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Campus News & Events
Native American Heritage Month
Each year, the office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA) hono
rs the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors had lived in North America for hundreds of years. MESA and the Native American Student Association (NASA) have collaborated with campus partners to bring an exciting range of events that celebrate Native American culture with the University of Michigan campus community. Check out the
full list of events.
Global Scholars Program (GSP)
GSP is an interdisciplinary academic living learning community that brings together international and U.S. sophomores, juniors, and seniors to engage in social justice education on a global level. Students of all academic concentrations, backgrounds, and levels of intercultural experience are encouraged to apply. Deadline is December 7. Learn more and apply.
Poverty Solutions Speaker Series
The series features different guest speakers each week. Speakers are national and global experts drawn from university, business and community contexts who explore interdisciplinary real-world poverty solutions from a wide variety of perspectives. For the final session, Brett Hagler will be presenting about "3D Printing Communities for the Developing".
When: Wednesday, November 28, 4-6PM
Where: 2427 Mason Hall
Detroit School Lecture Series: Post Crisis Housing Markets
Join a panel of academics, activists, and journalists working on issues of housing insecurity in Detroit and other low income markets will discuss what they are seeing on the ground, forms of mobilization and resistance that have been effective, and trends and approaches in the near and long term.
When: Thursday, November 29, 6-8PM
Where: U-M Dearborn: College of Arts, Sciences and Letters Buildings RM 1030
Michigan Refugee Assistance Program (MRAP) Speaker Series
Join MRAP and the Muslim Student Association for a discussion with Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Policy, for a discussion of his book, "The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide."
When: Thursday, November 29, 6-7PM
Where: Betty Ford Room, Ford School
World AIDS Day and Awards
More than 36.7 million individuals are living with HIV worldwide, including 1.1 million in the US and 16,218 in Michigan. Join the Michigan Social Work Research Office and the Michigan HIV/AIDS Council.
When: Monday, December 3, 9-1PM
Where: 1840 ECC SSWB
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor
The Ford School and the Science, Technology and Public Policy program will host a discussion on the intersectionality of technology and social justice. In her book
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor
, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Albany SUNY Virginia Eubanks will be discussing the impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on poor and working-class people in America.
When: Thursday, December 6, 4-5:20PM
Where: 1120 Weill Hall, Ford School
Celebrating the Scholarship of Evelyn Alsultany
Join the Arab and Muslim American Studies to discuss and celebrate the significant contributions of one of the foremost scholars of Arab and Muslim American Studies. Reception to follow the panel discussion.
When: Thursday, December 6, 4-6 PM
Where:1014 Tisch Hall
U-M Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) Art Auction
PCAP invites you to an art auction that will help finance
The 24th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners. The auction will feature donated artwork by incarcerated artists, PCAP curators, University of Michigan faculty and community artists. Admission is free.
When: Saturday, December 8, 6:30-9PM
Where: Hussey Room, Michigan League
James Boggs at 100: A Legacy and Lineage of Radical Social Change in Detroit
To mark what would be James Boggs 100th birthday, the the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center in Detroit revisits his writings and activism, exploring the ways his and Grace's efforts to bring about revolutionary change continue through a powerful lineage of thought and activism in contemporary community work in Detroit.
Learn more.
When: Monday, February 18, 7-8PM
Where: Literari Book Store, 124 E. Washington, Ann Arbor
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