Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 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
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 6, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-06T14:30:00-05:00 2023-11-06T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Film Screening: What Do You Believe Now? (November 7, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114726 114726-21833384@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Community Scholars Program

What happens to your spiritual and religious beliefs over time? Seventeen years after the 2002 documentary WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE? in which six diverse American teenagers shared their spiritual struggles and aspirations, we revisit them to reveal how their beliefs have changed.

In this new “before and after” film WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE NOW? a Catholic, Pagan, Jew, Muslim, Lakota, and Buddhist offer their deeply personal faith journeys, life challenges, and evolving ideas about higher powers, life purpose, the nature of suffering, religious intolerance and death. They do so against the backdrop of a society in flux and amidst growing religious polarization and disengagement.

Designed to be a stand-alone film, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE NOW? is an invaluable addition to any discussion on religious diversity and millennial spirituality in America.

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Film Screening Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:42:00 -0400 2023-11-07T18:00:00-05:00 2023-11-07T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Community Scholars Program Film Screening Image of diverse group of people in profile alongside text: "What do you believe now?"
Change it Up! (November 8, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110445 110445-21824933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Course registration and details are available on the Organizational Learning website.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:25:32 -0400 2023-11-08T10:30:00-05:00 2023-11-08T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Learning Workshop / Seminar
UMSN Health Equity Leadership Series (November 8, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110300 110300-21832338@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Nursing

The Health Equity Leadership Series is a speaker series that welcomes leaders in the fields of nursing and healthcare to share their expertise and engage members of the UM community in critical thinking, learning, and dialogue about topics in health equity. Our goal is to expose UM faculty, staff, students, and alumni to some of the most pressing and relevant topics in health equity and nursing. Attendees will be challenged to learn, unlearn, and expand upon their own views while also networking with leaders who have a demonstrated commitment to advancing equity in healthcare.

This year's line-up:

Dr. Nao Hagiwara, PhD
Implicit Bias and Patient-Provider Communication
September 13, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Dr. Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FACNM
Black Maternal Health
October 11, 2023
12:00 -1:00 PM ET

Dr. Priyoth Kittiteerasack, PhD, RN
LGBT Life in Thailand: Past, Current, and Future Situations
November 8, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Shirley Stephenson, MS, MFA, MA, FNP-BC
Humanities & Nursing
January 17, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

State Rep. Jason Morgan
Housing Insecurity & Inequality in Washtenaw County
February 16, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Dr. Victor Pedrero, PsyD
Diabetes and Stigma
March 13, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Dr. Erin Tenney, DNP, CNM, WHNP, APNP
Cultural Safety and Native American Health
April 10, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

For full event descriptions, please visit our Sessions page: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/13451

This event series is hosted by the Office of Health Equity and Inclusion at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. All UM students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome to attend. Please register on UM Sessions and send any questions about the Health Equity Leadership Series to Emily Herzog (epawlik@umich.edu).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:21:50 -0400 2023-11-08T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-08T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Nursing Lecture / Discussion UMSN Health Equity Leadership Series Logo
The Exchange (November 8, 2023 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113226 113226-21830579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 12:30pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: University of Michigan School of Public Health

U-M School of Public Health debuts a new speaker series showcasing thought leaders and their bold ideas for changing the world dubbed The Exchange: Conversations with distinguished scholars.

The inaugural event will explore The Future of Healthy Cities with Dr. Isabelle Anguelovski, the Director of The Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability and professor at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. The half-day program will also feature several leading voices on this crucial topic through an expert panel and Public Health faculty "lightning talks." Full lineup details and registration can be found at sph.umich.edu/the-exchange. This is an in-person event that is free and open to the public.

12:30-1:45 p.m.: Welcome and Keynote Address
1:45-3:15 p.m.: Expert Panel Discussion
3:15-3:30 p.m.: Break
3:30-4:30 p.m.: Lightning Talks
4:30-5:30 p.m.: Reception and Showcase

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:59:59 -0400 2023-11-08T12:30:00-05:00 2023-11-08T17:30:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower University of Michigan School of Public Health Workshop / Seminar The Future of Healthy Cities featuring International Expert on Urban and Environmental Planning Dr. Isabelle Anguelovski
POLICY TALKS @ THE FORD SCHOOL, GILBERT S. OMENN AND MARTHA A. DARLING HEALTH POLICY FUND (November 8, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113478 113478-21831079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Pregnancy Justice president Lourdes Rivera delivers the 2023 Omenn-Darling Health Policy keynote address alongside Professor Paula Lantz on the landscape of reproductive rights in the U.S., both legally and through a racial and social justice lens.

This event is made possible in part through the generous support of the Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund.

