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Watkins-Hayes addresses COVID-19 vaccine reluctance

Jan 12, 2021 Detroit Free Press
Watkins-Hayes commented in an article in the Detroit Free Press about reluctance in the Black community in Detroit to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. "These racial and class differences are both disconcerting and yet completely understandable and...
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Celeste Watkins-Hayes takes a people-centered research approach

Jan 4, 2021
New Ford School sociologist Celeste Watkins-Hayes works at the intersection of inequality, public policy, and institutions, with a special focus on urban poverty and race, class, and gender studies. Her most recent book Remaking a Life: How Women...
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Faculty News fall 2020

Dec 9, 2020
Javed Ali organized a panel for New America on domestic terrorism. His new podcast, The Burn Bag, produced with two Ford School alumni, A'ndre Gonawela (BA ‘19) and Ryan Rosenthal (BA ‘19), has featured U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, General David...
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Ford School wins NASPAA 2020 Social Equity award

Oct 4, 2020
The Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) has awarded the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy with its 2020 Social Equity Award, which honors a public policy, affairs, or administration program that exemplifies...
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Congratulations to Celeste Watkins-Hayes for two ASA awards!

Jul 9, 2020
Newly-appointed Ford School collegiate professor of public policy Celeste Watkins-Hayes has received two awards from the American Sociological Association for her book Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality  (2019,...
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Policy & Activism at the Intersections

Oct 1, 2024, 5:00-6:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120)
Join the Ford School's Center for Racial Justice for a panelist discussion with our incoming Visiting Fellows cohort about the strategies, motivations, and lessons that shape the work of racial justice changemakers who work within and across various fields. 
Amanda Alexander, Charlene Carruthers, Bianca Wilson
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Election 2024 and U.S. climate policy

Sep 19, 2024, 5:00 pm EDT
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
Climate policy is one of the key issues being discussed in the 2024 election cycle. This event will examine the larger issues and the specific effects of climate policy on the state of Michigan, as well as examining the issue through the lens of climate justice.    
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Dean's Symposium - American Democracy at the Crossroads

Apr 12, 2024, 3:15 pm EDT
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams will address the challenges to American democracy, her work to guarantee voter access, and other civil rights battles facing the United States in 2024. 
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Dean's Symposium - Public Policy in the 21st Century: Charting the Course

Apr 11, 2024, 11:00 am EDT
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
Cecilia Muñoz will reflect on her long career in social activism and policymaking, and on the challenges the U.S. continues to face regarding immigration and refugee affairs, social inclusion, and the role of public interest technology.   
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Dean's Symposium - Social Policy in the 21st Century

Apr 11, 2024, 11:00 am EDT
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
The opening session of the inaugural Dean's Symposium  -- Policy Innovations for Today -- with a welcome from Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes and a keynote address from Cecilia Munoz, national public policy leader and former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.  
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Ford School Event in Washington, DC

Feb 8, 2024, 5:45-8:30 pm EST
Rockefeller-Peterson Room
Join us in Washington, DC on February 8 for a special Ford School event with alumni, friends, and current students.
Celeste Watkins-Hayes holding a microphone and smiling. A illustration of the capitol building and the text #FordSchoolDC are below.

Challenges of Leading in Crisis with Lori Lightfoot

Feb 5, 2024, 4:00 pm EST
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
The Honorable Lori Lightfoot, 56th mayor of Chicago, reflects on her background and preparation for public service, the challenges she faced as mayor, and lessons about leading in crises, in conversation with Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes.
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The AR-15 - The Gun that Divides a Nation

Jan 24, 2024, 4:00 pm EST
Sanford and Joan Weill Hall (Annenberg Auditorium)
Join Washington Post journalists and editors as they discuss their investigative series, "The gun that divides a nation," which examines the devastation caused by AR-15 assault rifles as well as the weapon's allure in segments of American society. Presented in collaboration with Wallace House Center for Journalists.
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University of Michigan Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium

MLK Day lecture - Montgomery, AL, Mayor Steven Reed

Jan 16, 2024, 4:30 pm EST
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120)
The Ford School will welcome Montgomery, AL, Mayor Steven Reed to Weill Hall for an event on Tuesday, Jan. 16, in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.   
Mayor Steven Reed
University of Michigan Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium

Jelani Cobb on "The half-life of freedom: Notes on race, media and democracy"

Jan 24, 2023, 6:00-7:30 pm EST
Rackham Auditorium
Wallace House Presents journalist and educator Jelani Cobb, in conversation with Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes to look at the historic challenges to democracy that centered around race, the impact of the media, and how this frames and informs the current moment. 
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Policy Talks @ the Ford School, Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture Series

What policymakers need to know about the criminal justice system

Dec 8, 2022, 4:30-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Auditorium (1110)
Join Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt and Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes for a conversation at the intersection of law, policy, and the criminal justice system.   
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Public policy for good: Building a just and inclusive society

Dec 5, 2022, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
U.S. Capitol North Congressional Meeting Room
Come and meet the leaders of some of the top public policy schools in the country in a special event hosted by U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and sociologist Celeste Watkins-Hayes, interim dean of the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. 
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Policy Talks @ the Ford School, Josh Rosenthal Education Fund Lecture

A conversation with FBI Director Christopher Wray

Dec 2, 2022, 11:45 am-1:00 pm EST
Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray will visit the Ford School as the 2022 Josh Rosenthal Memorial Speaker.
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Racial Foundations of Public Policy

Racial Foundations of Public Policy: Housing

Nov 10, 2022, 4:00-5:15 pm EST
Watch Party: Weill Hall Betty Ford Auditorium (Room 1110)
The Center for Racial Justice presents John N. Robinson III, in conversation with Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes on housing.
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Racial Foundations of Public Policy: LGBTQ rights

Oct 27, 2022, 4:00-5:15 pm EDT
Watch Party: Weill Hall Betty Ford Auditorium (Room 1110)
The Center for Racial Justice, Ford School, and Midwest Institute for Sexuality and Gender Diversity present Bianca Wilson, in conversation with Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes on LGBTQ rights.   
Bianca Wilson
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Racial Foundations of Public Policy: Health policy

Oct 13, 2022, 4:00-5:15 pm EDT
Watch Party: Weill Hall Betty Ford Auditorium (Room 1110)
The Center for Racial Justice presents Steven Thrasher, in conversation with Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes on health policy.
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Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Social policy is health policy: Lessons from the pandemic

Sep 23, 2022, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120)
Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Paula Lantz discuss the devastating structural inequities exposed by the COVID pandemic—and why all policymakers must now be equipped with a toolkit for navigating pandemics. 
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Welcome HoMe celebration

Sep 23, 2022, 3:30-8:00 pm EDT
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Sep 24, 2022, 12:00-3:30 pm EDT
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall
The Ford School warmly welcomes back our graduates for Homecoming this fall!  
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