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Life during COVID-19

Oct 9, 2020, 12:00 pm EDT
Join us for a discussion on life during COVID-19 with Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Chief Medical Executive and Chief Deputy Director for Michigan Department Health and Human Services and Garlin Gilchrist II, Lt. Governor of Michigan.

The Weight of Debt, the Dignity of Debtors

Oct 2, 2020, 12:00 pm EDT
Join professor Frederick Wherry in this discussion about how dignity and respect affect consumers' engagements with and responses to debt. Wherry will share about his work to understand and empower the linkages between lending and human values.  
Weiser Diplomacy Center Series

Official Levers for Supporting Democracy

Sep 21, 2020, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EDT
Please join us for a virtual seminar with Kara McDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary at Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in conversation with Associate Professor John Ciorciari, director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center.
Weiser Diplomacy Center Series

Democracy Support 101

Sep 14, 2020, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EDT
Please join us for a virtual seminar with Matt Dippell, Deputy Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Programs at the National Democratic Institute in conversation with Associate Professor John Ciorciari, director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center.
Weiser Diplomacy Center Series

Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan

Apr 2, 2020, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EDT
Webinar
WDC Director professor John Ciorciari will lead this virtual session with our Ford School colleagues Mohammad Akbar Zadran and Matt Rigdon in a discussion about the U.S. and Taliban Peace Deal signed after nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan.
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Ford School

A Lunchtime Conversation about History, Reparations, and Policy

Feb 26, 2020, 12:00-1:00 pm EST
1110 Weill Hall (Betty)
Please join us for a lunchtime conversation about History, Reparations, and Policy with Dr. Earl Lewis on Wednesday, February 26 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM in 1110 Weill Hall (Betty Ford Classroom). 
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Welcome Picnic

Sep 8, 2019, 3:00-5:00 pm EDT
Burns Park Shelter
Join us for the 2019 IPC/WDC Welcome Picnic! 

The Human Rights Crisis in Xinjiang

Apr 18, 2019, 5:00-7:00 pm EDT
Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall
Over the past five years, a growing number of Xinjiang Uighurs have been sent to re-education camps by the Chinese government, most without trials or release dates.  Estimates have reached as high as one million detainees.   The Chinese government has framed these camps as schools that attack terrorist beliefs and give Uighurs the work and life skills necessary to thrive in a modern economy.  It has received very little pressure or public condemnation from its Central Asian neighbors, from Muslim countries, or from its trading partners in the developed world.  This human rights crisis raises questions central to the role and practice of diplomacy.  What justification is there for bringing foreign diplomatic pressure to bear on issues that a country defines as central to its identity and existence?  What do we know about the success of different types of advocacy, whether through diplomatic channels, pressure from international organizations, or NGO-led protest? To what extent does the crisis in Xinjiang affect the stability of Central Asia, or the fate of separatist movements in Tibet, Hong Kong, and Taiwan?
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2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition at Ford School

Feb 23, 2019, 8:00 am-7:30 pm EST
Annenberg Auditorium and 1210, 1220, 1230 Weill
On February 23, the Ford School will host graduate students from 14 univerisities to participate in the 2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition. This year’s competition—a partnership between the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)—will connect a record 585 students from 11 global host sites including Dhaka, Cairo, Mexico City, and San Francisco to tackle policy issues associated with forced migration through computer-based simulated game play. 

Human Rights in North Korea

Feb 20, 2019, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall
Donia Human Rights Center Panel. Human Rights in North Korea: Crimes Against Humanity, Advocacy for Change, and Future ProspectsKang Cheol Hwan, Jared Genser, Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, and Kiyoteru Tsutsui

Detaining Refugee Children: What’s At Stake?

Nov 14, 2018, 6:45-8:15 pm EST
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
This panel of three experts examines the psychological, political, and legal impact of the policy on the families, policy makers, and public opinions, asking the question of what's at stake.
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A Seat at the Table: Women of Color in Public Service

Mar 27, 2018, 5:30-7:30 pm EDT
Michigan Union, Pendleton Room
Students of Color in Public Policy, Women and Gender in Public Policy and Out in Public graduate student organizations present the second annual "A Seat at the Table: Women of Color in Public Service" panel and networking reception.  
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Human Rights and Medical Care in Times of Emergency

Oct 23, 2017, 5:00-7:30 pm EDT
Museum Apse, UMMA
If access to healthcare is a human right, what happens when disasters, pandemics and armed conflict limit the care that can be provided? Who decides which patients are prioritized, and how are those decisions made?
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STPP Lecture Series

Robocalypse Now?: Technology and the Future of Work

Sep 11, 2017, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
1110 Weill Hall
The process of technological displacement of workers began in the automobile industry in the 1960's, and with the rise of connectivity and AI it is accelerating rapidly.
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