Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Social Change Incubator (June 7, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107543 107543-21816190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

RSVP here by the end of the day on May 10th: https://myumi.ch/j7xPG

WEDNESDAYS ON 5/31, 6/7, 6/14, AND 6/21 FROM 3:00-5:00PM

Are you a student, staff, faculty, or community member interested in learning how your personal stories and passions can lead you into doing the work of social change? Join Dr. Liz DeBetta for a 4-part weekly workshop where you will learn:

- How to define your role(s) in the social change ecosystem
- What narrative power is and how it drives change
- What type of social change work you can do based on your skills, passions, and identity
- How to use your story as a catalyst for change

We will meet in person for two hours each Wednesday starting on 5/31 to develop a social change identity and learn how to become advocates, activists, and change-makers through storytelling.

Participants will be given short readings and other brief assignments to be completed in between sessions. The final session will invite each participant to share their story and how they plan to use it to drive change.

Registration closes May 10th.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 May 2023 14:52:42 -0400 2023-06-07T15:00:00-04:00 2023-06-07T17:00:00-04:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Workshop / Seminar Be the Change graffiti
Social Change Incubator (June 14, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107543 107543-21816191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

RSVP here by the end of the day on May 10th: https://myumi.ch/j7xPG

WEDNESDAYS ON 5/31, 6/7, 6/14, AND 6/21 FROM 3:00-5:00PM

Are you a student, staff, faculty, or community member interested in learning how your personal stories and passions can lead you into doing the work of social change? Join Dr. Liz DeBetta for a 4-part weekly workshop where you will learn:

- How to define your role(s) in the social change ecosystem
- What narrative power is and how it drives change
- What type of social change work you can do based on your skills, passions, and identity
- How to use your story as a catalyst for change

We will meet in person for two hours each Wednesday starting on 5/31 to develop a social change identity and learn how to become advocates, activists, and change-makers through storytelling.

Participants will be given short readings and other brief assignments to be completed in between sessions. The final session will invite each participant to share their story and how they plan to use it to drive change.

Registration closes May 10th.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 May 2023 14:52:42 -0400 2023-06-14T15:00:00-04:00 2023-06-14T17:00:00-04:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Workshop / Seminar Be the Change graffiti
Social Change Incubator (June 21, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107543 107543-21816192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

RSVP here by the end of the day on May 10th: https://myumi.ch/j7xPG

WEDNESDAYS ON 5/31, 6/7, 6/14, AND 6/21 FROM 3:00-5:00PM

Are you a student, staff, faculty, or community member interested in learning how your personal stories and passions can lead you into doing the work of social change? Join Dr. Liz DeBetta for a 4-part weekly workshop where you will learn:

- How to define your role(s) in the social change ecosystem
- What narrative power is and how it drives change
- What type of social change work you can do based on your skills, passions, and identity
- How to use your story as a catalyst for change

We will meet in person for two hours each Wednesday starting on 5/31 to develop a social change identity and learn how to become advocates, activists, and change-makers through storytelling.

Participants will be given short readings and other brief assignments to be completed in between sessions. The final session will invite each participant to share their story and how they plan to use it to drive change.

Registration closes May 10th.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 May 2023 14:52:42 -0400 2023-06-21T15:00:00-04:00 2023-06-21T17:00:00-04:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Workshop / Seminar Be the Change graffiti
"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Schwa?" Exploring the Possibilities of a Gender-Inclusive Italian (September 20, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108989 108989-21820695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

This presentation assesses the present situation on the subject of the schwa symbol “[ə]” in Italian language use, and more in general on the state of the discussion in Italy regarding its usage linked to nonbinary identities. The talk will also address the use of schwa as a political linguistic tool that draws strength from the famous (social) margins often mentioned by bell hooks.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:45:47 -0400 2023-09-20T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Vera Gheno Event
Panel Discussion: Renée Fleming’s Music and Mind (September 27, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110203 110203-21824490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

Soprano superstar Renée Fleming is a leading advocate for the study of powerful connections between the arts and health, and has worked with the National Institutes of Health and other leading organizations to bring attention to research and practice at the intersection of music, health, and neuroscience. The day before her performance in Ann Arbor, she will be joined by local researchers and medical practitioners for a public conversation exploring these important topics.

