• Auditorium o Modern Language Building
• 812 East Washington Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor presents:

The MLK Children and Youth Program aims to expose K-12 students to the legacy and ideals of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with an emphasis on aiding young people to act on these ideals today. In addition to focusing on events of historical authenticity and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, we discover and discuss contemporary issues regarding race, class, social justice, diversity, and societal change as it affects and applies to current K-12 students. Throughout the day, students enjoy a rich mixture of entertainment and enriching learning through a range of cultural and educational activities.

Is RSVP required? Yes

RSVP form:

www.myumi.ch/soe-MLK

Event Contact Info

• Henry Meares
• (734)-323-4237
• hmeares@umich.edu
• http://www.myumi.ch/soe-MLK

• The Well McCabe
• 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, Washington 20016

Health Studies, American University presents:

The Sister Circle student and faculty organization at American University will host a watch party of the MLK Keynote Lecture livestream and discuss.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Celeste Davis
• (202)-774-8209
• cdavis@american.edu
• http://american.edu

• 1500 EECS
• 1301 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2122

Electrical and Computer Engineering presents:

All members of the North Campus Community are invited to watch the MLK Keynote Lecture with us in 1500 EECS. We especially encourage the students, staff, and faculty of ECE to join us. We plan to have a moderated discussion following the keynote lecture. Overflow space will be available in EECS 1005 if we fill EECS 1500.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Kristen Thorton
• (734)-647-1758
• thorntok@umich.edu
• https://terry.engin.umich.edu/

• 225- Resource Area Galleria Building
• 1214 S. University Ave., 2nd Floor, Suite B Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

IGR presents:

Join IGR in commemorating social justice activist Angela Davis during her Keynote address at the 2020 MLK Day Symposium. All IGR students, faculty, and staff, as well as our neighbors in U-M Advance and the Center for Educational Outreach are welcome to attend. We will be gathering in the IGR Resource Area.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Elizabeth Beckett
• (734)-763-2733
• beckette@umich.edu
• http://igr.umich.edu

• 111 Boyer
• 201 E. Hoover Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Information & Technology Services presents:

ITS staff and others who can’t make it to Hill Auditorium for the MLK Memorial Keynote Lecture are invited to watch a live stream from ITS facilities.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Jeanne Mackey
• (734)-763-7201
• mackeyj@umich.edu
• http://its.umich.edu

• 2015 Administrative Services Building
• 1009 Greene St. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Information & Technology Services presents:

ITS staff and others who can’t make it to Hill Auditorium for the MLK Memorial Keynote Lecture are invited to watch a live stream from ITS facilities.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Jeanne Mackey
• (734)-763-7201
• mackeyj@umich.edu
• https://its.umich.edu/about/dei

• Arbor Lakes South Dome Arbor Lakes Building 3
• 4251 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Information & Technology Services presents:

ITS staff and others who can’t make it to Hill Auditorium for the MLK Memorial Keynote Lecture are invited to watch a live stream from ITS facilities.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Jeanne Mackey
• (734)-763-7201
• mackeyj@umich.edu
• http://its.umich.edu

• Suite 10 Victor’s Way
• 950 Victor’s Way Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108

Information & Technology Services presents:

ITS staff and others who can’t make it to Hill Auditorium for the MLK Memorial Keynote Lecture are invited to watch a live stream from ITS facilities.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Aimee Lahann
• (734)-764-5641
• aimeelem@umich.edu
• http://its.umich.edu

• Auditorium Hill Auditorium
• 825 N University Ave Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

The University of Michigan Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium welcomes: Angela Davis, American political activist, academic and author

(Doors open at 9:30 AM. Free and open to the public. No tickets needed.)

Through her activism and scholarship over the last decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in our nation’s quest for social justice. Her work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial and gender justice.

Professor Davis’s teaching career has taken her to San Francisco State University, Mills College and UC Berkeley. She also has taught at UCLA, Vassar, the Claremont Colleges, and Stanford University. She spent the last fifteen years at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she is now Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Consciousness, an interdisciplinary Ph.D program, and of Feminist Studies.

Angela Davis is the author of nine books and has lectured throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and South America. In recent years a persistent theme of her work has been the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination. She draws upon her own experiences in the early 1970s as a person who spent 18 months in jail and on trial after being placed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted List.” Davis has also conducted extensive research on numerous issues related to race, gender and imprisonment. Her most recent book is Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement.

Davis is a founding member of Critical Resistance, a national organization dedicated to the dismantling of the prison industrial complex. Internationally, she is affiliated with Sisters Inside, an abolitionist organization based in Queensland, Australia, that works in solidarity with women in prison.

Like many other educators, Professor Davis is especially concerned with the general tendency to devote more resources and attention to the prison system than to educational institutions. Having helped to popularize the notion of a “prison industrial complex,” she now urges her audiences to think seriously about the future possibility of a world without prisons and to help forge a 21st century abolitionist movement.

