DEI Summit

  1. October 9, 2023

    Panel explores hip-hop, CRT connections at DEI Summit assembly

    A panel explored hip-hop’s position within music and the entertainment industry and how its culture intersects with prominent racial injustice issues during U-M’s 2023 DEI Summit community assembly.

  2. October 2, 2023

    DEI Summit to explore critical race theory, hip-hop

    This year’s DEI Summit will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and highlight its intersection with critical race theory, celebrating and exploring the power of storytelling as a driving force for social change.

  3. October 12, 2022

    DEI Summit speaks to nurturing the heart, mind and soul

    Members of the U-M community gathered in person for the first time in three years to hear messages behind the theme “DEI: Nurturing the Heart, Mind, & Soul” at the sixth annual DEI Summit.

  4. September 30, 2022

    DEI Summit to focus on humanity, mental health, spiritual diversity

    The U-M community will have a chance to examine the role of the arts in supporting humanity, mental health and wellness, and religious and spiritual diversity at the 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit.

  5. September 26, 2022

    DEI leaders to present campus climate survey results

    A majority of the U-M community rates progress made in the campus climate related to diversity, equity and inclusion as being much or somewhat better than at the start of the DEI strategic plan in 2016.

  6. October 11, 2021

    Journalist urges audience to ‘opt in’ to confront ‘twin plagues’

    Award-winning journalist and entrepreneur Soledad O’Brien said COVID-19 and racial injustice are “twin plagues,” with the pandemic magnifying longstanding inequalities that need to be confronted.

  7. September 27, 2021

    DEI Summit to explore structural racism amid COVID-19

    U-M’s 2021 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit will explore the interwoven nature of COVID-19 and structural racism and how, in order to solve either issue, both must be addressed.

  8. October 26, 2020

    DEI Summit speakers focus on role of art in social justice

    The presenters at U-M’s 2020 DEI Summit highlighted the intersection of art and social justice as they encouraged people to use their voices and talents as mechanisms for change.

  9. October 12, 2020

    DEI Summit to view anti-racism through artistic prism

    The theme for U-M’s 2020 DEI Summit is “Arts + Social Change: Building an Anti-Racist World through the Arts,” which will be featured at a virtual campuswide community assembly Oct. 26.

  10. October 7, 2019

    Embracing DEI is key to success, Jones tells summit crowd

    DEI Summit keynote speaker Van Jones says the ability to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion is a superpower, and the people who have it will be better poised for success.