Presented in partnership with Michigan Medicine.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Aug 2023 10:38:58 -0400 2023-09-27T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T19:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building University Musical Society (UMS) Lecture / Discussion Renée Fleming
Out Week keynote: Fireside chat with Chasten Buttigieg (September 29, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113011 113011-21829885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

The Ford School is proud to support a student-led initiative concluding this year’s Out Week, hosted by Out For Business: a fireside chat with Chasten Buttigieg - author, teacher, education enthusiast, LGBTQ+ rights advocate, and husband of Secretary of Transportation and previous presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.

After leaving the 2020 campaign trail, Chasten Buttigieg published his first book, I Have Something to Tell You. In this moving, uplifting memoir, he recounts his journey to finding acceptance as a young gay man in rural Northern Michigan.

In conversation with Emma Jabour (MPP/MBA '24), this discussion will focus on the intersections of identity and allyship, particularly in social and professional contexts.

How to attend
The in-person event is free and open to the U-M community. Mcards will be required for entry. Register as a "first time user" through the Ross School registration system.

The livestream is free and open to the public.

Sponsors
This event is hosted by Out for Business, with support from the U-M Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Michigan Ross, Out in Public, and the Midwest Institute for Sexuality and Gender Diversity.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:51:06 -0400 2023-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T12:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Chasten Buttigieg event flyer
Paint OUT (September 29, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109473 109473-21822072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 11:00am
Location: Ingalls Mall
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Join us for an IMMERSIVE public art-making workshop to explore the power of arts and send goodwill to the thousands of people incarcerated in Michigan.

Free & open to the public. All ages & abilities welcome!
Food tickets & SWAG bags available to the first 200 guests.

Ingalls Mall North
881 N University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Presented in collaboration with American Friends Service Committee & Nation Outside

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 26 Jul 2023 21:46:22 -0400 2023-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T14:00:00-04:00 Ingalls Mall Prison Creative Arts Project, The Social / Informal Gathering Neon green hand print over pink dripping spray paint on black background.
Global Advocacy, Local Impact: 7th Annual Advocacy Symposium (October 4, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110388 110388-21824859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: CEW+

RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/1Aypx

Click here to access the full interactive program: https://myumi.ch/35wk9

This year’s symposium brings together local and global advocates whose work inspires change. We invite you to become part of the conversation around ending violence toward women and girls, the power of lived experience to promote systems change, and the impact of intergenerational feminist mentorship. Participate in workshops focused on Navigating Gender in AI, Supporting Non-traditional Students, Empowered Communication, and Mindful Self-Compassion and Self-Advocacy. The symposium will culminate with a keynote by international scholar Marina Alsahawneh, Gender and Inclusion Officer at Jordan Open Source Association. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Free and open to all. RSVP at myumi.ch/1Aypx.

Registration closes at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26th.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:43:20 -0400 2023-10-04T09:00:00-04:00 2023-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League CEW+ Conference / Symposium Symposium flyer
Policy Talks at The Ford School: The Injustice of Place (October 4, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112093 112093-21828426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join for a conversation with the co-authors of The Injustice of Place alongside Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee and Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan COO Nicole Sherard-Freeman. Released in August 2023, The Injustice of Place sheds light on America’s most disadvantaged communities, tracing the legacies of our nation’s places of deepest need—including inequalities shaping people’s health, livelihoods, and upward social mobility for families. Wrung dry by powerful forces and corrupt government officials, the “internal colonies” in these regions were exploited for their resources and then left to collapse.

The book's co-authors will reflect briefly on the book, followed by an armchair conversation with Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Nicole Sherard-Freeman (COO, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan).

About The Injustice of Place
Three of the nation’s top scholars ­– known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America – turn their attention from the country’s poorest people to its poorest places. Based on a fresh, data-driven approach, they discover that America’s most disadvantaged communities are not the big cities that get the most notice. Instead, nearly all are rural. Little if any attention has been paid to these places or to the people who make their lives there.