From the speaker's bio
Lourdes A. Rivera is the new President of Pregnancy Justice where she leads a team to ensure that no one loses their rights because of pregnancy by advocating for and defending people charged with pregnancy-related crimes and other rights violations. This includes combating the escalating threats since the fall of Roe v. Wade, advocating for the rights and full personhood of all pregnant people, cultivating deeper partnerships, and ensuring that the powerful voices of those with most at stake are at the table.

She recently was a Senior Vice President at the Center for Reproductive Rights, where she led the Center’s legal and policy programs in the U.S. During her tenure, she oversaw implementation of multi-prong approaches for Supreme Court, lower federal court, and state court cases, as well as efforts to adopt federal and state legislation to ensure the rights and access to abortion, assisted reproduction, and maternal health. She was also an adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, where she guest lectured and taught a graduate level course in Health and Human Rights.

Prior to joining the Center in January 2017, Lourdes served as a Senior Program Officer at the Ford Foundation, where she designed and implemented their U.S. and global grantmaking strategy in sexual and reproductive health and rights, using an intersectional social justice and human rights approach. Before joining Ford, she was a Managing Attorney at the National Health Law Program and specialized in issues relating to low-income people’s access to health care in the Medicaid program, as well as in managed care and women’s and children’s health. Previously, she worked as a Senior Associate with the Children’s Defense Fund, Health Division, and a Georgetown Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow with the National Women’s Law Center, where she co-led a Women in Prison Project at the Lorton Virginia Minimum Security Annex.

Lourdes is a Fellow with the American Bar Foundation and has received a presidential committee appointment as a member of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice. She is a former Council Member of the ABA’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Section (formerly Individual Rights and Responsibilities) and former co-chair of the Section’s Health Rights and Bioethics Committee.

She is currently President of the Brush Foundation and a Board member of the National Health Law Program. Lourdes is a co-founder and former Board chair of California Latinas for Reproductive Justice; former member of the Management Circle of Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective; former Board Chair of the National Women’s Health Network; and a co-founder and former Board Member of the Groundswell Fund.

Lourdes has a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. in Latin American Studies from Yale University.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:29:53 -0400 2023-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 2023-11-08T18:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Lourdes Rivera Headshot
Veterans Week: Women of the Military (November 9, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45833 45833-21832244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Veteran and Military Services

Since WWI and before, women have served vital supportive roles in the U.S. military. Now women are serving along side their male counterparts in some of the most dangerous work in the military. Often they have to overcome sexist stereotypes, sexual harassment or worse all while serving their country. Come and hear their stories of perseverance, grit and courage when they honorably served in the U.S. military.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:50:06 -0400 2023-11-09T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-09T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Veteran and Military Services Livestream / Virtual (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown)
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 10, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-10T11:00:00-05:00 2023-11-10T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Chamber Music in the Age of Resistance (November 11, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111635 111635-21827350@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 11, 2023 7:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Music composed by Daniel Bernard Roumain, Mel Bonis, Isang Yun, Leevi Madetoja and Toivo Kuula.

Performed by Katri Ervamaa (cello), Jennifer Goltz-Taylor (voice), Kyoko Kashiwagi (violin), Eva Stern (viola), and Naki Sung Kripfgans (piano).

Reception to follow

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Performance Mon, 11 Sep 2023 10:49:03 -0400 2023-11-11T19:00:00-05:00 2023-11-11T21:30:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Performance Event Graphic
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 13, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 13, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-13T14:30:00-05:00 2023-11-13T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
CLaSP Justice Discussion Series (November 14, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112649 112649-21829236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Climate and Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Join us in important discussions to understand and shape social justice in our community!

There will be conversations surrounding preset guidelines that create a safe and constructive space. Light reading resources will be provided prior to meetings. All are welcome.

If you would like to lead a discussion topic, please let us know!
This event is led by the Social Justice Journal Creation Crew (Prof. Mike Liemohn, E Schwartz, Owen Hughes, Tanner May, and Kaitlin Doublestein). Please direct questions to them or clasp-gusto@umich.edu and we will put you in contact with them!

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Well-being Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:18:51 -0400 2023-11-14T15:30:00-05:00 2023-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 Climate and Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Well-being
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
History Matters Film Series: Summer of Soul (November 14, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114008 114008-21832071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of History

Join U-M History at the Michigan Theater for "Summer of Soul" (2021), Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson's documentary film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. Stay after for a discussion and Q&A with Stephen Berrey and Traci Lombre. Part of the U-M History Department's History Matters Film Series.

Admission is free for all; tickets are not required. This program is provided with support from the LSA Arts Initiative and is presented in conjunction with the Arts & Resistance Theme Semester.

