Center for Racial Justice

U-M Provost Susan Collins welcomes the class of 2022. April, 2022.

U-M Regent Paul Brown speech at the 2022 Ford School Commencement. April, 2022.

Ford School Dean, Michael S. Barr, welcomes graduates and their families and gives opening remarks for the 2022 Ford School Commencement. April, 2022.

The Ford School is proud to celebrate the achievements of the graduating classes of 2022!

Dorothy Roberts will share her new book Torn Apart and her belief that the only way to stop the destruction caused by family policing is to abolish the child welfare system and liberate Black communities. April, 2022.

This first event in our COVID-19 reflections series will feature a panel discussion on the local impact of safety nets on communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic. April, 2022.

Please join us for the final event in an inaugural series convened by the Center for Racial Justice - a conversation with two leading human rights advocates, Gay McDougall and Jamil Dakwar. March, 2022.

American Bar Association President and Michigan alumnus Reginald M. Turner will share more on his leadership at the ABA and his work on some of its most pressing issues like access to legal services and judicial reform. March, 2022.

Please join Robert Fatton and Millery Polyneé for a conversation on how race and racism have affected international governance interventions, including international policing and development initiatives. March, 2022.

Kelebogile Zvobgo discusses how racial assumptions and biases have influenced the discourse around key concepts in International Relations, such as anarchy and development. February, 2022.

Ambassador Harry Thomas examines the racial foundations of public policy in the United States and how race impacts policy choices and consequences at the global level. February 9, 2022.
 

This community conversation further explores the principles and practices of academic responsibility and academic freedom, and how these are effectively exercised in a diverse, inclusive and equitable campus community. January, 2022.

This session features Professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes, the associate dean for academic affairs; Professor John Ciorciari, director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center; Cindy Bank, associate director of the Program for Pr

Celeste Watkins-Hayes moderates a panel of Ford School PhD alums reflecting on key issues, challenges, and solutions around racial justice.  November, 2021.

Jennifer Lee, an award winning author and frequent public commentator on the implications of contemporary immigration, and Celeste-Watkins-Hayes explore the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy.

This Masterclass in Activism brings together in conversation Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Celeste Watkins-Hayes, director of the Center for Racial Justice. October, 2021.

Racial Foundations of Public Policy is a fall 2021 virtual speaker series that focuses on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy as both a disciplinary field and as a course of action. September, 2021.

Jacqueline Patterson, Founder and Executive Director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, and Kyle Whyte, Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, discuss environmental and climate justice. September, 2021.

Racial Foundations of Public Policy is a fall 2021 virtual speaker series that focuses on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy as both a disciplinary field and as a course of action. September, 2021.