Forthcoming Heritage Month Celebrations
Using the lens of race and ethnicity, Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA) engages the campus community and transforms the student experience to build inclusive spaces and equitable opportunities for all.
Black History Month
- Nationally: February 1–28
- MESA: February–early March
Arab American Heritage Month
- Nationally: April 1–30
- MESA: February 28–April 12
Asian/Pacific Islander American (A/PAI) Heritage Month
- Nationally: May 1–31
- MESA: March 20–April 20
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In April of 2019, David Humphrey, Jr. was appointed as Chief Diversity Officer in the newly established Office of Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, and Equity.
The Race and Social Justice Institute is a three-day program that engages students to gain a deeper understanding of how race, racism, and racialization appears in our society through a U.S. educational lens.
For 10 years, the SOE and Mitchell/Scarlett/Huron Partnership schools have worked together to form a mutually beneficial partnership that fills the needs of the school community as well as the needs of SOE students.
Community Conversations are events for all members of the Marsal Family School of Education community to come together and address issues affecting our community, learn from and with each other, and promote the values of dije in the SOE.
Our Fall 2019 Lunch & Learn events featured speakers who addressed disability, ableism, internationalism, and multiculturalism in education.
Black Lives Matter Week of Action at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor was sponsored by the Marsal Family School of Education, U-M Libraries, Spectrum Center, Ruth Ellis Center, Equality Michigan, and Affirmations.
In the Winter 2020 semester, we're looking forward to more community conversations, an allyhood development training, a conversation with White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo, and more.
The dije awards recognize work to advance diversity, inclusion, justice, and equity within the Marsal Family School of Education, as well as within the broader University of Michigan campus and surrounding communities.
In the Marsal Family School of Education, we are committed to promoting reflection, creating a space for dialogue, and centering historically underrepresented identities.
Education for Empowerment is for students who want to explore the relationship between education, power, and justice.
The Marsal Family School of Education is proud to be a leader in the campus-wide initiative promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. Adding "Justice" to these values underscores the role of educators in the creation of just societies. Through research, public scholarship, community building, and the preparation of education practitioners and policymakers, we articulate and advance our dije agenda.