Reserve your FREE tickets here: https://michtheater.org/summer-of-soul

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Film Screening Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:20:20 -0500 2023-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 2023-11-14T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of History Film Screening Summer of Soul poster (2021)
Dinner for Democracy: The Politics of Renewable Energy (November 14, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114395 114395-21832830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Turn Up Turnout

Dinners for Democracy are nonpartisan presentations and small group discussions on topics students care about hosted by the student organization, Turn Up Turnout (TUT). Free food at in-person events!
Participants can expect to gain a deeper knowledge of the issue and an opportunity to discuss your thoughts, information about how your vote in local offices can affect the issue, and additional resources you can use to learn more.

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Presentation Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:36:58 -0400 2023-11-14T18:00:00-05:00 2023-11-14T19:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Turn Up Turnout Presentation TUT Logo
K-12 Educators in the Crosshairs (November 15, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114735 114735-21833397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:00pm
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Humility Colloquium

How do we equip K-12 educators to survive devastating attacks on the culture war frontlines? K-12 public educators Matthew Hawn (Tennessee high school social studies teacher) and Elissa Malespina (New Jersey high school librarian) were targeted for having conversations about white privilege and racial equity and justice in a contemporary issues class and for ensuring students’ access to LGBTQ+ and racially diverse books in the school library.

Hawn and Malespina were fired from their jobs, appeared in national headlines, and (in Hawn's case) faced state discipline. During the event, they will share the realities of being under attack and offer advice on creative, sustainable strategies for educators, pre-service educators, and allies to prepare and protect themselves and to fight back collaboratively.

Registration for in-person attendance is suggested, though not required.
Register for in-person attendance:
https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/71559
All questions during the Q&A will be accepted from the in-person audience.
LIvestream available at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96409593277

Doors to the event room open at 4:45pm.
Reception to follow the event, from 6-7pm.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:45:02 -0500 2023-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 2023-11-15T18:00:00-05:00 School of Education Humility Colloquium Lecture / Discussion Poster for K-12 Educators in the Crossshairs
Substance Use Disorders: The Science & Personal Stories of Recovery (November 15, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114171 114171-21832431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 6:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Psychiatry

This is an educational event for the public. Attendees will learn helpful information about addiction, hear personal stories from individuals in recovery, and receive information on how to obtain help and support.

Hybrid Event: In-Person or tune in via Zoom.

Free Narcan will be available.

Refreshments will be provided.

This event is a collboration between the U-M Addiction Center & the Center for the Study of Drugs, Smoking, and Health (DASH)

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Presentation Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:11:39 -0400 2023-11-15T18:30:00-05:00 2023-11-15T19:30:00-05:00 Michigan League Department of Psychiatry Presentation Registration Required
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (November 15, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109627 109627-21822422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

In the 1970s, Fereydoun Farrokhzad was a significant cultural icon, a sex symbol, and a chart-topping pop singer whose music and television programs were heard and viewed by millions of Iranians. A decade later, living in political exile in Germany, he still performed to sold-out audiences in Europe. That changed on August 7, 1992, when he was found brutally murdered in his apartment in Bonn. Neighbors said his dogs had been barking for two nights.

The murder, still unsolved, serves as the starting point for this new work by British-Iranian theater maker Javaad Alipoor, whose The Believers Are But Brothers was featured in the 2020 No Safety Net theater festival. Selected as one of The Guardian’s Top Theatre Shows of 2022, Things Hidden “gleefully mashes up genres, smashing together the quiet authority of the murder mystery podcast, the intimacy of autobiographical storytelling, and the visual spectacle of multimedia performance — while simultaneously deconstructing each of these forms.” (The Guardian)

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Performance Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:55:39 -0400 2023-11-15T19:30:00-05:00 2023-11-15T21:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons University Musical Society (UMS) Performance Javaad Alipoor
Queer ScientisTs Open Meeting (November 16, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115114 115114-21834065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 16, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Queer ScientisTs

Queer ScientisTs (QueST) is having an open meeting to discuss goals for next year - everyone is welcome! We'll be brainstorming issues around campus and strategies for social media outreach/visibility. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.

When: Thursday, 11/16, 5-6pm
Where: 1010 BSB (Biological Sciences Building)

Info/Discord: https://linktr.ee/quest_uofm

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:44:25 -0500 2023-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 2023-11-16T18:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Queer ScientisTs Social / Informal Gathering Quest Queer Scientists Logo (Beaker with Pride Flag)
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (November 16, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109627 109627-21822423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 16, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

In the 1970s, Fereydoun Farrokhzad was a significant cultural icon, a sex symbol, and a chart-topping pop singer whose music and television programs were heard and viewed by millions of Iranians. A decade later, living in political exile in Germany, he still performed to sold-out audiences in Europe. That changed on August 7, 1992, when he was found brutally murdered in his apartment in Bonn. Neighbors said his dogs had been barking for two nights.

