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Dinner for democracy: Race and the criminal justice system

Oct 22, 2021, 5:00-6:20 pm EDT
This virtual event will be a question-and-answer style panel with Eli Savit, Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney; Victoria Burton-Harris, Washtenaw County Chief Assistant; Dr. Jeremiah Wade Olsen, professor at UM-Flint; and Alyshia Dyer (MPP/MSW’22), former Washtenaw County Deputy Sheriff.
Racial Foundations of Public Policy

William Darity: Racial foundations of income and wealth inequality

Oct 12, 2021, 4:00 pm EDT
Dr. William Darity—director of the Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University—will join Dr. Celeste-Watkins-Hayes in conversation as part of a virtual series on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy.
Racial Foundations of Public Policy

Racial foundations of criminal justice policy

Sep 28, 2021, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Dr. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve—author of "Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court"—will join Dr. Celeste-Watkins-Hayes in conversation as part of a virtual series on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy.
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Racial Foundations of Public Policy

Racial foundations of labor market policy

Sep 14, 2021, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Dr. Trevon Logan—who specializes in economic history, economic demography and applied microeconomics—will join Dr. Watkins-Hayes in conversation as part of a virtual series on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy.
Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination Series

Lobbying and mass incarceration

Mar 11, 2021, 12:00-12:50 pm EST
Broderick Johnson, a Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School, will lead the discussion on lobbying and mass incarceration.
Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination Series

History, reparations and policy 2.0

Feb 18, 2021, 12:00-12:50 pm EST
As part of the Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination Discussion Series, faculty discussant, Earl Lewis, will share knowledge and ideas about history, reparations and policy. 
Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination Series

Race, media and political attitudes

Nov 12, 2020, 12:00-12:50 pm EST
Faculty discussant, Mara Ostfeld will discuss emerging trends in race, media and political attitudes.
Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Policing reform or revolution?

Oct 30, 2020, 3:00-4:00 pm EDT
Join us for a panel discussion on police reform and mass incarceration. Featured panelists include Lisa Daugaard, Director of the Public Defender Association in Seattle, Broderick Johnson, Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School and Chairman of My Brothers Keeper Alliance, and David Klinger, Professor of Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Professor Christian Davenport will moderate the conversation. 
Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination Series

Political Conflict

Oct 7, 2020, 12:00-12:50 pm EDT
Join faculty discussant, Christian Davenport, to hear about political conflict.

2020 Tanner Lecture on Human Values: "Theorizing Racial Justice"

Feb 12, 2020, 4:00-6:00 pm EST
Rackham Auditorium
The 2020 Tanner Lecture will be given by prominent philosopher Charles Mills. The lecture will look at racial justice from a philosophical point of view: whether it’s worth singling out, how it’s demarcated from other kinds of justice, what are its different dimensions, the relation between distributive and corrective justice, which normative framework to employ, etc. 
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Chloë Cheyenne: Masterclass in Activism

Mar 5, 2024 1:19:51

Chloë Cheyenne will be in conversation with Christian Davenport, PhD about COMMUNITYx, a digital platform for activism, founded by Cheyenne, that connects like-minded changemakers to take collective action on social justice-oriented causes.

Kyra Harris Bolden: Justice across generations

Nov 13, 2023 1:31:29

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden discusses her journey to the Michigan Supreme Court and the intersection of race and the law in the past and present. November, 2023.

Lourdes Rivera: Pregnancy Justice

Nov 8, 2023 1:20:33

Pregnancy Justice president Lourdes Rivera delivers the 2023 Omenn-Darling Health Policy keynote address alongside Professor Paula Lantz on the landscape of reproductive rights in the U.S., both legally and through a racial and social justice lens

Bianca Wilson: LGBTQ rights

Oct 27, 2022 1:15:29

Bianca Wilson discusses LGBTQ rights in a 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. October, 2022.

Leseliey Welch: Maternal health equity

Oct 27, 2022 0:57:58

Ford School Towsley Policymaker in Residence Abdul El-Sayed discusses reproductive and birth justice with Co-founder of Birth Detroit and Birth Center Equity, and former Deputy Director of the Detroit Health Department, Leseliey Welch.

Immigration reform and racial justice

Feb 17, 2022 0:59:07

Ann Chih Lin discusses the impact of immigration reform policies as part of a larger struggle to advance racial justice. February, 2022.