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Diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Ford School
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).
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice will reflect on her career and on her new memoir, Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For.
Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination Series
Featuring faculty discussant Fabiana Silva, an assistant professor of public policy at the Ford School. Part of the Ford School's Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination discussion series.
Greg Landsman, a Cincinnati city council member, will give a talk titled "Beyond School: Where to Focus Collective Action to Support Children in Poverty" as part of the 2019 Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series.
Leading scholars from Africa and Latin America will share insights about macro-level commonalities in transitional justice processes across diverse societies.
Join the Program in Practical Policy Engagement, Office of Communications & Outreach, and Poverty Solutions for the first communications workshop of the semester.
Cheer on the Wolverines as they take on the Hawkeyes in the annual Homecoming game! Purchase tickets with your fellow Fordies in the Ford School section.
Facilitated by Ginsberg Center staff, this interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, the impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.
The event will feature distinguished leaders in the field of workforce development and economic mobility including a keynote address from Walmart's Greg Foran, US President and CEO and Julie Gehrki, Vice President of Philanthropy, and closing remarks from Garlin Gilchrist, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Michigan.
Conversations Across Differences,
Policy Talks @ the Ford School
This series will use CRT to foster a dialogue on important issues of U.S. public policy ranging from activism to the gentrification of physical spaces to inequalities in health and health care.
Please join experts Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton; Professor of Law Barry Friedman, New York University; and Jessica Gillooly, PhD Candidate of the Ford School, in a panel moderated by Ford School Faculty David Thacher for a panel examining racial bias in emergency calls.
Conversations Across Differences,
Policy Talks @ the Ford School
The conversation will consider the opportunities for and obstacles to bipartisan cooperation, while also tackling in thoughtful dialogue some of the most pressing issues currently dividing the two parties.
In Automating Inequality, Virginia Eubanks systematically investigates the impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on poor and working-class people in America.
The Ford School and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) will host a reception for alumni and friends in connection with APPAM's annual fall conference in Washington, DC.
