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- Research Preview: Dignity of Fragile Essential Work in a Pandemic
- Earl Lewis Awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Biden
- Earl Lewis Speaks on Reparations
- Young Speaks About Latest Book on Podcast
- Research
- Events
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- Giving Blueday 2023
- Dr. Alford Young, Jr. moderates MLK day panel in Detroit: Where Do We Go From Here? An Exploration of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement
- Dr. Earl Lewis moderates the 2023 MLK Day Keynote Memorial Lecture
- Our Compelling Interests: The Walls Around Opportunity Launches at UCLA
- ALI Webinar Series: Leading in a Time of Uncertainty
- You Can Keep the Mule: Earl Lewis Leads Panel on Reparations Models
- Center for Social Solutions Co-Hosts Webinar: “In the Face of Resistance: Advancing Equity in Higher Education”
- Academic Leadership Institute hosts webinar: “Strategies for continuing to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion while navigating provoking politics and a post-affirmative action world”
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Past Events (2020 - 2021)
- Center for Social Solutions Hosts Panel: “Organize Against the Machine: Labor’s Response to AI”
- U-M Center for Social Solutions x SALA Summit: Event Recap
- Crafting Democratic Futures Biannual Convening: Fall 2023 Event Recap
- CSS Co-Produced Documentary Premieres at DOC NYC
- Future of Work Speaker Series: “Beyond Surveillance: Designing a Good Worker”
- The Cost of Inheritance Panel Discussion
- U-M’s Ford School and College of LSA Honor Earl Lewis
- The Cost of Inheritance Screening at The Wright
- Academic Leadership Institute hosts webinar: “Sustainability of the Current Economic Model in Higher Education”
- Our Compelling Interests Event: What Might Be
- News Features
- Staff Features
- In the Face of Resistance: Advancing Equity in Higher Education
- Greening the Road Ahead: Navigating Challenges for Just Transitions to Electric Vehicles
- In the Wake of Affirmative Action
- Center for Social Solutions Co-Produces 'The Cost of Inheritance'
- Press Release: Earl Lewis, University of Michigan, Receives the Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award from the Organization of American Historians
- Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing
- Events
On March 18th, 2025, the Our Compelling Interests (OCI) book series celebrated the release of its sixth installment, What Might Be: Confronting Racism to Transform Our Institutions by Susan Sturm at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. The book aims to explain the importance of embedding antiracist practices in our spaces and tips for leaders of every level to encourage full participation from people of all backgrounds.
The panel featured author Susan Sturm, who is also the George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility and founder of the Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia University, in conversation with Freeman Hrabowski, president emeritus of The University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The conversation was moderated by Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education (ACE).
The discussion, co-hosted ACE, centered on higher education institutions and what antiracist leadership can look like through the lens of a student, professor, or institutional leader. You can watch the full discussion, accompanied by an introduction from OCI co-founder Nancy Cantor and an audience Q&A session, below.