This revelation set in motion a five-year journey across Appalachia, the Cotton and Tobacco Belts of the Deep South, and South Texas. Immersing themselves in these communities, pouring over centuries of local history, attending parades and festivals, the authors trace the legacies of the deepest poverty in America—including inequalities shaping people’s health, livelihoods, and upward social mobility for families. Wrung dry by powerful forces and corrupt government officials, the “internal colonies” in these regions were exploited for their resources and then left to collapse.

The unfolding revelation in The Injustice of Place is not about what sets these places apart, but about what they have in common—a history of raw, intensive resource extraction and human exploitation. This history and its reverberations demand a reckoning and a commitment to wage a new War on Poverty, with the unrelenting focus on our nation’s places of deepest need.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:21:52 -0400 2023-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 2023-10-04T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion The cover for The Injustice of Place
The power in a single story: Scaling social change by focusing on individuals (October 6, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111576 111576-21827263@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 12:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Part of the Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series which introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:07:36 -0400 2023-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion Adam Selzer Lecture Advertisement
The Impact of AI on the Lives and Rights of Women in the US and the Middle East (October 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113519 113519-21831110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Overview: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming every aspect of our society and our lives. However, just like any emerging technology, AI’s impact varies greatly for different demographic groups, in different geographic regions, and is shaped by social conventions, culture, religion, economic realities, among many other factors. We invite everyone who is interested in understanding the impact of AI to join Marina Alsahawneh and Merve Hickok for a discussion of the impact of AI on women in the US and the Middle East. They will discuss gender biases in AI algorithms, opportunities and gender inequity in the AI-enabled workforce, and cyber-based violence against women. They will discuss how these intersect with the political, social, cultural, economic and religious features of different geographic regions.

Speakers:
Marina Alsahawneh, Gender and Inclusion Officer at Jordan Open Source Association

Merve Hickok, Responsible Data & AI Advisor, Michigan Institute for Data Science

Moderator:
Jing Liu, Executive Director, Michigan Institute for Data Science

More information and registration here: https://midas.umich.edu/ai-womens-rights/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:36:50 -0400 2023-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-10T13:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Lecture / Discussion AI-generated image of a woman in profile with abstract geometric designs
HearsDustin @ U-M: Creating a Community Where We Overcome Adversity with a Positive Mental Attitude. (October 19, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111424 111424-21827111@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 19, 2023 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Disability Culture at U-M

For Disability Community Month 2023, the Council for Disability Concerns, Disability Culture @ U-M, LSA Faculty & Staff Disability Navigators, and Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services are partnering to bring Dustin Giannelli of HearsDustin, a profoundly Deaf motivational speaker, to campus. We aim to bring attention to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing experiences, as well as steps our community can take to create more inclusive spaces and activities on campus.

This 1-hour hybrid speaker event will be held on October 19 from 3–4pm (doors open at 2:45pm). Live captions and ASL interpretation will be provided. The in-person venue (Weiser Hall Event Space 1010) is wheelchair accessible, including the restroom, and we will have limited assistive listening devices available for checkout. There is a live stream option for those who can not join us in person.

This event aims to:
- Highlight the disability community at U-M in a positive light,
- Amplify DEIA efforts at U-M,
- Introduce strategies and solutions for creating access for those who are Deaf/HOH, including some piloted in spaces at U-M, and
- Discuss how accessibility best practices can support everyone.

We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact LSA.Disability.Navigators@umich.edu to request specific accommodations or access needs, providing as much notice as possible.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Oct 2023 09:24:22 -0400 2023-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 2023-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 Disability Culture at U-M Lecture / Discussion HearsDustin @ U-M Flyer
Creating Green Energy and Equitable Enterprise in Detroit (October 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111579 111579-21827269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Part of the Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series which introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:44:13 -0400 2023-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion Jerry Davis Lecture Series
Poverty Solutions Alumni Panel (November 3, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111583 111583-21827272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2023 12:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Part of the Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series which introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:50:10 -0400 2023-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 2023-11-03T13:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion PS Alumni Lecture Advertisement
DakhaBrakha (November 3, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109619 109619-21822413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

Since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the world has become more attuned to the incredible bravery, resilience, and determination of the Ukrainian people. The folk-punk quartet DakhaBrakha embraces and reflects the fundamental elements of sound and soul, creating a world of unexpected new music. The group’s name is original, outstanding, and authentic at the same time, meaning “give/take” in the old Ukrainian language and signaling the group’s unique brand of musical “ethno-chaos.”

