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Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund, Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture Series, Policy Talks @ the Ford School

"Credible messengers, critical trust: Community health empowerment" with Ruth Browne (MPP/MPH '83), CEO of the Arthur Ashe Institute

Jan 28, 2015, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
Join the Ford School in welcoming back Dr. Ruth Browne, CEO of Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health and the 2015 Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence. This event is part of the University of Michigan's 29th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium.

Growing apart: Income inequality in America

Sep 18, 2014, 5:30 pm EDT
1225 South Hall
President of the Center for American Progress Neera Tanden will deliver a special lecture at the University of Michigan Law School. 
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Winter 2014 Ford School Diversity Summit

Apr 9, 2014, 5:30-7:30 pm EDT
Ann Arbor, MI
An interactive workshop about serving communities we do not represent. Dinner will be provided. Featured Panelists Emad Ansari, JD/MPP Candidate Deb Drennan, the Director of Freedom House Detroit Professor Mara Ostfeld This event is co-sponsored by the The Diversity Student Coalition (DiSC) and the Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
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What does it mean to work in a system that fails you and your kids?: A beginning teacher's journey through the Chicago Public Schools

Jan 13, 2014, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public Join the conversation on Twitter #ateachersjourney About the performance: This ethnodramatic performance tells the story of a beginning teacher's first year in the Chicago Public Schools and her efforts to make a difference in a third grade classroom with 16 boys and 5 girls, where about half the students had not been promoted the previous school year. The first year teacher shares stories of the year's struggles, successes, and the students she cared for most.

2013 Annual Motorola Lecture - "Building new majorities: Achieving racial and gender equity in life and politics"

Mar 21, 2013, 7:00-8:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public. Race and gender discrimination play an enormous role in all of our institutions, including media. This lecture will provide concepts, tools, and stories that help us close gaps and generate unity. A leading figure in the racial justice movement, Rinku Sen has positioned the Applied Research Center as a national home for media, research and activism for social change.
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Panel Discussion on Mental Health and the Prison Industrial Complex

Jan 21, 2013, 12:30-2:00 pm EST
Anderson Room, Michigan Union
Panelists Include: Deborah Golden, J.D., a staff attorney with the DC Prisoners Project, focuses on litigation of constitutional claims on behalf of prisoners in federal and state courts. Among her current cases is a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons for allegedly failing to diagnose and treat prisoners with mental illness.
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Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Race, incarceration, and American values

Oct 29, 2012, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall
Policy Talks @ the Ford School Free and open to the public. Lecture by Glenn Loury Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University. From the speaker's bio: Glenn C. Loury is a distinguished academic economist who has contributed to a variety of areas in applied microeconomic theory. He has written over 200 essays and reviews on racial inequality and social policy that have appeared in dozens of influential journals of public affairs in the U.S. and abroad.

The Other America: Then and Now - One nation, (in)divisible: The future of inequality in America

Sep 11, 2012, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Rackham Graduate School, Rackham Auditorium
How big is the current cultural, economic, and social divide? How does it differ from the divide Michael Harrington brought to light 50 years ago in his book, The Other America? What is the role of government as inequality rises? What can be done to close the gap? Syndicated columnist, Clarence Page, will moderate this debate between Jared Bernstein and Charles Murray on the future of inequality in America. Presented by the National Poverty Center at the Gerald R.
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CLOSUP Lecture Series

Gender and the STEM Trajectory: Evidence from the NLSY97

Apr 25, 2012, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 3rd Floor Seminar Room
CIERS: Causal inference in Education research seminar CIERS Mission: The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodies. This seminar provides a space for doctoral students and faculty from the School of Education, Ford School of Public Policy, and the Departments of Economics, Sociology, Statistics, and Political Science to discuss current research and receive feedback on works-in-progress.
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My Career and Title IX, Lecture by C. Vivian Stringer

Apr 18, 2012, 3:00-4:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public. C. Vivian Stringer is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Rutgers University. With over 40 years of coaching experience, Coach Stringer's unique insights on how the world of sports continues to evolve, she'll share her history as a child growing up in Edenborn, PA, as a basketball/field hockey player at Slippery Rock University and as head women's basketball coach at three different Division I Universities (Cheyney State, University of Iowa and Rutgers University).
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Making Race Heard 2011 Summit

