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Speaker Series 2023

Fall 2023 Speaker Series

Arline Geronimus - Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society

Arline Geronimus

Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan

Cornell William Brooks - The United States Pays Reparations Every Day—Just Not to Black America?

Cornell William Brooks

Hauser Professor of the Practice of Nonprofit Organizations, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice, Harvard University

Adam Selzer - The Power in a Single Story: Scaling Social Change by Focusing on Individuals

Adam Selzer

Co-founder and Senior Director at Civilla Detroit

Jeff Liebman - Chelsea Eats: Basic Income and Food Security

Jeff Liebman 

Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Social Policy, Harvard University

Prior to Liebman’s talk, in-person attendees will watch the documentary “Raising the Floor”, which is available to watch on kanopy with a university log in or public library card.

Jerry Davis - Creating Green Energy and Equitable Enterprise in Detroit

Jerry Davis

Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Stefanie DeLuca - Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental and Mixed Methods Evidence on Neighborhood Choice

Stefanie DeLuca

James Coleman Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, Johns Hopkins University

Poverty Solutions alumni panel - Informing Change with Action-based Research

Joshua Rivera, Alissa Graff, and Patrick Cooney, with Luke Shaefer