Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall
Suite 5100
735 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091

Speaker Series 2024

Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions 2024 speakers

Inheritance: 11 Years in the Life of One Boy in the Opioid Epidemic

Amy Toensing and Matt Moyer

Documentary filmmakers

Sponsors: University of Michigan School of Social Work, University of Michigan Wallace House Center for Journalists, the University of Michigan Opioid Research Institute, and the University of Michigan Child and Adolescent Data Lab

Recording: "Inheritance: 11 Years in the Life of One Boy in the Opioid Epidemic"

A Fair Work Week: Raising the Floor on Precarious Scheduling

Daniel Schneider and Kristen Harknett

Harvard University; University of California San Francisco

Sponsor: Population Studies Center

Recording: "A Fair Work Week: Raising the Floor on Precarious Scheduling"

All Means All: Schools Where Everyone is Somebody

Peter Cookson

Georgetown University

With response from Jennifer Erb-Downward, director of housing stability programs and policy initiatives at Poverty Solutions; and Jonathan Hui, senior program officer at the Kresge Foundation.

Sponsor: Education Policy Initiative

Recording: "All Means All: Schools Where Everyone is Somebody"

Leveraging the Power of Empathy to Build Equitable Health Care Systems

Margo Brooks Carthon

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Sponsor: University of Michigan School of Nursing

Recording: "Leveraging the Power of Empathy to Build Equitable Health Care Systems"

Living on the Edge: How Economic Insecurity Harms Children and Families

Trina Shanks

University of Michigan

Sponsors: University of Michigan School of Social Work and the Center forEquitable Family and Community Well-Being

Recording: "Living on the Edge: How Economic Insecurity Harms Children and Families"

Empowering Communities to Reduce Violence and Improve Economic Mobility

Poverty Solutions Panel

Learn more about Detroit’s ShotStopper community violence intervention program, which provides city funds to six community-based organizations running violence intervention programs in neighborhoods with high rates of homicide and shootings. Panelists include:

Todd Bettison, Detroit deputy mayor
Mike Peterson, ShotStoppers program administrator
Zoe Kennedy, public health and safety director at Force Detroit, which is running one of the violence interventions
Amanda Nothaft, director of data and analysis at Poverty Solutions, who is evaluating data on the effectiveness of the ShotStopper program

Moderated by Sam Stragand, senior program manager for the Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility

Recording: "Panel: Empowering Communities to Reduce Violence and Improve Economic Mobility"

From Surviving to Thriving: The Importance of Engaging People with Lived Expertise

Barbie Izquierdo

Feeding America

Sponsor: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

Recording: "From Surviving to Thriving: The Importance of Engaging People with Lived Expertise"