Created in 2004 by an avant-garde theater director, their shows include scenic effects, traditional instrumentation, and an astonishingly powerful and uncompromising vocal range that creates an exuberant, transnational sound rooted in Ukrainian culture. “Musically, the whole experience is a riotous explosion of color and reinvention. The classic Eastern European folk base is there, with belting, complex, and hypnotic harmonies.” (Hackney Citizen, UK)

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Performance Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:23:15 -0400 2023-11-03T19:30:00-04:00 2023-11-03T21:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium University Musical Society (UMS) Performance DakhaBrakha
Breaking Barriers with Dance Movement Therapy: Kolkata Sanved's Journey of Healing Activism with Model Sampoornata (November 14, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112214 112214-21828605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: CEW+

RSVP here: https://www.cew.umich.edu/events/sohini-chakraborty-ph-d-2023-cew-mullin-welch-endowed-lecture

We are pleased to introduce Dr. Sohini Chakraborty to the U-M community on November 14 at 4:00pm when she joins us in person at the Michigan League, Hussey Room, to share her story and her work.

Dr. Sohini Chakraborty, a sociologist and dance activist, is the founder of Kolkata Sanved and was featured in the 2017 documentary Little Stones by filmmaker and former CEW+ Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist Sophia Kruz. Dr. Chakraborty’s decades-long pursuit of helping empower and reintegrate survivors of gender-based violence and at-risk children through the Sanpoornata approach to dance movement therapy by creating a grassroots network is the focus of her new book "Dance Movement Therapy and Psycho-social Rehabilitation: The Sampoornata Model".

Dr. Chakroborty was selected as the 2023 CEW+ Mullin Welch Endowed Lecture scholar because her life, scholarship, and activism show creativity, strength of character, and expansive vision. These qualities are shared with Elizabeth Mullin Welch for whom the lecture is named.

Dr. Sohini Chakraborty, an Ashoka fellow, sociologist, dance activist, and dance movement therapist, is the founder/director of Kolkata Sanved. A pioneer of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) in India and South Asia, she created a pool of DMT practitioners from the grassroots level, including survivors, and envisioned and created the Sampoornata Model. She is one of 100 global women leaders recognized by Vital Voices. Her writing has been published in more than 20 national and international journals and books. Sohini was instrumental in launching one of the country’s first Diploma DMT programmes in 2012 with the Center for Lifelong Learning, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She has received multiple national and international awards for her innovation, leadership, outstanding achievement, and inspiration.

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Ann Arbor's family-owned independent bookshop Booksweet is offering 20% off Chakraborty's book, Dance Movement Therapy and Psycho-Social Rehabilitation: The Sampoornata Model, for all web orders placed by Monday, November 6 at 11:59 pm with the promo code CEW+.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:21:36 -0500 2023-11-14T16:00:00-05:00 2023-11-14T18:00:00-05:00 Michigan League CEW+ Lecture / Discussion Sohini Chakraborty, sociologist and dance activist
Freedom House Detroit (November 16, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114942 114942-21833838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 16, 2023 7:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Interested in Human Rights? This is Freedom House.

Join the RC French program to learn more about how YOU can get involved.

Freedom House Detroit is a non-profit organization that supports and empowers refugees, asylum seekers, and others seeking humanitarian protection.

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Presentation Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:02:43 -0500 2023-11-16T19:00:00-05:00 2023-11-16T20:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Presentation A flyer describing Freedom House Detroit with linked hands in the background
(HYBRID) When an Academic’s Brain Becomes Her Worst Enemy: A True Story (November 30, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115448 115448-21834687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2023 6:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ann Jeffers shares her journey with mental illness, including receiving a diagnosis of bipolar disorder with psychotic features while she was on the tenure-track in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Her illness was complicated by the trauma she experienced as a graduate student at Virginia Tech from multiple incidents of violence including the 2007 mass shooting. At the advice of her medical team, she kept her mental illness hidden from the University of Michigan and continued to teach, attend conferences, and conduct research while actively symptomatic. Her memoir documents her experiences at the height of the illness. Now a tenured associate professor, Jeffers has become a vocal advocate for mental health and disability justice on campus and in the community.