Sponsors:
University of Michigan Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium,
Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, a unit in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,
Michigan Athletics, and Stephen M. Ross School of Business with support from the William K. McInally Memorial Lecture Fund.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Lumas J. Helaire
• (734)-936-1055
• mlksymposiuminfo@umich.edu
• https://oami.umich.edu/um-mlk-symposium/

• Ann Arbor Room Orchestra Place
• 3663 Woodward Ave., suite 150 Detroit, Michigan 48201

University of Michigan Detroit Center presents:

Join us for a day of activity as we celebrate the legacy of Dr. King.

10:00-11:30am Keynote Lecture streamed from Campus
11:30am-12:30pm Luncheon
12:30-2:00pm Panel Discussion: “Whose Huddled Masses?”. Whose Huddled Masses?

Immigration has been a hot topic in the news. Migrant caravans, demands for a wall, and ICE raids have dominated headlines across the country. One could easily see the current environment as hostile to immigrants. However, from “No Irish Need Apply” signs posted in stores in the 1850’s to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to restricting the entry of Arabs after 9/11 the US has always been a challenging place for immigrants to enter. Join us as we place today’s events in historical perspective of US immigration policy.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Feodies Shipp
• (313)-593-0927
• dini@umich.edu
• http://www.detroit.umich.edu/detroit-center

• 3358 Duderstadt Center
• 2281 Bonisteel Boulevard, 2001 Duderstadt Center Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Duderstadt Center DEI committee and North Campus Administrative Professionals (NCAP) presents:

All members of the North Campus Community are invited to watch the MLK Keynote Lecture with us in 3358 DC. We especially encourage the students, staff, and faculty of The Duderstadt Center and NCAP to join us. We plan to have an informal discussion following the keynote lecture. Light snacks will be provided.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Victoria McIntyre
• (734)-647-7300
• vmcintyr@umich.edu
• http://dc.umich.edu

• Annenberg Auditorium (1120) Weill Hall
• 735 S. State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Weiser Diplomacy Center presents: A conversation with Ambassador Susan Rice

Lunch available beginning at 11:30 am. This event will be livestreamed. Please check fordschool.umich.edu just before the event for viewing details.

Join us for an arm-chair conversation between Ambassador Susan Rice and Michael Barr, Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, as they discuss Ambassador Rice’s distinguished career and her book, Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For. Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy—as National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations—Ambassador Rice’s memoir delivers an inspiring account of a life in service to family and country.

Is RSVP required? Yes

RSVP form:

http://bit.ly/37pWXbx

Event Contact Info

• Erin Flores
• (734)-615-7545
• erinren@umich.edu
• http://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/tough-love-my-story-things-worth-fighting

• Sankofa Lounge Trotter Multicultural Center
• 428 S. State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Students Against Educational Inequity presents:

In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy, we’ll be hosting a panel entitled “Dreams for our Students: Educational Equity and Innovation in Metro-Detroit Schools” and networking lunch to engage Wolverines around the problem of educational inequity in Detroit and the ways in which diverse leaders are innovating and expanding opportunity for students.

Current panelists includes: Jen McMillan (Founder of Detroit Prep) and Djeneba Cherif (Senior Director of Curriculum and Instruction at University Prep Schools)

Is RSVP required? Yes

RSVP form:

http://bit.ly/dreamsforourstudents

Event Contact Info

• Caitlin Waters
• (248)-444-7623
• caitlin.waters@teachforamerica.org
• teachforamerica.org/how-to-join

• 1255 Angell Hall
• 435 S. State St. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

LSA Student Academic Affairs presents:

This year’s MLK Symposium theme, “The Costs of Activism”, reflects the challenges of activism, broadly defined. Standing up against racism, classism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of bias, as well as taking action to support the voices of others, can entail both positive and negative challenges. Reflecting on these stories can be empowering and help build community.

We invite members of the University community to share their brief (2-4 minute) stories through written or spoken word, performance pieces, poems, art, music, or song. We encourage you to connect your story to the theme of “The Costs of Activism.” This is an opportunity to tell your story among supportive listeners because (y)our stories matter!

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Kelly Gildersleeve
• (734)-764-0332
• kgilders@umich.edu
• http://lsa.umich.edu/advising

• Stamps Auditorium Walgreen Drama Center
• 1226 Murfin Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

The Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Center for Engineering Diversity & Outreach presents:

This event will begin with a screening of Me, the “Other” (www.metheotherfilm.com). This is a documentary film about the inner and outer lives of twelve college students at U-M and nearby schools, living on the frontlines of prejudices around race, ethnicity, religion, gender, class, age, physical and mental health, and sexual orientation. We will follow the film with a panel discussion, with representation from students, staff, and faculty, exploring ways to improve inclusiveness and equity in the College of Engineering. All event participants will then be invited to a catered reception, including an interactive wall where you can share your own stories’ contributions to our rich, diverse Michigan community and your ideas for strengthening our community and improving its inclusiveness and equity.