The murder, still unsolved, serves as the starting point for this new work by British-Iranian theater maker Javaad Alipoor, whose The Believers Are But Brothers was featured in the 2020 No Safety Net theater festival. Selected as one of The Guardian’s Top Theatre Shows of 2022, Things Hidden “gleefully mashes up genres, smashing together the quiet authority of the murder mystery podcast, the intimacy of autobiographical storytelling, and the visual spectacle of multimedia performance — while simultaneously deconstructing each of these forms.” (The Guardian)

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Performance Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:55:39 -0400 2023-11-16T19:30:00-05:00 2023-11-16T21:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons University Musical Society (UMS) Performance Javaad Alipoor
Sustainability Honors Cords Application Deadline (November 17, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112007 112007-21828322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2023 12:00am
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Organized By: Student Life Sustainability

The Excellence in Sustainability Honors Cord program is designed to recognize students who went above and beyond to advance their knowledge, skills, and practice of sustainability ethics while studying at U-M.

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Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (November 17, 2023 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109627 109627-21822424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2023 7:30am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

In the 1970s, Fereydoun Farrokhzad was a significant cultural icon, a sex symbol, and a chart-topping pop singer whose music and television programs were heard and viewed by millions of Iranians. A decade later, living in political exile in Germany, he still performed to sold-out audiences in Europe. That changed on August 7, 1992, when he was found brutally murdered in his apartment in Bonn. Neighbors said his dogs had been barking for two nights.

The murder, still unsolved, serves as the starting point for this new work by British-Iranian theater maker Javaad Alipoor, whose The Believers Are But Brothers was featured in the 2020 No Safety Net theater festival. Selected as one of The Guardian’s Top Theatre Shows of 2022, Things Hidden “gleefully mashes up genres, smashing together the quiet authority of the murder mystery podcast, the intimacy of autobiographical storytelling, and the visual spectacle of multimedia performance — while simultaneously deconstructing each of these forms.” (The Guardian)

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Performance Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:55:39 -0400 2023-11-17T07:30:00-05:00 2023-11-17T09:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons University Musical Society (UMS) Performance Javaad Alipoor
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 17, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-17T11:00:00-05:00 2023-11-17T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (November 18, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109627 109627-21822425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 18, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

In the 1970s, Fereydoun Farrokhzad was a significant cultural icon, a sex symbol, and a chart-topping pop singer whose music and television programs were heard and viewed by millions of Iranians. A decade later, living in political exile in Germany, he still performed to sold-out audiences in Europe. That changed on August 7, 1992, when he was found brutally murdered in his apartment in Bonn. Neighbors said his dogs had been barking for two nights.

The murder, still unsolved, serves as the starting point for this new work by British-Iranian theater maker Javaad Alipoor, whose The Believers Are But Brothers was featured in the 2020 No Safety Net theater festival. Selected as one of The Guardian’s Top Theatre Shows of 2022, Things Hidden “gleefully mashes up genres, smashing together the quiet authority of the murder mystery podcast, the intimacy of autobiographical storytelling, and the visual spectacle of multimedia performance — while simultaneously deconstructing each of these forms.” (The Guardian)

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Performance Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:55:39 -0400 2023-11-18T14:00:00-05:00 2023-11-18T16:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons University Musical Society (UMS) Performance Javaad Alipoor
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (November 18, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109627 109627-21822426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 18, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

In the 1970s, Fereydoun Farrokhzad was a significant cultural icon, a sex symbol, and a chart-topping pop singer whose music and television programs were heard and viewed by millions of Iranians. A decade later, living in political exile in Germany, he still performed to sold-out audiences in Europe. That changed on August 7, 1992, when he was found brutally murdered in his apartment in Bonn. Neighbors said his dogs had been barking for two nights.

The murder, still unsolved, serves as the starting point for this new work by British-Iranian theater maker Javaad Alipoor, whose The Believers Are But Brothers was featured in the 2020 No Safety Net theater festival. Selected as one of The Guardian’s Top Theatre Shows of 2022, Things Hidden “gleefully mashes up genres, smashing together the quiet authority of the murder mystery podcast, the intimacy of autobiographical storytelling, and the visual spectacle of multimedia performance — while simultaneously deconstructing each of these forms.” (The Guardian)

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Performance Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:55:39 -0400 2023-11-18T19:30:00-05:00 2023-11-18T21:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons University Musical Society (UMS) Performance Javaad Alipoor
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 20, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 20, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-20T14:30:00-05:00 2023-11-20T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 24, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 24, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-24T11:00:00-05:00 2023-11-24T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 27, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-27T14:30:00-05:00 2023-11-27T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Work in Black & White: Striving for the American Dream (November 27, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115085 115085-21834033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Center for Racial Justice

Join the Center for Racial Justice in welcoming Dr. Enobong (Anna) Branch, Associate Professor of Sociology and senior vice president for equity at Rutgers University, to discuss her latest publication, Work in Black & White: Striving for the American Dream.

