Undergraduate and graduate students who have just completed internships will deliver 3-minute pitches highlighting their internship experience, policy impact, key deliverables, and compete for student prizes.
As part of U-M Democracy Week Programming, join us at Michigan Theatre for a viewing and discussion of the documentary Reclaiming Ground Zero, which follows New Yorkers in the aftermath of 9/11 as they struggled to decide what to do with the site of the attacks.
Dr. Nicholas Longo, Director, Rutgers Democracy Lab, Eagleton Institute of Politics, discusses his book Deliberative Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning for Democratic Engagement
Disagree Better, in partnership with the University of Michigan, will bring together Governors from across the political spectrum for a panel discussion on reviving America's democracy through healthy conflict and constructive dialogue.
National Treasure (2004) follows historian and cryptologist Benjamin Franklin Gates as he races to find a legendary Templar treasure, steals the Declaration of Independence, and evades a rival team of mercenaries.
The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness begins with good health for all. Since George Washington ordered mass smallpox inoculation for soldiers during the Revolutionary War, public health has quietly protected our unalienable rights over the past 250 years.
As part of the University of Michigan's Democracy Week, the Ford School will host Democracy in Global-Historical Perspective, a public-facing discussion examining democratization, democratic backsliding, and the resilience of democratic institutions across time and place.
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Trotter Multicultural Center
A lunch-and-learn conversation exploring how territorial status shapes daily life for the millions of U.S. citizens and nationals living in Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories.
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Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Weill Hall, Classroom 110
Scholars, curators, writers, and civic leaders from Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico discuss how communities excluded from full democratic representation are reshaping political narratives and imagining new political futures.
Join us on the Diag for democracy centered film features this week! Selma is a 2014 historical drama directed by Ava DuVernay that chronicles Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dangerous 1965 campaign for equal voting rights, culminating in the historic marches from Selma to Montgomery and the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
As part of the University of Michigan's Democracy Week, join the Ford School for a bipartisan conversation with the Michigan leadership team of the Democracy Defense Foundation on election security, public trust, and democratic participation.
September 17, 2026, Artist Holly Bass offers a preview of her upcoming UMMA exhibition, We Hold These Truths…, which explores how Americans have celebrated, debated, and reshaped the nation's story during the anniversary years of 1876, 1976, and 2026.
Join us on the Diag for democracy centered film features this week! The Words That Built America is a 2017 HBO Documentary Films special directed by Alexandra Pelosi and narrated by historian David McCullough. It features diverse Americans—including U.S. presidents, politicians, journalists, and school children—reading the text of three foundational U.S. documents
The 2026 Kohn Social Policy Conference brings together scholars, practitioners, policymakers, students, and community partners to examine pressing social policy challenges and explore how social policy can advance equity and promote human thriving.
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the Rosenthal Lecture features the award-winning journalist and author Peter Bergen for a timely conversation on the attacks' enduring impact on U.S. national security and the future of terrorism.
Join us for a talk by Kristin Seefeldt, faculty director of Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan and principal investigator for the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) pilot program.
Two-day conference exploring how African states and global powers are navigating shifting geopolitical, economic, and legal dynamics. Bringing together scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, the event will examine African perspectives on global governance, economic growth, and security while identifying actionable pathways to strengthen U.S.–Africa engagement in a multipolar world.
Women represent over 24.7% of Michigan's local chief administrative officers today, up from just 16% in 2018. Although women continue to be underrepresented as municipal managers, there is a growing contingent of dedicated women serving their communities and challenging the status quo in local government.
Kess Ballentine, assistant professor at Wayne State University School of Social Work and a research affiliate with Labor@Wayne, will present on her community-engaged research, which examines how labor policy and working conditions shape the well-being of low-wage workers and their families.
The 2026 Ambassadors Forum will examine U.S. diplomacy and strategic interests in South Asia, with a focus on evolving relations with India and Pakistan, regional security, Kashmir, and the broader geopolitical dynamics shaping the subcontinent.
Dana Cuff and the lab's "housing first" research demonstrates that affordable, well-designed housing and neighborhoods are attainable foundations of equitable cities.
Thomas integrates the insights of social psychology, lens of cultural psychology, and tools of behavioral science to examine and intervene upon psychosocial drivers of poverty and inequality in the U.S. and around the globe.
Join us for this panel discussion about the impact research and data can have in informing change, and celebrate Poverty Solutions' 10 Year Anniversary. Like all Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions talks, this event is free and open to the public.