1:00-2:30 PM – Screening of the documentary film, Me the “Other”
2:30-3:15 PM – Panel Discussion
3:15-4:00 PM – Mixer

-The film will be introduced by its director and co-producer, Shidan Majidi
-The panel discussion will be moderated by Robert Scott of CEDO; panelists will include Dean Alec Gallimore, students, faculty and staff from the College of Engineering
-Panelists will attend the mixer for follow-up questions from individuals

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Aerospace Engineering DEI Committee see email
• Email: ae-deicommittee@umich.edu
• https://aero.engin.umich.edu/

• 3222 Angell Hall
• 435 S. State St. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Philosophy presents: Tommie Shelby (Harvard University)

This talk tackles one of the biggest challenges to contemporary black political solidarity in the United States: class differences among blacks. Although they favor class-based solidarity, many Marxists are sharply critical of race-based solidarity and antiracist identity politics. They believe, for example, that this form of politics largely serves the interests of the black professional-managerial class. The black working class should, these leftists think, seek allies among the broader multiracial working class and in the labor movement. Such Marxists also maintain that race-based politics wrongly subordinates class to race rather than viewing race and class as inextricably related and fundamentally structured by capital-labor relations. I share some of the skepticism that thinkers on the left have toward identity politics and antiracist activism. But they often take their criticisms too far. I offer a partial vindication of black solidarity by responding to what I take to be the most powerful Marxist critiques of it.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Simon Nyi
• (734)-647-9596
• phil.events@umich.edu
• http://lsa.umich.edu/philosophy

• Dow Auditorium at Towsley Center University Hospital
• 1515 Hospital Dr. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

University of Michigan Health Sciences presents: Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome

The University of Michigan Health Sciences Committee presents its 30th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Lecture featuring Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome.

Dr. White-Newsome is a senior program officer at The Kresge Foundation, responsible for the Environment Program’s grant portfolio on Climate Resilient and Equitable Water Systems (CREWS). She is a researcher on climate, health, and equity, and is also a core team member of Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity Initiative, supporting grantmaking across the public health sector. Dr. White-Newsome earned her PhD from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

There will be refreshments served at a reception following the lecture.

The event is sponsored by the Health Sciences Planning Committee, which includes the School of Dentistry, the School of Kinesiology, the School of Nursing – Ann Arbor campus, the School of Nursing – Flint Campus, the School of Public Health, the School of Social Work, the College of Pharmacy, the Medical School/Office for Health Equity and Inclusion (OHEI)/Michigan Medicine, the U-M Flint College of Health Sciences, and the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR).

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Nichole Burnside
• (734)-764-0786
• washingn@umich.edu
• https://sph.umich.edu/

• Michigan League Ballroom 2nd Floor Michigan League
• 911 N. University Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

University Library MLK presents: Cheryl Brown Henderson

Cheryl Brown Henderson will speak to the audience regarding the experiences she faced in relation to the landmark case. Cheryl Brown Henderson is a name recognized by many in America today and in American History. One of three children born to Oliver Brown, Brown-Henderson and her family, with the help of the Topeka NAACP, became the lead plaintiffs in the landmark Supreme Court case known as “Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka. The decision in this case sent ripple effects across the country. Schools were able to integrate at the conclusion of this case. What Brown-Henderson and her family had to endure from those who were against the decision is unimaginable. The decision of the Brown v Board of Education case is considered a major milestone in the Civil Rights Movement. Cheryl Brown Henderson is a wonderful speaker to speak about her experiences related to civil rights and social justice.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Jamaine Wourman
• (734)-355-7236
• jwourman@umich.edu
• https://www.lib.umich.edu/events/brown-v-board-of-education

• U-M Diag

Michigan Community Scholars Program presents:

The Michigan Community Scholars Program will celebrate MLK and his legacy with the community at our 14th Annual Circle of Unity. Join hundreds of University and community participants for this annual event celebrating the life of Dr. King and his legacy of racial justice, nonviolence, and unity. All are welcome: students, staff, faculty, families, and children, as the audience is encouraged to participate as we honor Martin Luther King Jr. through song, dance, and spoken word. We will be joined by local musician favorites, Joe Reilly and Julie Beutel, in addition to performances by the Michigan Gospel Chorale, Smile Bringer Singers, and spoken word artists.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Mya Haynes
• (708)-506-1677
• myahayne@umich.edu
• https://lsa.umich.edu/mcsp

• Wolverine Room Michigan League
• 911 N. University Av ann arbor, Michigan 48105

Veterans For Peace/UM Veterans Affairs Office presents:

Before Dr. King’s tragic death, he was speaking out more and more against war (i.e. as part of “the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation”) even though some criticized him for doing so. Even today, on Martin Luther King Day, it is quite uncommon for any mention of his thoughts on war as such teachings still make many people uncomfortable.

