MLK Symposium
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January 9, 2017
Fab 5 member Ray Jackson tapped as keynote for Trotter Lecture
Ray Jackson is most famously known for being part of the Fab 5 —U-M’s historic 1991 men’s college basketball recruiting class. But most recently, Jackson’s visits to U-M’s Ann Arbor campus have been more about discussing the social climate than picking up a basketball.
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January 9, 2017
Issa Rae, Amy Goodman to deliver MLK Symposium keynote
Golden Globe-nominated actress Issa Rae and “Democracy Now!” host Amy Goodman will deliver the 31st Annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium keynote memorial lecture.
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January 9, 2017
Galvanizing Social Justice through Comics: Joe Sacco
Leading graphic historical novelist Joe Sacco will chronicle how and why he uses the graphic novel format to catalyze social justice and human rights struggles in the U.S. and around the world.
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January 9, 2017
Panel to discuss language’s impact on health disparities
The Division of Public Safety and Security will host a panel discussion on how differences in language among cultures can affect the care African-American patients and families receive in health care settings.
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January 9, 2017
Activist and poet Eli Clare to talk about ‘bad bodies’
Writer, activist and teacher Eli Clare will use poetry and storytelling at his Jan. 27 presentation to discuss how some bodies and communities in society are deemed bad and disposable.
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January 9, 2017
‘The Fannie Lou Hamer Story’ raises awareness of voting rights activist
“The Fannie Lou Hamer Story,” a one-woman musical starring Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye, will tell the story of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and how her work helped lead to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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January 9, 2017
‘Hidden Figures’ author will discuss black women who helped U.S. win space race
Margot Lee Shetterly sheds light on the true story of the “human computers” who used math to change their own lives and their country’s future in her book “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.”
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January 9, 2017
Junot Diaz to give Institute for Social Research lecture
Renowned author Junot Diaz will deliver the 2017 Institute for Social Research MLK Lecture at noon Jan. 18 in the Rackham Auditorium. He is author of “Drown,” “This is How You Lose Her” and “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.
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January 19, 2016
MLK Symposium speaker Tutu encourages social justice activists
Social justice activist and educator Nontombi Naomi Tutu says people don’t have to be the next Martin Luther King Jr. to promote the cause — but they can do their share.
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January 11, 2016
Arboleda to deliver keynote for Business & Finance Convocation
An expert in cross-culture diversity and inclusion, Teja Arboleda, will take the stage as keynote speaker and performer for the 2016 Business & Finance MLK Convocation.
