This year’s theme was “Old to the Struggle, New to the Movement: Strategic Action for Fighting Racial Injustice.” Flint Mayor Karen Weaver delivered the opening keynote to the conference, which focused on the current situation in Flint and her strategic leadership throughout the crisis.
Other panel topics included mass incarceration, college access, voter engagement, police brutality and the intersection between technology and health disparities.
Student travel to the Black Policy Conference was supported in part by the Ford School's Professional Development Fund, which helps public policy graduate students take advantage of career-enhancing opportunities around the world. To learn more about the Ford School's professional development grants, contact Jennifer Niggemeier at jennig@umich.edu or 734-764-8076.