In the Media

Page discusses Yellen's African tour

Jan 18, 2023 Africa News
Susan Page, Africa News: "I think the main objective [of the trip] will be to position themselves in relation to China, which is a shame because African countries want to be considered for what they are, not as a battleground between great...
CFLP Blue Bag Lunches

CFLP blue bag lunch talk with Prof. Jeffery Zhang

Feb 1, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm EST
Professor Jeffery Zhang from Michigan Law will be speaking at our February blue bag lunch talk on Wednesday, February 1 at 12pm. The talk will be virtual on Zoom. Please register here by January 31. 
News

Ford School names Weill Scholars and Weill Youth Policy Fellows

Jan 24, 2023
Seven outstanding master’s students have been named as 2022 Weill Scholars and Weill Youth Policy Fellows. Weill Scholars Shirley Araiza Santaella (MPP ‘24), David Castro (MPP '24), Moriah Nacionales-Tafoya (MPP ‘24), Juan Sandoval (MPP ‘24), and...

Farah Mahesri on decolonizing development

Feb 17, 2023, 1:00-4:00 pm EST
Weill Hall (Paul and Nancy O'Neill Classroom)
Join the Center for Racial Justice for a workshop on decolonizing development with Farah Mahesri, part of our Racial Justice in Practice workshop series. Open to U-M students, faculty, staff, and community partners. In this interactive 3-hour session, we will collectively explore what a decolonized space or a decolonized approach for global development actually look like. How can we structure our organizations and our programs to draw to center more liberatory practices and help us radically re-imagine global development?

Niketa Brar (MPP '15) on racial equity impact assessment

Feb 2, 2023, 11:30 am-1:30 pm EST
Annenberg Auditorium
Join the Center for Racial Justice for a workshop on racial equity impact assessment with Niketa Brar (MPP '15), part of our Racial Justice in Practice workshop series. Open to U-M students, faculty, staff, and community partners.  

Black perspectives in public policy

Feb 9, 2023, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EST
1120 Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
Join P3E’s community engagement manager DeAndré J. Calvert for a discussion of policy perspectives on contemporary and historical issues related to black Americans with Patrick Wimberly, mayor of Inkster, MI; Alma Wheeler Smith, former Michigan State legislator; and Theodore Jones, Detroit Public Schools Community District project manager.