With that said, the local Chapter of Veterans For Peace will present a talk titled “What They Did Not Want Martin Talking About” which concentrates on his speeches relating to war and militarism, showing them as relevant today as they were nearly 50 years ago.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Bill Shea
• (734)-662-0818
• billshea@umich.edu
• http://vfp93.org

• 1430 ISR – Thompson
• 426 Thompson Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

Institute for Social Research presents:

MLK’s Legacy for Social and Behavioral Science Research: Perspectives from New Scholars
2:30 pm, Monday, January 20, 2020 at the Institute for Social Research, 1430 ISR Thompson.

A reception will follow after the panel discussion in the ISR Atrium.

Unpacking Risk and Resilience among Urban Black Emerging Adult Men: A Quantitative Intersectional
Analysis
Lloyd M. Talley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Research and Training Center
University of Michigan School of Social Work

Multidimensional Inequalities: Examining the Health Consequences of Race, Skin Color, and Context
Taylor W. Hargrove, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Making A Dream A Reality: My Path to Understanding Cognitive Health in Blacks,
DeAnnah R. Byrd, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Gerontology
Wayne State University

Moderator:
David C. Wilson, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for the Social Sciences
Professor, Political Science and Psychological & Brain Sciences
University of Delaware

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Anna Beattie
• (734)-763-9989
• abeattie@umich.edu
• http://isr.umich.edu

• 1225 Jeffries Hall
• 701 S. State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-3091

Law School presents: Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson

As we honor the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Law School invites you to our annual event. Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson will deliver this year’s speech. This lecture addresses the pivotal (but largely “invisible”) leadership contributions that African American women have made from the Civil Rights Movement to the present.

The Hon. Jackson is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Marielle Toonen
• (734)-764-2113
• mtoonen@umich.edu
• http://law.umich.edu/events

• 1360 East Hall
• 530 Church Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Mathematics presents: Professor Ricardo Cortez

TITLE: Mathematics and Participation in Mathematics: Lessons From Marjorie Lee Browne’s Life

ABSTRACT: Marjorie Lee Browne loved mathematics. She is perhaps best known as a mathematics educator who worked tirelessly to strengthen secondary school teacher preparation. We can only speculate on her potential research contributions that were never realized due to discriminatory hiring practices at the time. As an educator, she worked to increase the participation of Blacks in mathematics by exposing students to its beauty and new opportunities. Seventy years after her PhD, the efforts to increase the participation in mathematics of African American, Latinx, and Native American students, who deserve this opportunity, continues — but the success is moderate. The speaker will describe his connection to Marjorie Lee Browne and his approaches to advancing mathematics, teacher preparation, and increasing the participation of marginalized populations in mathematics. He will highlight ways in which all attendees can become actively involved in such efforts.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Suzanne Rogers
• (734)-647-4462
• suzannej@umich.edu
• https://lsa.umich.edu/math/seminars/marjorie-lee-brown-colloquium-mlkday.html

• Chesebrough Auditorium Chysler Building
• 2121 Bonisteel Blvd. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

College of Architecture, College of Engineering, School of Art & Design, & School of Music, Threatre & Dance presents:

This annual north campus event is hosted by the Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, the College of Engineering, Stamps School of Art & Design, School of Music, Theatre & Dance in conjunction with Arts Engine and the Duderstadt Center as part of the University of Michigan’s MLK Symposium to honor and commemorate the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Martin Luther King Spirit Awards are given to students, student organizations, staff, and faculty members at the University of Michigan North Campus who exemplify the leadership and vision of Dr. King through their commitment to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

There will be a reception following the awards ceremony.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Purabi Devi
• (734)-647-7120
• nc-mlk-award-comm@umich.edu
• https://cedo.engin.umich.edu/diversity/programs/mlk-spirit-awards/

• 4701 Haven Hall
• 505 S. State St. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Department of Afroamerican and African Studies with the National Council of Negro Women U-M Chapter presents:

Betty & Coretta is a 2013 American drama film directed by Yves Simoneau and written by Shem Bitterman and Ron Hutchinson. The film stars Mary J. Blige, Angela Bassett, Gloria Reuben, Malik Yoba, Tyler Hynes and Benz Antoine.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Elizabeth James
• (734)-764-5517
• ecnirp@umich.edu
• https://lsa.umich.edu/daas

• Keene Theater East Quad
• 701 E University Ave Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

The Guild Poetry Inc. presents:

Brace yourself for an elegant ensemble of poetry highlighting the life, legacy, and activism of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event will address the contemporary perception of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and raise thought-provoking questions about how our society measures against King’s vision.