This event is a hybrid event. This includes an author discussion and Q&A from 6:30 - 7:30 PM ET followed by a reception with coffee, tea, and desserts until 8:30 PM. Remote CART services are available.

You may purchase the book at the event (limited supply; credit card only) or you may purchase the book, Can You Hear The Music? My Journey Through Madness, on Amazon.

This event is sponsored by the DEI Committee for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Please email Ava Armour <ayarmour@umich.edu> with any questions or concerns. Accommodation requests (specifically ASL) should be made at least 7 days in advance.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:24:39 -0500 2023-11-30T18:30:00-05:00 2023-11-30T20:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Lecture / Discussion Flyer for Ann Jeffers's Book Launch
Nkeiru Okoye’s When the Caged Bird Sings (February 10, 2024 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107997 107997-21818778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 10, 2024 7:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

This collaboration between UMS and the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance features a new commission and world première by American composer Nkeiru Okoye. When the Caged Bird Sings fuses elements of oratorio, theater, and opera in a multi-movement musical ceremony of sorts, which Okoye describes as “a gathering” that invokes the ritual of the concert experience as a ritual of community.

Drawing inspiration from the Black church, it celebrates the spirit of rising above expectations and transforming adversity into triumph. Partly in tribute to the activist and poet laureate Maya Angelou, the work celebrates the transformative ability of Black women, commemorating those who have paved a path for future generations in many fields of human endeavor.

Presented in collaboration with the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Commissioned by the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance as part of its Michigan Orchestra Repertoire for Equity initiative.

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Performance Mon, 08 May 2023 13:42:46 -0400 2024-02-10T19:30:00-05:00 2024-02-10T20:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium University Musical Society (UMS) Performance Nkeiru Okoye
This is What I live For: Italian Rapper Amir Issaa Book Launch (February 12, 2024 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117672 117672-21839823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 12, 2024 2:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

Born and raised in Rome, in the neighborhood of Torpignattara, Amir is the son of an Egyptian immigrant father and an Italian mother. He initially approached hip-hop culture in the 1990s, first as a b-boy/breaker, and then as a writer for Roma’s graffiti crew The Riot Vandals. He is among the founders of the legendary Rome Zoo, a group made of Rome’s rap artists such as Colle Der Fomento, Cor Veleno, Flaminio Maphia, Piotta, and many more.

In June 2017, Amir published his first book, *Vivo per questo* (Chiarelettere). An autobiographical novel that has been well-received by Italian literary critics and was praised by Internazionale as one of the best books for young adults in 2017. Now in English translation, Amir will be presenting his book at the University of Michigan. *The English translation is the culmination of a multi-year project undertaken by multiple advanced Italian classes across the US. *

A *free* live performance by Amir will follow the book launch at Wayne State University. For more information see here.

For those interested, there will also be a Zoom workshop hosted by WSU in the morning from 10:30AM -12:10 PM. Please email Giulia Riccò (gricco@umich.edu) for more information.

This event is co-sponsored by: The Consulate of Italy in Detroit, Wayne State University, Michigan State University, and the Language Resource Center at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Feb 2024 09:58:12 -0500 2024-02-12T14:30:00-05:00 2024-02-12T15:30:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Amir Issaa Book Launch Poster
Wit(h)nessing Aids (February 19, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115711 115711-21835412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 19, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

Speaker: Julián Gutiérrez Albilla, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at University of Souther California. His interests include Spanish and Latin American Cinema, Visual Culture, Gender Studies, Queer Theory, Psychoanalysis, Trauma and Memory. Among his books are Aesthetics, Ethics, and Trauma in the Cinema of Pedro Almodovar (2017) and Queering Buñuel: Sexual Dissidence and Psychoanalysis in his Mexican and Spanish Cinema (2008).

The aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, this talk will reflect on Bracha L. Ettinger´s matrixial psychoanalysis´ explicit and implicit contribution to feminist and queer theory, and transgender studies by focusing on the representation and creation of affective relationships and border spaces of co-emergence and co-affection, thus creating and allegorizing trans-subjective encounters between artistic practices and spectators. This talk will present some of the aesthetic, ethical, and political implications underpinning Ettingerian psychoanalysis by emphasizing the dialogue and the productive tensions between Ettinger’s theoretical propositions and one of her most important interlocutors, namely Lacan. On the other hand, this paper focuses on finitude, mourning, and trans-subjectivity to offer a historical and theoretical account of how Spanish and Latin American visual artists and filmmakers have reflected, responded to, or remembered the AIDS epidemic since the 1980s. Drawing on Ettinger’s matrixial psychoanalysis, my talk conceives queer art and cinema of the 1980s and 1990s as a trans-subjective encounter between the spectator and the traces of individual and collective trauma that moves us beyond our individual and finite limits of ego, identity, and body. Emphasizing the transformative aesthetic, ethical, and political potential of this kind of trans-subjective mourning, my paper uses Ettinger’s term “wit(h)ness”—that is, bearing witness to and with the other—to describe how Spanish and Latin American queer artists and filmmakers of the 1980s and ‘90s used their art and cinema to engage audiences in a trans-subjective processing of the traumas associated with the loss, illness, and mortality exposed by the AIDS virus, while simultaneously gesturing towards an aesthetic, ethical, and political transformation in the way that individuals relate to each other.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:11:50 -0500 2024-02-19T16:00:00-05:00 2024-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Wit(h)nessing Aids Poster
Barriers Beyond Roe (March 20, 2024 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/120096 120096-21844047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Barriers Beyond Roe" is an interdisciplinary workshop tackling the obstacles abortion providers encounter within the built environment. Join Lori A. Brown, Professor of Architecture at Syracuse University School of Architecture, and Dr. Sarah Wallet, Chief Medical Operating Officer for Planned Parenthood of Michigan, as we unite across disciplines to drive meaningful change. Let's collaborate, exchange ideas, and take action together to make a tangible impact.

Date: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
Time: 10:30am - 2:00pm
Location: StudioStudio, 1946 Packard St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
Link for registration: https://www.dogoodwork.org/barriersbeyondroe
Format: Interdisciplinary workshop (spots limited) + panel (hybrid/open to public)

Please note: Registration is required for both segments. The workshop operates on a first-come, first-served basis. In the event of reaching maximum capacity, you will receive a link to join the panel virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:55:16 -0400 2024-03-20T10:30:00-04:00 2024-03-20T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Workshop / Seminar Barriers Beyond Roe poster
Barriers Beyond Roe (March 20, 2024 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/120096 120096-21844048@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Barriers Beyond Roe" is an interdisciplinary workshop tackling the obstacles abortion providers encounter within the built environment. Join Lori A. Brown, Professor of Architecture at Syracuse University School of Architecture, and Dr. Sarah Wallet, Chief Medical Operating Officer for Planned Parenthood of Michigan, as we unite across disciplines to drive meaningful change. Let's collaborate, exchange ideas, and take action together to make a tangible impact.

Date: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
Time: 10:30am - 2:00pm
Location: StudioStudio, 1946 Packard St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
Link for registration: https://www.dogoodwork.org/barriersbeyondroe
Format: Interdisciplinary workshop (spots limited) + panel (hybrid/open to public)

Please note: Registration is required for both segments. The workshop operates on a first-come, first-served basis. In the event of reaching maximum capacity, you will receive a link to join the panel virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:55:16 -0400 2024-03-20T10:30:00-04:00 2024-03-20T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Workshop / Seminar Barriers Beyond Roe poster
Lori Brown Lecture (March 21, 2024 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117075 117075-21841290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2024 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK
The talk will discuss the various ways Lori has responded to pressing issues of our time. Lori will present an overview of key aspects of ongoing research, advocacy, and activism that have focused on topics from immigration and the border, equity within the built environment, to reproductive justice. All provide various opportunities to intersect with law, policy, and the built environment.

Lecture: Everywhere You Look, Thursday 3/21 6:00-7:30pm in the Art & Architecture Building
Workshop: Barriers Beyond Roe, Wednesday 3/20 10:30am-2:00pm at StudioStudio, 1946 Packard St.