Register at: https://myumi.ch/4rR26

Co-authored with sociologist Caroline Hanley, Work in Black & White draws on interviews with 80 middle-aged Black and White Americans to explore how their attitudes and perceptions of success are influenced by the stories American culture has told about the American Dream – and about who should have access to it and who should not.

This event is part of our Fall 2023 Racial Foundations of Public Policy speaker series and is open to U-M students, faculty, staff, and community partners.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Nov 2023 15:07:44 -0500 2023-11-27T17:00:00-05:00 2023-11-27T18:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Center for Racial Justice Lecture / Discussion black background with an image of Dr. Enobong Branch smiling. She is wearing a grey jacket. To her left is the cover of her book, Work in Black and White, striving for the American Dream.Text: Racial Foundations of Public Policy Series
Fall 2023 Central Student Government Elections (November 28, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115119 115119-21834067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Central Student Government

Vote in the Fall 2023 CSG Elections! All students, undergrad and grad, can vote in one or more of these elections. All voting is conducted online at vote.umich.edu, and voting runs from 12:00 AM on Tuesday, November 28th to 10:00 PM on Thursday, November 30th.

Twelve (12) seats in the CSG Assembly are up for election, as well as one (1) seat on the U-M Police Department Oversight Committee. Students will also have the chance to vote on four (4) ballot questions.

Also, look out for other student government elections happening at the same time!

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Other Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:45:11 -0500 2023-11-28T00:00:00-05:00 2023-11-28T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Central Student Government Other All voting will be conducted online at vote.umich.edu... no paper ballots needed!
DAF Lab | Hostile Legislation, Digital Activism, and TransCrip Stories (November 28, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115237 115237-21834273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Digital Accessible Futures Lab

Register to attend on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/EPMnk

Our social media feeds are cluttered with unending news of impending legislation, policy rollbacks, and vociferous attacks on BIPOC, transgender, queer, and disabled people. So-called “anti-woke” schooling efforts have resulted in the dismantling of DEI infrastructures in numerous universities and school districts, alongside statewide adoptions of right-wing curricula that reinvents histories on race and racism in the U.S. Anti-trans actors have successfully lobbied for bans on gender-affirming care and have spearheaded campaigns that target all domains of trans life, ranging across access to bathrooms, medicine, sports, and learning. Our home institutions have declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be over, all while immunocompromised, chronically ill, and disabled people continue to die.

In the midst of this onslaught, how do we survive, much less maintain optimism? This roundtable and workshop considers digital storying as a means for maintaining and amplifying community.


This event will be held on Zoom. We want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate, please email Giselle Mills at gimills@umich.edu.

Register to attend on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/EPMnk

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:27:36 -0500 2023-11-28T16:00:00-05:00 2023-11-28T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Digital Accessible Futures Lab Lecture / Discussion Bright red poster, featuring three photos of speakers: V. Jo Hsu, Christina V. Cedillo, and Ada Hubrig. Five figures of various identities and presentations are illustrated at the bottom.
Dinner for Democracy: Campaign Finance (November 28, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114396 114396-21832831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Turn Up Turnout

Dinners for Democracy are nonpartisan presentations and small group discussions on topics students care about hosted by the student organization, Turn Up Turnout (TUT). Free food at in-person events!
Participants can expect to gain a deeper knowledge of the issue and an opportunity to discuss your thoughts, information about how your vote in local offices can affect the issue, and additional resources you can use to learn more.

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Presentation Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:47:41 -0400 2023-11-28T19:00:00-05:00 2023-11-28T20:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Turn Up Turnout Presentation TUT Logo
Fall 2023 Central Student Government Elections (November 29, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115119 115119-21834068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Central Student Government

Vote in the Fall 2023 CSG Elections! All students, undergrad and grad, can vote in one or more of these elections. All voting is conducted online at vote.umich.edu, and voting runs from 12:00 AM on Tuesday, November 28th to 10:00 PM on Thursday, November 30th.

Twelve (12) seats in the CSG Assembly are up for election, as well as one (1) seat on the U-M Police Department Oversight Committee. Students will also have the chance to vote on four (4) ballot questions.

