racial justice

Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at the U.S.

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.

The Ford School welcomes Montgomery, AL, Mayor Steven Reed to Weill Hall for an event in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. January, 2024.

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.

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

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day, the Ford School welcomes former US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson. January, 2023.    

Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt and Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes discuss the intersection of law, policy, and the criminal justice system. December, 2022. 

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.

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.

Facilitated by faculty discussant Joshua Basseches, this session focuses on policy within and beyond environmental justice as it intersects with issues of so

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

University of Michigan Ford School Dean Michael Barr and United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves on working to revive the economy while combating the racist systems embedded within it. January 17, 2022.

Faculty discussant Bill Bynum, Towsley Policymaker in Residence, will focus on the role of policy to advance economic opportunity for disenfranchised populations. January 12, 2022.

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

With Abdul El-Sayed, this session focuses on health equity, why it matters, and the role of policy in creating equitable outcomes. November, 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.

Broderick Johnson, a Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School, leads a discussion on lobbying and mass incarceration. Part of the Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination Discussion Series.

Join us for a discussion with Rebecca Carroll on her new book, Surviving the White Gaze with Beth Chimera, writing instructor at the Ford School Writing Center, moderating the discussion. March, 2021.

Mitch Landrieu, Earl Lewis, and Kristin Hass discuss the crucial role practice and policy play today in shaping our nation’s legacies, in a conversation moderated by Christina Olsen. January 2021.

"Delivering Credit to Entrepreneurs of Color Impacted by COVID-19: Why Community Financial Institutions Are Essential", Aspen Institute, Economic Opportunities Program, featuring Dean Michael Barr