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Oct 22
Keeping Our Door Open
8:00am, Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
This two-day symposium on refugee resettlement features keynote speakers U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12th District) and Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society). HIAS is the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees.
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Oct 22
Active Minds Panel Discussion
12:00pm, Hatcher Graduate Library
Student panelists tell their own stories. The Council for Disability Concerns produces an annual series of events designed to raise awareness of disability topics on campus and in our community. The events are presented by the University of Michigan Council for Disability Concerns in collaboration with University Human Resources, Michigan Medicine, and University Health Service. All events are free and everyone is welcome. If accommodations are needed, contact disability@umich.edu at least one week in advance.
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Oct 22
Active Minds Panel Discussion
12:00pm, Hatcher Graduate Library
Listen to student panelists tell their own stories. The Council for Disability Concerns produces an annual series of events designed to raise awareness of disability topics on campus and in our community. The events are presented by the University of Michigan Council for Disability Concerns in collaboration with University Human Resources, Michigan Medicine, and University Health Service. All events are free and everyone is welcome. If accommodations are needed, contact disability@umich.edu at least one week in advance.
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Oct 23
Dialogues on Diversity in Science
4:30pm, Power Center for the Performing Arts
Join the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and The Endowment for Basic Sciences at an innovative diversity dialogue event featuring EMMY award-winning actor and diversity trainer Ron Jones. Ron Jones is the executive director of Dialogues on Diversity (DOD), a theatre company that uses theatrical models to make messages of difference, inclusion, and social justice accessible, engaging, and entertaining. At this event, Ron Jones and his cast will create a performance specifically catered to address obstacles faced in our scientific communities and workspaces. RSVP Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QYRPPVJtxrVMICEWsE91a4yDMg2denVc1hQFxm3EGB4/edit?ts=5ba3e8ad
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Oct 23
Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice: the Case of the Jim Crow Museum
6:30pm, Museum of Art
Dr. David Pilgrim, the founder and current director of The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, will discuss the origins of this museum, its segregation era artifacts, and its mission to use these objects of intolerance to teach tolerance. Presented by the University of Michigan Museum Studies Program. Co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Student Life, the School of Information, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Details here: http://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/event/using-racist-memorabilia-to-teach-tolerance-and-promote-social-justice/
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Oct 24
Disability and Accessible Teaching: Current Perspectives and Best Practices
2:30pm, Palmer Commons
Free session but registration required at crlt.umich.edu. The Council for Disability Concerns produces an annual series of events designed to raise awareness of disability topics on campus and in our community. The events are presented by the University of Michigan Council for Disability Concerns in collaboration with University Human Resources, Michigan Medicine, and University Health Service. All events are free and everyone is welcome. If accommodations are needed, contact disability@umich.edu at least one week in advance.
