MLK Symposium
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January 14, 2019
Ford School discussion, photo exhibit to highlight impact of deportation
Two Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy events will explore the recent deportation of Ann Arbor mother Lourdes Salazar Bautista and the impact of current U.S. immigration policy. Bautista, the mother of three children, left Mexico in 1997 to join her husband in the U.S., and the couple eventually bought a house in Ann… -
January 14, 2019
Jacquelyn Taylor to deliver Health Sciences Lecture
Jacquelyn Taylor, a New York University professor who studies factors contributing to health disparities, will deliver the 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Health Sciences Lecture.
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January 14, 2019
MLK Symposium keynote to feature Julia Putnam, Tim Wise
Author and educator Tim Wise and Detroit school principal and writer Julia Putnam will deliver the 33rd annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium memorial keynote lecture.
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November 29, 2018
Julia Putnam, Tim Wise to deliver MLK Symposium keynote
Author and educator Tim Wise and Detroit school principal and writer Julia Putnam will deliver the 33rd annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium memorial keynote lecture Jan. 21.
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January 15, 2018
MLK speaker Hill Harper reminds audience ‘we have the power’
Author, actor and philanthropist Hill Harper emphasized the collective power of the people and called for active advocacy in his Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium keynote memorial lecture.
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January 15, 2018
Photos from MLK Day at U-M
Photos from the MLK Circle of unity and the Children and Youth Program.
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January 8, 2018
No Safety Net talk to examine social justice and theater
Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine and dramaturg and producer P. Carl will discuss the relationship between theater and social justice, as well as how theater-making is an act of citizenship.
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January 8, 2018
James Forman Jr. to discuss incarceration and black leaders
James Forman Jr., a Yale Law School professor and former public defender, will argue how the decisions of black leaders played a role in the mass incarceration of people of color.
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January 8, 2018
Author, actor Hill Harper to deliver symposium keynote
Award-winning actor, best-selling author and philanthropist Hill Harper will deliver the 32nd annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium keynote memorial lecture.
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January 8, 2018
Adewale Troutman to deliver Health Sciences Lecture
Adewale Troutman, a health equity advocate and public health expert, will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr. Health Sciences Lecture.