From performing for TEDx and the Detroit Pistons to Oxford and the Motown Museum, the award-winning poets of The Guild have assembled their talents to curate a poetry showcase that will be sure to inspire, challenge, and engage audiences of all backgrounds. The performance will feature Michigan-based poets including Justin Gordon, Candace Jackson, Mikhaella Norwood, Mariah Smith, Darius Simpson, Mercedes Pergande, Alex Kime, and actor Kate Mendeloff.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• William Royster
• (269)-364-5576
• iamwilliamroyster@gmail.com
• http://theguildpoets.com

• 111 Boyer
• 201 E. Hoover Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Information & Technology Services presents:

The Diversity Thumball is a fun training tool that tackles DEI topics with smarts and sensitivity. We toss it around in a group and ask participants to share their reaction to whatever prompt lies under their thumb. It’s a way to start moving beyond our (mis)education!

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Monica Hickson
• (734)-615-5422
• hicksonm@umich.edu
• http://its.umich.edu

• 1010 Weiser Hall
• 500 Church Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies presents: Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, U-M.

Professor Juan Cole is the author of Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires, (Nation Books, 2018). Prof. Fred M. Donner of the University of Chicago said that Cole “draws deeply on the text of the Qur’an and on a vast selection of the best modern scholarship to make a convincing case for Muhammad as apostle of tolerance and peace. Cole shows how this original message of peace, consistently articulated in the Qur’an, was distorted by later Islamic tradition and denied by more than a thousand years of European polemic against Islam.” This event is free and open to the public.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Gabrielle Graves
• (734)-647-4143
• gabmg@umich.edu
• https://ii.umich.edu/cmenas

• 1014 Tisch
• 435 S. State St. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Department of Afroamerican and African Studies/History presents: Barbara Ransby (History; Gender and Women’s Studies; and African American Studies, UIC)

Barbara Ransby is an historian, writer, and longtime political activist. Ransby has published dozens of articles and essays in popular and scholarly venues. She is most notably the author of an award-winning biography of civil rights activist Ella Baker, entitled Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision(University of North Carolina, 2003), which won no less than six major awards.

Ransby’s most recent book is Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson (Yale University Press, January 2013). She serves on the editorial boards of The Black Commentator (an online journal); the London-based journal, Race and Class; the Justice, Power and Politics Series at University of North Carolina Press; and the Scholar’s Advisory Committee of Ms. magazine. In the summer of 2012 she became the second Editor-in-Chief of SOULS, a critical journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society published quarterly.

Professor Ransby received a BA in History from Columbia University and an MA and PhD in History from the University of Michigan.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Elizabeth James
• (734)-764-5517
• ecnirp@umich.edu
• https://lsa.umich.edu/daas

• 5511 Haven
• 505 S. State St. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Department of Afroamerican and African Studies presents: Earl Lewis, Director of the University of Michigan Center for Social Solutions and Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies

Four hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed.
“1619,” a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, examines the long shadow of that fateful moment. The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan will be sharing these podcasts and discussing the episodes with various members of our faculty and staff over the month of January 2020.

Episode 4: Black Americans were denied access to doctors and hospitals for decades. From the shadows of this exclusion, they pushed to create the nation’s first federal health care programs. On today’s episode: Jeneen Interlandi, a member of The New York Times’s editorial board and a writer for The Times Magazine, and Yaa Gyasi, the author of “Homegoing.”

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Elizabeth James
• (734)-764-5517
• ecnirp@umich.edu
• https://lsa.umich.edu/daas

• 1040 Dana Building
• 440 Church Street, Samuel T. Dana Building Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

SEAS presents: Jose Gonzalez

Join us as we welcome Jose Gonzalez, SEAS Alum and Founder of Latino Outdoors, for a presentation on Stereotypes around Diversity in Outdoors Spaces. This presentation will take place in Samuel T. Dana building (next door to Randall Lab) in room 1040 from 2:30-4pm on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. This event is hosted by the SEAS DEI Office.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Sonia Joshi
• (734)-647-9226
• soniajos@umich.edu
• https://seas.umich.edu/events/11_07_2019/dei_speaker_jose_gonzalez

• 1010 Weiser Hall
• 500 Church Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Donia Human Rights Center presents: Khalil Gibran Muhammad

The history of racism in the South is well known—the chain gangs, lynch mobs and views of black southern criminals that defined the Jim Crow period are, for the most part, common knowledge today. But what do we know about the role the urban North played in shaping views on the intersection of race and crime in American society?

