Nonprofit and Public Management Center

CLOSUP Lecture Series

The Non-Profit Role in Urban Revitalization

Jan 30, 2012, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Betty Ford Classroom

Richard Buery is President/CEO of The Children's Aid Society. Founded in 1853, CAS serves 80,000 children at 45 locations in New York City and Westchester, and its Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program and National Center for Community Schools serve thousands more nationally. Mr.

CLOSUP Lecture Series

Civic engagement and performance management

Apr 1, 2013, 1:00-2:30 pm EDT

Annenberg Auditorium Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and Open to the Public. Presenting: Mark Funkhouser, Director, Governing Institute, Former Mayor of Kansas City, MO Abstract "The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities." - Abraham Lincoln Government exists to produce positive outcomes in the community and those outcomes are "co-produced" by government and citizens working together. Every citizen has p

About Us Without Us: Decision Making and Activism in Policy

Apr 4, 2016, 4:30-6:00 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

Join the Diversity Student Coalition (DiSC) for the 2016 Diversity Summit, "About Us Without Us: Decision Making and Activism in Policy."

Michigan's recession and recovery: Opportunities for the research, non-profit, and civic engagement communities

Nov 19, 2012, 1:30-3:30 pm EST

University of Michigan Detroit Center 3663 Woodward Avenue

This event will bring together a variety of stakeholders to discuss what we know, what we are doing, and what can be done to address the continued hardships faced by many Michigan residents in the wake of the Great Recession and the current slow economic recovery. Researchers from the University of Michigan will set the context for the discussion through a presentation of results from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study (MRRS), based on recent interviews with over 800 households in the Detroit area.

Global Urban Symposium

Oct 10, 2008, 12:00 am EDT

Ross School of Business

Global Urban Symposium. October 10, 2008 (day-long event). Hosted by the Ross School of Business and its Net Impact organization, this event is co-sponsored by CLOSUP. A day-long conference in Ann Arbor that explores the role that the private, public and nonprofit sectors play in addressing the challenges facing cities around the globe. See more information here.

Ford Case Collective Final Showcase

Nov 21, 2014, 12:30-2:00 pm EST

Weill Hall Frey Classroom

The Policy Case Collective will hold an annual Ford School Case Competition - a 10-day consulting project in which teams of policy students compete.Description

The Role of Special Interests in American Politics

May 8-9, 2015, 8:00 am-12:15 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom

This program features some of the best scholars of interest groups, policy advocacy, and social movements in the country. The papers presented span three disciplines (Political Science, Economics, Sociology) and include work that is experimental, formal, historical, comparative, qualitative, and quantitative. They deal with a number of topics, including corporate and nonprofit advocacy, health and environmental policy, and campaign finance.