Events

Facial Recognition Forum

Oakland Community College 2900 Featherstone Road, Auburn Hills, MI, United States

CANCELLED: Field Hearing on 5G and Big Data: Privacy, Artificial Intelligence and the New Civil Rights Fights

Damon J Keith Center 471 West Palmer Avenue, Detroit, MI, United States

Interested in what’s happening with the fights around big tech, facial recognition and data privacy? Join Senior Staff Attorney Eric Williams and others for what is sure to be an informative event! From Wayne Events: FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter will jointly host a field hearing in Detroit, Michigan. The hearing will feature U.S. […]

VIRTUAL: Co-ops for Community Economic Developers

Co.act Detroit 6568 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, United States

About this Event Are you a community development practitioner? A small business supporter? A community activist or advocate? Compared to traditional businesses, co-ops are more likely to provide quality jobs for marginalized populations, benefit the local economy, and address community needs. Come learn about how cooperatives be tools for community ownership and wealth building. In […]

Cancelled: TO CREATE THE WORLD ANEW

Jefferies Hall 701 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

The Michigan Journal of Race & Law welcomes you to our 25th year anniversary symposium, “To Create the World Anew: Movement Lawyering at the Heart of Race & Law.” REGISTER HERE From MI Journal of Race and Law: Our symposium seeks to recognize the Journal’s contribution to civil rights scholarship for the last 25 years, while also questioning […]

Green Light Black Futures: Hyper-Surveillance in Response to Covid-19

This panel will what is shifting about Project Greenlight in this time of Covid-19. Panelists will speak on the current situation while also uplifting mutual aid funds and community land trusts as tools that can build economic stability for communities. REGISTER HERE.

Build Power Fight Power: A 5-Part Course on Movement Lawyering

  ABOUT THE COURSE This course is an introduction on how to use law to build the power of social justice movements. It will offer you guidance no matter which movement or organized community you are trying to support. From movements of low-wage workers, youth of color, climate justice activists, indigenous communities, the immigrants’ rights […]