In this talk, Khalil Gibran Muhammad reveals how the idea of black criminality was crucial to the making of modern urban America, as were African Americans’ own ideas about race and crime. In the North, crime statistics, immigration trends, and references to America as the “land of opportunity” were woven into a cautionary tale about the threat Black people posed to modern urban society. Excessive arrest rates and overrepresentation in Northern prisons were pointed to by whites—liberals and conservatives alike—as proof of Blacks’ inferiority. The prevailing feeling was that, in the heyday of “separate but equal,” what else but pathology could explain Black people’s challenges in the “land of opportunity”?

Chronicling the beginning of the deeply embedded notion of Black people as a dangerous race of criminals, Muhammed explores a different side of the history of racism, weaving a narrative that is both engaging and educational. Kahlil Gibran Muhammad is the author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America (Harvard University Press, 2010), which in 2011 won the American Studies Association’s John Hope Franklin Prize, awarded annually to the best book in American studies.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Natasa Gruden-Alajbegovic
• (734)-763-3639
• nalajbeg@umich.edu
• https://ii.umich.edu/humanrights

• Hussey Room Michigan League
• 911 N. University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures presents: Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

“Every time I walk into a classroom, any group of students, or a young audience in Puerto Rico, I request that they give me a lists of abolitionists’ names (abolicionistas o liberadores). MLK is always pronounced. Although this has colonialist reasons concerning our island political status, and while some appear to ignore other crucial personalities within the LIBERACIÓN (freedom movement) inside the Puerto Rican arena, I have learned to use this so called “advantage” to connect with my listeners. This lecture intends to be a reflection of my personal work for the past decade on migration, LGBTTIQ issues, Afroidentity and antiracist popular education inside our communities.”

Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro is an award-winning Afrolesbian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and feminist activist from Puerto Rico. Yolanda addresses both racial and gender issues, and sexual identity in her combative, non-conformist, and creative works. She offers lectures about antiracist, decolonial feminism, LGBTTQ issues and how to be a black woman in today’s society. She is also the Director of the Department of Afro-Puerto Rican Studies, a performative project of Creative Writing based in San Juan, and has founded the Chair of Ancestral Black Women to respond to the invitation promulgated by UN and UNESCO to celebrate the International Decade of Afro- Descendants 2015−2024.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Nicholas Moore
• (734)-763-1338
• mlbthayerevents@umich.edu
• https://events.umich.edu/event/70351

• 1911 (Dermatology Conference Room) Taubman Center
• 1500 E. Medical Center Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Dermatology presents: Nada Elbuluk MD, MSc

Dr. Nada Elbuluk is a clinical assistant professor at USC Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine. She is directs the department’s Skin of Color Program & Pigmentary Disorders Clinic, the Skin of Color Research Fellowship, as well as the Dermatology Diversity & Inclusion Program. In her keynote lecture, Dr. Elbuluk will discuss the history of diversity of dermatology, the current national landscape of diversity in dermatology, and what’s been going at the American Academy of Dermatology level. She will discuss the diversity champion program as well as the work she has done to build a diversity and inclusion program at NYU and USC. Dr. Elbuluk will explore why diversity is an important issue and will examine many other relevant issues such as cultural competence and unconscious bias.

Is RSVP required? Yes

RSVP by emailing or calling the following contact information:

lisclark@med.umich.edu or 734-936-9172

Event Contact Info

• Lisa Tidbury
• (734)-936-9172
• lisclark@med.umich.edu
• https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/dermatology

• G060/ North Entrance William L. Clements Library
• 909 South University Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1190

William L. Clements Library presents: Cheney J. Schopieray

The Rochester (NY) Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society papers (1848-1868) consist of the society’s incoming correspondence about slavery, fugitive slaves, the conditions of freemen, and other progressive issues; printed annual reports; and other items. Abolitionists Frederick Douglass, Julia Wilbur, Julia Griffiths, and others are among the collection’s writers. The William L. Clements Library selected this collection to be fully digitized and made accessible online in a new digitized manuscripts platform that launched in 2019: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/r/rochester/

In this presentation, Curator of Manuscripts Cheney J. Schopieray will provide an overview of the collection and digitization process, as well as an opportunity to examine some of the materials in person.

Is RSVP required? Yes

RSVP form:

http://myumi.ch/erQW4

Event Contact Info

• Tracy Payovich
• (734)-647-0864
• tgierada@umich.edu
• http://clements.umich.edu

• Historic Theater Michigan Theater
• 603 E Liberty Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

The Penny Stamps Speaker Series and the University of Michigan Museum of Art present: Cullen Washington, Jr.

Cullen Washington, Jr.’s work offers meditations on human interconnectivity and “the universal framework that undergirds all things.” Fusing together seemingly disparate concepts via the connective tissues of mixed media, Washington uses non-representational abstraction to understand order, chaos, social relationships, and other natural phenomena. The work takes audiences on a vibrant journey through and with materiality – a concerted and haptic interplay between gestures of painting and drawing and the modes of reproduction.