ABOUT LORI BROWN
Lori Brown’s creative practice examines the relationships between architecture and social justice with particular emphasis on gender and its impact upon spatial relationships. She is the author of Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women’s Shelters and Hospitals, the editor of Feminist Practices: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in Architecture and the forthcoming Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture, 1960-2020 co-edited with Dr. Karen Burns. She is the co-founder and leads ArchiteXX, a gender equity in architecture organization in New York City. Brown is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a 2021 Architectural League of New York Emerging Voices recipient. She is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Architecture Syracuse University and a registered architect in New York state.

The on-campus activities will be preceded by a workshop and panel discussion co-led by Lori Brown, Distinguished Faculty, Syracuse School of Architecture, and Sarah Wallett, Chief Medical Operating Officer of Planned Parenthood Michigan, on Wednesday, March 20th, from 10:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. This interdisciplinary workshop will include experts and students from health care, policy, social work, and the built environment. The event is co-hosted by the Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning and Do Good Work. Anyone interested is encouraged to apply to participate (spots are limited) or register for the panel discussion (hybrid). Lunch will be provided.

Do Good Work will share outcomes and invite students to engage with a portion of the workshop materials in the A. Alfred Taubman Wing Commons on Thursday, March 21st, from 12:00 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. for anyone unable to attend the full workshop. Lunchtime refreshments will be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:13:53 -0400 2024-03-21T18:00:00-04:00 2024-03-21T19:30:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Lori Brown event header with co-sponsors listed
The Art of Relational Advocacy (March 22, 2024 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/118623 118623-21841305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2024 10:00am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Join the Prison Creative Arts Project and A Brighter Way for an Art of Relational Advocacy Collaborative Conference and community networking fair.
This is an opportunity for cross-departmental dialogue, learning, growth, and collaborations in the fields of "justice"-involved advocacy. Effective systems-change advocacy requires the development of authentic relationships to engage in productive conversations with the communities we support, allies, detractors, decision-makers, and the public. Our goal is to answer the questions of how to effectively partner with others in order to maximize the impact of advocacy work.
The community networking fair is comprised of different system-impacted advocacy organizations with unique mission focus.
Whether you're practicing in the field or new to the work, the Art of Relational Advocacy Collaborative Conference offers the space to hold open and honest community conversations.

*REGISTER USING LINK - Limited seats available for panel discussion*

Speakers Include:
Ashley Carter - Michigan Justice Fund
Jose Burgos - Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
Adam Grant - A Brighter Way
Belinda Dulin - The Dispute Resolution Center
Kyle Kaminski - Michigan Department of Corrections

Moderated by: Jessica Henry - Nation Outside

Schedule: Friday, March 22nd - North Campus, The Duderstadt Center

10:00 am - 7:00 pm *28th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons*
Duderstadt Center Gallery

10:00 am - 3:00 pm Community Networking Fair
Connector Hall

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - MAIN EVENT: Panel Discussion
Chesebrough Auditorium & Lobby

*Free accessible shuttle service available the day of the event from 9:30 AM-4:00 PM, running every half-hour*
*Loops to the event from the Plymouth Rd. Park & Ride (3700 Plymouth Rd., right off of US-23)*
*Parking: We recommend the visitor parking lot (2000 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109) behind the Art and Architecture building. The parking lot entrance is on Fuller.*

This event is in conjunction with the *28th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons*
Co-sponsored by: Prison Creative Arts Project, A Brighter Way, U-M Residential College, Carceral State Project, U-M Ginsberg Center, U-M LSA DEI Office, U-M School of Social Work, U-M Penny Stamps School of Art & Design, U-M Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and Eastern Michigan's College in Prison Program.

*The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. Live captioning will be available at all events surrounding the exhibition. We are pleased to provide additional reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact Sarah Unrath at pcapexhibits@umich or 734.615.5643 if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet requested accommodations.*

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:50:11 -0400 2024-03-22T10:00:00-04:00 2024-03-22T15:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Prison Creative Arts Project, The Conference / Symposium Jamal Biggs, The Demise of Liberty, 2023