Dec 2, 2011, 10:30 am-2:00 pm EST
School of Social Work Building
Admission is free; tickets are required. Register here for a ticket to attend all Summit events. Making Race Heard is a student-driven initiative at the University of Michigan School of Social Work that aims to bring race to the forefront of our experiences as professionals and future social workers. Despite primarily serving Detroit and surrounding areas, there was a general lack of acknowledgement around how race affects our work and so this monthly series was developed.
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Making Race Heard 2011 Summit Kick-off Event

Nov 29, 2011, 7:00-11:00 pm EST
Weill Hall
Admission is free; tickets are required. Register here for a ticket to attend all Summit events. Making Race Heard is a student-driven initiative at the University of Michigan School of Social Work that aims to bring race to the forefront of our experiences as professionals and future social workers. Despite primarily serving Detroit and surrounding areas, there was a general lack of acknowledgement around how race affects our work and so this monthly series was developed.

Women and Work

Nov 7, 2011, 3:00-11:00 pm EST
Lane Hall
Free and open to the public. The panel examines current issues that confront women in the workplace. Consideration of workplace victimization, the integration of gendered and professional identities, and the effect of gender-hostile work environments on attributions of success will be addressed. This event is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women & Gender.
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Threading a Very Fine Needle: Race, Gender, and the Public Policy of Reproductive Genetic Policies

Nov 22, 2010, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall
Sujatha Jesudason is the founder and Executive Director of Generations Ahead (http://www.generations- ahead.org/), an organization that seeks to advance a social justice perspective in the public policy debates on genetic technologies. She began working at the intersection of race, reproduction, and genetics at the Center for Genetics and Society in 2004, and has been active as an organizer, advocate, and researcher in communities of color and on women's liberation issues for over 19 years.
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CLOSUP Lecture Series

For-Profit Colleges: Education or Exploitation?

Nov 18, 2010, 4:30-6:00 pm EST
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
For-profit colleges are under fire. Critics point to students' low earnings and high debt loads as evidence that these schools do not provide a quality education. Defenders of the sector note that the schools serve a population of low-skilled, low-income students that traditional colleges ignore. Congress is now considering legislation that would bar from the federal aid programs any schools whose graduates' earnings fall below a minimum threshold.
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CLOSUP Lecture Series

Mortgage Credit and Racial Segregation

Nov 1, 2010, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EDT
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Abstract: This paper shows that the mortgage credit boom has significantly affected urban and school racial segregation from 1995 to 2007. We develop a model of urban segregation with credit constraints that shows that easier credit can either increase or decrease segregation, depending on the race of the marginal consumer who benefits from the expansion of credit. We then use school demographics from 1995 to 2007, matched to a national comprehensive dataset of mortgage originations, to document the link between credit supply and schools' racial demographics.
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The Policy and Politics of the Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative

Mar 29, 2010, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public. Panelists: Moderator: Jeffrey D. Padden, President of Public Policy Associates, Inc. Patricia L. Caruso, Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections, 2003-present; Peter Luke, Lansing correspondent for Booth Newspapers; John Proos, State Representative (R-St.
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Immigration, Public Policy, and the Skills Debate

Nov 19, 2009, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall
Reception to follow. Immigration is increasingly changing the composition of the American population. From 1970 to 2003, the foreign-born share of the U.S. population increased from less than 5% to more than 12%. Though this dramatic increase has occurred disproportionately in a few regions, the effects of immigration are increasingly felt across the country. Alongside this rapid increase, debate regarding the effects of immigration has also ramped up.
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Addressing Poverty in Troubled Times: an International Perspective on the U.S., North America and the World

Nov 12, 2009, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
School of Social Work, Educational Conference Center, Room 1840. 1080 S. University Street, Ann Arbor 48109
Mary Jo Bane is the Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Management and Academic Dean, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is also the Chair of the Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences (MLD) and Leadership at the Kennedy School. Prior to that she was Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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The Economy, Public Policy and Poverty in the U.S.: What Changes Can President Obama Make?

Jun 24, 2009, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Sheldon H. Danziger Professor Danziger is the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Research Professor at the Population Studies Center. His research focuses on social welfare policies and on the effects of economic, demographic, and public policy changes on trends in poverty and inequality.
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The Economy, Public Policy and Poverty in the U.S.: What Changes Can President Obama Make?

Jun 24, 2009, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT
Betty Ford Classroom
Professor Danziger is the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Research Professor at the Population Studies Center. His research focuses on social welfare policies and on the effects of economic, demographic, and public policy changes on trends in poverty and inequality. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, Director of the National Poverty Center, and Director of the Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy.
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