In the UMMA exhibition “Cullen Washington, Jr.: The Public Square”, his most recent series, Agoras, explores the “agora”— the ancient Greek public space — as a “gathering place” for activated assembly that functions as the heart of the commercial, spiritual, and political life in the city. Washington describes the contemporary agora as an “area of convergence, where the displaced can find a place.”

Washington’s work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum and has been exhibited at the Queens Museum, Saatchi Gallery London, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. He has been an artist in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Yaddo, and The Joan Mitchell Foundation. He is also a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award. His talk is Co-presented by the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series and UMMA.

The exhibition “Cullen Washington, Jr.: The Public Square” will be on view at UMMA January 25 – May 17, 2020.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Department of History of Art.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Lisa Borgsdorf
• (734)-615-9815
• lherbert@umich.edu
• http://umma.umich.edu

• 5511 Haven Hall
• 505 S. State St. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Department of Afroamerican and African Studies presents: Naomi Andre, Associate Director for Faculty; Professor, Arts and Ideas in the Humanities Program, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Women’s Studies

Four hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed.
“1619,” a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, examines the long shadow of that fateful moment. The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan will be sharing these podcasts and discussing the episodes with various members of our faculty and staff over the month of January 2020.

Episode 3: Black music, forged in captivity, became the sound of complete artistic freedom. It also became the sound of America. On today’s episode: Wesley Morris, a critic-at-large for The New York Times.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Elizabeth James
• (734)-764-5517
• ecnirp@umich.edu
• https://lsa.umich.edu/daas

• Michigan Room, Michigan League
• 911 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Department of Middle East Studies and the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies presents: Bryan Roby

“Echoes of the Exodus in Dr. King’s Work” A discussion of Dr. King’s work from the perspective of Judaic understanding of the Biblical Exodus and an examination of the pastoral and social implications of Dr. King’s use of Exodus imagery in his work. Speakers include Dr. Bryan Roby, Assistant Professor, Judaic Studies/Middle East Studies, University of Michigan and Dr. Aaron Chapman, Professor in Homiletics, Ashland Theological Seminary and Pastor of Dedicated to Christ Church. Following their presentations, and audience questions, the Michigan Center will host a light refreshments reception in the Kalamazoo Room of the Michigan League.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Jim Lepowski
• jimlep@umich.edu
• https://lsa.umich.edu/middleeast or https://mcecs.org

• 3000 Michigan Union
• 530 S. State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

University of Michigan presents: Peer Inclusive Education (PIE) Student Facilitators

Racial justice begins with anti-racism. Anti-racism is the active process of identifying and eliminating racism by changing systems, organizational structures, policies, practices, and attitudes so that power is redistributed and shared equitably. This peer-led teach-in will engage analytical frameworks for examining systemic cultural, social, economic, and political forces in the community along with individual reflection. Our hope is to raise critical consciousness, understand the opportunity for actions, and how our resources can be distributed, and all of these are closely relevant to the work, legacy, and dream of Dr. King.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Krishna Han
• (734)-763-9044
• krishh@umich.edu
• http://mesa.umich.edu

• 5511 Haven Hall
• 505 S. State St. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Department of Afroamerican and African Studies presents: Kelly Askew, Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican & African Studies

Four hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed.
“1619,” a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, examines the long shadow of that fateful moment. The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan will be sharing these podcasts and discussing the episodes with various members of our faculty and staff over the month of January 2020 .

Episode 5: parts 1 and 2:

Part 1: More than a century and a half after the promise of 40 acres and a mule, the story of black land ownership in America remains one of loss and dispossession. June and Angie Provost, who trace their family line to the enslaved workers on Louisiana’s sugar-cane plantations, know this story well. The Provosts spoke with Adizah Eghan and Annie Brown, producers for “1619.”
Part 2: The Provosts, a family of sugar-cane farmers in Louisiana, had worked the same land for generations. When it became harder and harder to keep hold of that land, June Provost and his wife, Angie, didn’t know why — and then a phone call changed their understanding of everything. In the finale of “1619,” we hear the rest of June and Angie’s story, and its echoes in a past case that led to the largest civil rights settlement in American history. Discussants: June and Angie Provost; Adizah Eghan and Annie Brown, producers for “1619”; and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, a professor of history, race and public policy at Harvard University and the author of “The Condemnation of Blackness.”

