

Share your photos from past Juneteenth celebrations and events organized by your community and/or family!! If you have a picture to share, you may upload your photo by midnight on June 4th into this Google form: https://forms.gle/bMZ46tGH1YedgE1a7. Submissions will be reviewed, and selected photos will be included in a slideshow that will be shown at the virtual Juneteenth event.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 May 2021 10:17:30 -0400 2021-06-18T08:30:00-04:00 2021-06-18T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Workshop / Seminar WCTF Juneteenth Logo - Black woman smiling with closed eyes
Pride on the Diag (July 10, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84256 84256-21623497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 10, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Queer Advocacy Coalition

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

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Performance Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:46:11 -0400 2021-07-10T13:00:00-04:00 2021-07-10T15:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Queer Advocacy Coalition Performance Pride on the Diag, 2021. Postponed to July 10th, 1 to 3pm. Presented by Queer Advocacy Coalition, Rackham Graduate School, and the Spectrum Center. The flyer has a light blue background with hands of all different races holding a variety of pride flags.