Showing events on November 4, 2013
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After George Zimmerman: Moving our Criminal Justice System Off "Autopilot"
November 4, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
“Not guilty on all counts.”
When that verdict was read in the Trayvon Martin case, like most African Americans, I was simultaneously numbed and devastated. Once again, our criminal justice system has sent a clear message to citizens of color that it’s OK for us to be killed at the end of a pistol.
We must ask hard questions.
Does our system truly safeguard the rule of law? Is legislation like the Stand Your Ground Law—enacted in many states like Florida, Texas, Mississippi and others— equal in its interpretation and application? Justice in America has become a juggernaut that seemingly runs on autopilot, consuming in its wake mostly black, brown and poor people—as victims and perpetrators—with little evidence of fairness in application of the law or opportunity for rehabilitation.
Presenter, Glenn E. Martin is currently the Vice President of Public Affairs and Director of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society. He is responsible for leading the agency’s communications work, as well as developing and advancing Fortune’s national and local criminal justice policy advocacy agenda.
Lunch will be provided. The event can also be viewed live here.
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Hearsay or Fact: A Symposium on the Communication of the Affordable Care Act
November 4, 2013 - 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET
Health Reform Symposium
Policy Panelists:John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP, Director, Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation
Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Heather H. Howard, JD, Director, RWJF State Health Reform Assistance Network
Journalists:Reed Abelson, health care business reporter, The New York Times
Steven Brill, author “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us,” TIME Magazine
Jonathan Cohn, senior editor, The New Republic; author of “Sick: The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis—and the People Who Pay the Price”
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., member editorial board and columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Sarah Kliff, health policy reporter, The Washington Post
Julie Rovner, health policy correspondent, NPR
Free and open to the public
No online registration-Seating is first come, first serve
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Spring Arbor University Social Work Open House
November 4, 2013 - 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET
Stop by the Spring Arbor University Social Work Open House to speak with an admissions representative about U-M's MSW and PhD programs.
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Human Rights Lecture: "The Indigenous Emergency"
November 4, 2013 - 4:00 PM ET
Elsa Stamatopoulou, a professor of anthropology,ethnic studies, and human rights at Columbia University, will be giving a lecture on the complex historic circumstances and political actions that gave rise to the international Indigenous Peoples' movement through the human rights agenda and thus also produced a global indigenous identity. The interaction between the Indigenous Peoples' movement-one of the strongest social movements of our times- and the intergovernmental system over the past 40 years has been questioning and impacting on international norms, institutions and major global debates in human rights, political science, international law, development and others. What is the significance of the continuing indigenous emergency in today's world?
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Idealist.org Denver Graduate School Fair
November 4, 2013 - 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET
Stop by the Idealist.org Graduate School Fair to speak with an admissions representative about U-M's MSW and PhD programs.
The fair is free and open to anyone considering graduate school.