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Elizabeth James
• (734)-764-5517
• ecnirp@umich.edu
• https://lsa.umich.edu/daas

• 111 Boyer
• 201 E. Hoover Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Information & Technology Services presents:

Do you change the way you speak at work? Do you feel you have to modify your behavior, appearance, etc., to adapt to different sociocultural norms of the workplace? Learn more about the roots of Code Switching and how this relates to this year’s MLK theme: The (Mis)Education of US.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Monica Hickson
• (734)-615-5422
• hicksonm@umich.edu
• http://its.umich.edu

• 1840 Educational Conference Center School of Social Work Building
• 1080 S University Ave Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1106

School of Social Work, CASC Minor Program, and Semester in Detroit presents: Tawana (Honeycomb) Petty

The following session will explore themes presented in Tawana Petty’s book Towards Humanity: Shifting the Culture of Anti-Racism Organizing. Through a lecture and panel discussion, the presenter will explore pressing issues facing antiracist organizing and her vision and approach to a humanistic philosophy. Following the lecture, the speaker will moderate a panel with Detroit based organizers navigating questions, themes, and challenges in anti-racist organizing, the role of humanism, and other guiding philosophical principles toward change. This event is co-sponsored by the Community Action and Social Change Minor Program, SSW Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Semester in Detroit Program.

Speaker Biography: Tawana Petty (Honeycomb): is a mother, social justice organizer, youth advocate, poet and author. She is the Director ofPetty Propolis, where she gets to grow through organizing transformative art and education initiatives. Honeycomb is a four-time author and founding member and editor of Riverwise Magazine, a Data Justice Coordinator for the DetroitCommunity Technology Project, a member of the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, a Detroit Equity Action Lab fellow and a board member of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership. To learn more about Tawana “Honeycomb” Petty visit her website at honeycombthepoet.org.

Is RSVP required? Yes

RSVP form:

http://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/rsvp/index.html?eventID=E3932

Event Contact Info

• Amber Williams
• (734)-673-5733
• ambnicol@umich.edu
• http://ssw.umich.edu

• Rackham Auditorium Rackham
• 915 E Washington Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

Wallace House Presents presents: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Rochelle Riley

Journalism is often called the first draft of history. But journalism can also be used as a powerful tool for examining history.

Four hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia, establishing the system of slavery on which the United States was built.

With The 1619 Project, The New York Times is prompting conversation and debate about the legacy of slavery and its influence over American society and culture. From mass incarceration to traffic jams, the project seeks to reframe our understanding of American history and the fight to live up to our nation’s central promise.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Melissa Riley
• (734)-998-7575
• rileyml@umich.edu
• https://wallacehouse.umich.edu/?p=13569

• Multipurpose Room C Trotter Multicultural Center
• 428 S. State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

Spectrum Center presents:

The University of Michigan Spectrum Center is excited to screen From Selma to Stonewall: Are We There Yet? The documentary follows a black, non-LGBTQ retired pastor and Civil Rights foot soldier who marched in Selma in 1965 and a white, lesbian author and Queer activist. They start out exploring the similarities, differences, and conflicts between the Black Civil Rights and LGBTQ Equality movements and find themselves in the midst of today’s struggles—hate crimes, police brutality, anti-LGBTQ religious hostility, and homeless Queer youth.

The film provides an opportunity to delve into the history behind modern equal rights movements, exploring the crossroads between them and fostering invaluable discussions on identity and equality. From Selma to Stonewall: Are We There Yet? is an excellent resource for conveying the significance of these movements while also positioning them in today’s struggles, especially around issues of intersectionality.

Snacks will be provided at the event. For more information about the documentary, visit www.fromselmatostonewall.com

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Mark Chung Kwan Fan
• (517)-438-6837
• markckf@umich.edu
• http://spectrumcenter.umich.edu

• Amphitheater Rackham Building
• 915 E Washington St, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Rackham Graduate School – University of Michigan presents: (TBD)

Come see five Rackham graduate students give TED style talks on the MLK Symposium theme: The (Mis)education of US. A reception with hearty appetizers will follow immediately after.

Is RSVP required? Yes

RSVP form:

https://myumi.ch/jxOAV

Event Contact Info

• Paul Artale
• (734)-647-4566
• artale@umich.edu
• https://rackham.umich.edu/rackham-life/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/king-talks/

• 111 Boyer
• 201 E. Hoover Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Information & Technology Services presents:

The Diversity Café offers open, hosted conversations where we explore DEI-related questions that matter. It’s an opportunity to find common ground and strengthen our DEI communication skills. Our focusing question: “What does it take to shift one’s perception of a group of people, especially given long-held stereotypes?”

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Jeanne Mackey
• (734)-763-7201
• mackeyj@umich.edu
• http://its.umich.edu

• South Dome Arbor Lakes Building 3
• 4251 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105

Information & Technology Services presents:

Do you change the way you speak at work? Do you feel you have to modify your behavior, appearance, etc., to adapt to different sociocultural norms of the workplace? Learn more about the roots of Code Switching and how this relates to this year’s MLK theme: The (Mis)Education of US.

Is RSVP required? No

Event Contact Info

• Monica Hickson
• (734)-615-5422
• hicksonm@umich.edu
• http://its.umich.edu