Also, look out for other student government elections happening at the same time!

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Other Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:45:11 -0500 2023-11-29T00:00:00-05:00 2023-11-29T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Central Student Government Other All voting will be conducted online at vote.umich.edu... no paper ballots needed!
Fall 2023 Central Student Government Elections (November 30, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115119 115119-21834069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Central Student Government

Vote in the Fall 2023 CSG Elections! All students, undergrad and grad, can vote in one or more of these elections. All voting is conducted online at vote.umich.edu, and voting runs from 12:00 AM on Tuesday, November 28th to 10:00 PM on Thursday, November 30th.

Twelve (12) seats in the CSG Assembly are up for election, as well as one (1) seat on the U-M Police Department Oversight Committee. Students will also have the chance to vote on four (4) ballot questions.

Also, look out for other student government elections happening at the same time!

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Other Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:45:11 -0500 2023-11-30T00:00:00-05:00 2023-11-30T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Central Student Government Other All voting will be conducted online at vote.umich.edu... no paper ballots needed!
(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
Dinner for Democracy: Climate Change and Wealth Inequality (November 30, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114397 114397-21832832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2023 6:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Turn Up Turnout

Dinners for Democracy are nonpartisan presentations and small group discussions on topics students care about hosted by the student organization, Turn Up Turnout (TUT). Free food at in-person events!
Participants can expect to gain a deeper knowledge of the issue and an opportunity to discuss your thoughts, information about how your vote in local offices can affect the issue, and additional resources you can use to learn more.

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Presentation Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:54:33 -0400 2023-11-30T18:30:00-05:00 2023-11-30T19:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Turn Up Turnout Presentation TUT Logo
Artists Speak: Theaster Gates and Adebunmi Gbadebo with social justice curator and museum changemaker, Monica O. Montgomery (December 1, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113240 113240-21830597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 1, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQbDMYYn1ie7BmIbmMR2iJ9RUzsT8M5BN4PBb3A1etiug8wg/viewform.

Witness a dynamic discussion among movers and shakers in the social justice art world. Artist, Activist and Professor Theaster Gates and Artist Adebunmi Gbadebo contemplate their work in the Hear Me Now exhibition and in the world through a lens of restorative justice. Hear the unfiltered thoughts of these artists in conversation with social justice curator and museum changemaker, Monica O. Montgomery. 

This program is part "Free To Speak! A Convening on Art, Slavery and Reconciliation", a 2-day celebration of Black creativity, agency, and memory. Inspired by UMMA’s presentation of Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina, 'Free to Speak' hopes to contribute to urgent national conversations about racial justice while exploring what it means to exhibit materials made by enslaved people in Southeast Michigan, especially in light of the region’s relationships to the Underground Railroad, the Great Migration, the explosion of Black music and culture, and ongoing racial protest and liberation movements. Part storytelling, part scholarly deep dive, the discussions and diverse perspectives that emerge will offer new possibilities to inspire change in the arts and culture field. ​ To see the full convening schedule and to RSVP, please click here.   Artist and social innovator Theaster Gates lives and works in Chicago. Trained in urban planning and ceramics, his artistic practice translates the intricacies of Blackness through space theory and land development, sculpture, and performance. Through the expansiveness of his approach as a thinker, maker, and builder, he extends the role of the artist as an agent of change. His performance practice and visual work find roots in Black knowledge, objects, history, and archives. His work focuses on the possibility of the ​“life within things” and redeems spaces that have been left behind. He is the founder of the Rebuild Foundation, an artist-led, community-based platform for art, cultural development, and neighborhood transformation whose mission is to demonstrate the impact of innovative, ambitious and entrepreneurial cultural initiatives enriched by three core values: Black people matter, Black spaces matter, and Black objects matter.

Adebunmi Gbadebo, a multimedia artist, explores the intersections of land, matter, and memory on sites of slavery using materials like indigo dye, plantation soil, and Black hair. She holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts, NY, and a Creative Place Keeping certification from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is a 2022 Pew Fellow, 2023 Maxwell and Hanrahan Fellow, and A.I.R at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia. Gbadebo has been written about in notable publications like The New York Times and Forbes. She has spoken at institutions like the Museum of the African Diaspora and the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. Gbadebo's art resides in permanent collections at institutions such as the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. She is currently designing a monument at Clemson University to honor enslaved laborers who transformed Fort Hill Plantation into the university.

