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Brittney Barros briefs Congress on foster care legislation

Nov 3, 2021

Brittney Barros, dual MSW and MPP student, will brief Congress this week on the Protecting Sibling Relationships in Foster Care Act, legislation which Barros developed as a 2018 intern with the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI)....

STPP alumni webinar with Michelle Brechtelsbauer (MPP '16 and STPP '16)

Feb 15, 2022, 12:00-1:00 pm EST

STPP hosts a conversation with Michelle Brechtelsbauer (MPP '16 and STPP '16). Michelle is Director of Stakeholder Relations at the Energy Impact Center, a DC-based think tank working to spur a nuclear energy revolution to combat climate change.

Young Leaders in Public Service

Young Leaders in Public Service with Andrea LaFontaine, Executive Director for Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance

Nov 16, 2021, 11:30 am-12:30 pm EST

Join P3E for a discussion with Andrea LaFontaine, Executive Director for Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance.

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Community in crisis: Black churches expand services

Nov 2, 2021

Jean Sherman got a call from a friend during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic telling her about a church nearby where she could get the vaccine. The Detroit resident also found out that the Historic King Solomon Baptist Church helped people...

Young Leaders in Public Service

Young Leaders in Public Service with Michael Randall, Senior Director of Community Impact, American Heart Association

Nov 9, 2021, 4:30-5:30 pm EST

Join P3E for a discussion with Michael Randall, Senior Director of Community Impact at the American Heart Association.

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$100,000 available for U-M faculty grants to research ways to prevent, alleviate poverty

Nov 2, 2021

The 2021-22 academic year brings the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions initiative’s sixth round of faculty grants to support research on ways to prevent and alleviate poverty. Research supported by Poverty Solutions has provided new...

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John Ayanian recieves 2020-21 MICHR mentoring award

Nov 2, 2021

The Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) recognized John Ayanian for his remarkable dedication and contributions to the scientific research careers of their students, fellows, and trainees with the Distinguished Clinical and...

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Big Ten policy schools collaborate on civic involvement

Nov 1, 2021

The University of Michigan is joining with other policy schools across the Big Ten to launch Democracy in the 21st Century, a conferencewide collaboration to develop educational programming that promotes active civic education and...

Social policy for the public good: Introducing the Kohn Collaborative

Nov 2, 2021, 12:00-12:15 pm EDT

Poverty expert Luke Shaefer and renowned sociologist Celeste Watkins-Hayes in conversation, describing the Ford School's new Kohn Collaborative for Social Policy and how the inclusion of marginalized populations in research and engagement creates powerful social policy change.

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Social policy for the public good: Introducing the Kohn Collaborative

Nov 2, 2021 0:17:24

Luke Shaefer and Celeste Watkins-Hayes describe the Ford School's new Kohn Collaborative for Social Policy and how the inclusion of marginalized populations in research and engagement creates powerful social policy change.

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