Book Talks @ The Ford School, Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Faith, the White House, and the Public Square

Nov 18, 2013, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall Room 1220
Noting the federal government's long history of partnering with religious and secular charities to serve communities in need, Joshua DuBois, Spiritual Advisor to President Obama and former Executive Director of the White House Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships discusses how he navigated religious issues in the White House and the devotionals that he sent to President Obama each morning.
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Winona LaDuke- "Building a green economy: Indigenous strategies for a sustainable future"

Nov 11, 2013, 6:00-8:00 pm EST
Rackham Ampitheatre
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow in the Michigan League To register for this lecture, please visit the event website. Winona LaDuke, Internationally acclaimed American Indian author, orator, and activist The United States is the largest source of greenhouse gases in the world and influences international policy. It turns out that Native American communities have the potential to generate up to one half of present US electrical consumption through producing power from the wind.
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Building a Green Economy: Indigenous Strategies for a Sustainable Future, Presented by Winona LaDuke

Nov 11, 2013, 6:30-8:00 pm EST
The United States is the largest source of greenhouse gases in the world and influences international policy. It turns out that Native American communities have the potential to generate up to one half of present US electrical consumption through producing power from the wind. This is the alternative to both military intervention into oil rich countries, and represents the potential for ecological sustainability.
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Graduate Information Session

Dec 4, 2013, 6:00-8:00 pm EST
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy invites you to an information session about our graduate programs and opportunities for you to make a difference in your community.
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What does it mean to work in a system that fails you and your kids?: A beginning teacher's journey through the Chicago Public Schools

Jan 13, 2014, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public Join the conversation on Twitter #ateachersjourney About the performance: This ethnodramatic performance tells the story of a beginning teacher's first year in the Chicago Public Schools and her efforts to make a difference in a third grade classroom with 16 boys and 5 girls, where about half the students had not been promoted the previous school year. The first year teacher shares stories of the year's struggles, successes, and the students she cared for most.

Causes, consequences & potential solutions to the problem of educational disparities in the US: Perspectives from psychology, sociology & economics

Jan 20, 2014, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public. Join in the conversation on Twitter #eddispartiites About the roundtable: This seminar will feature speakers from sociology, psychology and economics giving their perspectives on the causes, consequences and potential solutions to the problem of educational disparities in the United States. Each speaker will discuss their own work as it relates to educational disparities in the United States, also drawing on existing work from the field that has bearing on this topic.

Legacies of the war on poverty, lessons for the future

Jan 8, 2014, 9:00-11:00 am EST
Pew Charitable Trusts - Research Facility
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy will host this event as one of the highlights of the school's year-long centennial celebrations. Join the conversation on Twitter: #TalkPoverty About the event: January 8, 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B.

Economics and Happiness

Feb 6, 2014, 6:00-8:30 pm EST
1777 F Street, NW
Dear Ford School Alumni and Friends: The featured speaker will be Ford School/Brookings/New York Times-affiliated economist, Justin Wolfers, discussing economics and happiness. Justin and his partner Betsey Stevenson—another nationally prominent economist, currently a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers—joined the Ford School faculty in fall 2012.