Monica O. Montgomery is a museum thought leader and independent curator at the nexus of culture, community engagement, and equity. She consults with a myriad of organizations, corporations, associations, non profits, universities and museums on contemporary art, community engagement and championing inclusion and belonging to spark ecologies of promise. Known for curating social justice exhibits and founding diversity initiative Museum Hue, over the last 2 decades she has served as an executive director, fundraiser, marketer, educator, and program director. Her career credits include a TedX talk & SXSW plenary and over 40+ curated contemporary art and public history exhibits with renowned organizations like the South African Embassy, Brooklyn Museum, Portland Art Museum, Community Art Center, T Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, The New School. Teachers College, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Weeksville Heritage Center and The Highline among others. She served as Curator of Social Justice and Special Programs for the FUTURES exhibition, at Smithsonian Arts & Industries, organizing an interactive exhibit of art, technology and history to celebrate the Smithsonian Institutions 175th Anniversary.

The Arts & Resistance Theme Semester, organized by UMMA and the U-M Arts Initiative, is generously supported by the U-M Office of the Provost, the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, and Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick.

Free to Speak is generously supported by the U-M Inclusive History Project, the U-M Arts Initiative Arts & Resistance Theme Semester Fund, the Americana Foundation, Michigan Humanities, the U-M Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the U-M Department of History.

 


Hear Me Now is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Henry Luce Foundation.

Lead support for UMMA's presentation of the exhibition is provided by Michigan Engineering, the U-M Office of the Provost, the U-M Office of the President, the Americana Foundation, the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the U-M Inclusive History Project, and Michigan Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by Larry and Brenda Thompson and Melissa Kaish and Jonathan Dorfman. 

 

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:15:15 -0500 2023-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 2023-12-01T11:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Speaking Freely: Lightning Talks & Roundtable Discussions facilitated by museum changemaker and social justice curator Monica O. Montgomery (December 1, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113241 113241-21830598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 1, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQbDMYYn1ie7BmIbmMR2iJ9RUzsT8M5BN4PBb3A1etiug8wg/viewform.

Join us for an action packed afternoon of learning and exchange, highlighting the artists, people and projects advancing equity and bringing us closer to our shared humanity. Using the power of story to bring people together, we are inviting a cross section of artists, community members, descendant family members, curators, historians, activists, poets, and scholars to be "Free to Speak!" presenting lightning talks on a variety of powerful entry points connected to the Hear Me Now exhibition and its themes. Our afternoon will be guided by museum changemaker, social justice curator, and expert facilitator Monica O. Montgomery and also includes roundtable discussions among participants, summary segments to recap and synthesize important ideas, and a graphic notetaker creating vivid illustrations of all that is being shared.

The afternoon will feature three "lightning rounds" with the following featured speakers:

1:00pm - 2:15pm: Nandi Comer, Poet Laureate of Michigan  Tonya Matthews, President & CEO, International African American Museum Wayne O’Bryant, storyteller, activist, and public speaker Yodit Mesfin Johnson, activist and poet

2:30pm - 3:45pm: Mary Elliott, Curator of American Slavery, NMAAHC James Claiborne, Senior Vice President of Exhibitions and Programs, The Wright Museum Beverly Willis, historian & storyteller from Washtenaw County

4:00pm - 5:30pm: With descendants of Old Edgefield potter David Drake: Pauline Baker, Wanda Holmes, and Fortune Carolina, Jr.

This program is part "Free To Speak! A Convening on Art, Slavery and Reconciliation", a 2-day celebration of Black creativity, agency, and memory. Inspired by UMMA’s presentation of Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina, 'Free to Speak' hopes to contribute to urgent national conversations about racial justice while exploring what it means to exhibit materials made by enslaved people in Southeast Michigan, especially in light of the region’s relationships to the Underground Railroad, the Great Migration, the explosion of Black music and culture, and ongoing racial protest and liberation movements. Part storytelling, part scholarly deep dive, the discussions and diverse perspectives that emerge will offer new possibilities to inspire change in the arts and culture field.   For the full convening schedule and to RSVP, click here.

 

The Arts & Resistance Theme Semester, organized by UMMA and the U-M Arts Initiative, is generously supported by the U-M Office of the Provost, the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, and Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick.

Free to Speak is generously supported by the U-M Inclusive History Project, the U-M Arts Initiative Arts & Resistance Theme Semester Fund, the Americana Foundation, Michigan Humanities, the U-M Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the U-M Department of History.

 


Hear Me Now is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Henry Luce Foundation.

Lead support for UMMA's presentation of the exhibition is provided by Michigan Engineering, the U-M Office of the Provost, the U-M Office of the President, the Americana Foundation, the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the U-M Inclusive History Project, and Michigan Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by Larry and Brenda Thompson and Melissa Kaish and Jonathan Dorfman. 

 

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:15:15 -0500 2023-12-01T13:00:00-05:00 2023-12-01T17:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
A Poet Speaks: Closing reception with words from poet Nikky Finney (December 1, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113242 113242-21830599@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 1, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQbDMYYn1ie7BmIbmMR2iJ9RUzsT8M5BN4PBb3A1etiug8wg/viewform.

Join us for the culmination "Free To Speak! A Convening on Art, Slavery and Reconciliation", a celebration of Black creativity, agency, and memory inspired by the exhibition Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina. The evening will feature National Book award winning poet Nikky Finney and a chance to chat with the curators of Hear Me Now in the galleries. Refreshments provided.

Nikky Finney has spent her career illuminating the Southern cultural and political heritage of Black people in ways that resonate throughout the country and world. Her ongoing legacy of poignant expression, indomitable truth, and devotion to social justice has enriched the country and world. In her career of more than 30 years, Finney has written six books and hundreds of poems and essays that explore and confront the experiences that have shaped life in the South for herself and countless other African Americans. Her most recent book, Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry (Northwestern University Press, 2020) is an enduring love song to her father and 400 years of African American fight and ingenuity. Finney is Carolina Distinguished Professor at USC in Columbia where she is also Director of the Ernest A. Finney Jr. Cultural Arts Center, a 21st century arts and cultural center named for her father, an exciting endeavor deeply planted in the twin soils of creativity and Black cultural expression.

This program is part "Free To Speak! A Convening on Art, Slavery and Reconciliation", a 2-day celebration of Black creativity, agency, and memory. Inspired by UMMA’s presentation of Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina, 'Free to Speak' hopes to contribute to urgent national conversations about racial justice while exploring what it means to exhibit materials made by enslaved people in Southeast Michigan, especially in light of the region’s relationships to the Underground Railroad, the Great Migration, the explosion of Black music and culture, and ongoing racial protest and liberation movements. Part storytelling, part scholarly deep dive, the discussions and diverse perspectives that emerge will offer new possibilities to inspire change in the arts and culture field.   To see the full schedule and to RSVP, click here.

The Arts & Resistance Theme Semester, organized by UMMA and the U-M Arts Initiative, is generously supported by the U-M Office of the Provost, the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, and Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick.


Free to Speak is generously supported by the U-M Inclusive History Project, the Arts Inititaive Arts & Resistance Theme Semester Fund, the Americana Foundation, and Michigan Humanities.

Hear Me Now is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Henry Luce Foundation.

Lead support for UMMA's presentation of the exhibition is provided by Michigan Engineering, the U-M Office of the Provost, the U-M Office of the President, the Americana Foundation, the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the U-M Inclusive History Project, and Michigan Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by Larry and Brenda Thompson and Melissa Kaish and Jonathan Dorfman. 

 

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:15:14 -0500 2023-12-01T18:00:00-05:00 2023-12-01T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
2023 ART AUCTION (December 2, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112788 112788-21829550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 2, 2023 6:30pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

The Prison Creative Arts Project is excited to invite you to our 2023 Art Auction on Saturday, December 2nd at the Michigan Union Courtyard in Ann Arbor (530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109).

Doors open at 6:30 pm.

This important event will also help us fundraise for the coming year's *28th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons* - providing financial support at a critical time in our growth, enabling us the bring the artwork of artists into the public realm in order to humanize people in prison, break stereotypes, and create dialogue about mass incarceration.

RSVP (https://umich.ejoinme.org/pcap2023artauction) for a night of fun, community, food, and entertainment!

In true PCAP fashion, the 2023 Art Auction is free and open to the public. We welcome all people who wish to join into our community! As a fundraising event, we are offering the optional opportunity to contribute by covering the cost of your meal, plus the additional option to cover somebody else's.

6:30 Reception & Silent Auction
7:30 Program & Live Auction

Space is limited. Get your tickets now! (https://umich.ejoinme.org/pcap2023artauctiontickets)

Set an alarm! The silent auction will begin online on Thursday, November 30th at 7:00pm (https://pcap2023artauction.ggo.bid/)

The silent auction will be BOTH in-person & virtual. The LIVE auction will be in-person ONLY.

We will be utilizing mobile-bidding, so have your smartphone handy & charged.
No smartphone? No problem! Assistance will be available at the event and desktops can also be used for online participants.

Want to skip the line? Pre-register ahead of time: (https://umich.ejoinme.org/pcap2023artauction)

*The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact Sarah Unrath at saraheve@umich.edu 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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Social / Informal Gathering Sun, 29 Oct 2023 21:06:24 -0400 2023-12-02T18:30:00-05:00 2023-12-02T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union Prison Creative Arts Project, The Social / Informal Gathering Daryl Rattew, Lapses in Judgment, 2022