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Ginsberg Center Events 2008-2009

• Careers for the Public Good – Saturday November, 8, 2008
  Come hear recent UM alumni talk about their experience working for the public good. The program is intended for students who have been active on and off campus in various social justice issues and organizations to see that they can continue their commitments to social justice in their careers after college. Fields represented include: government, politics, community development, education, energy, environment, technology, health, medicine, arts, media, and more! The event takes place 12:00pm to 5:00pm on Saturday, November 8 on the first floor of the Dana Building (between the Chem building and West Hall on the diag). Lunch will be provided and everyone is welcome! For more information, contact Brittany Marino at barino@umich.edu.
• 6th Annual Symposium on Community Based Work
• Rosalie Ginsberg Awards for Service and Social Action - Friday, April 17, 2009
• The 2009 John Dewey Lecture by Dr. Gary Delgado – 4:15 to 6:00 pm, Thursday March 26, 2009, Michigan League, Koessler Room
  Dr. Gary Delgado is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California, Berkeley. The founder and former Executive Director of the Applied Research Center, he is a nationally recognized researcher, lecturer, and activist on issues of race and social justice. Delgado was one of the initial organizers of ACORN, a lead organizer with the National Welfare Rights Organization, and cofounder and director of the Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO). He received the prestigious Bannerman Fellowship for activists of color; he's been recognized as a Hellraiser by Mother Jones magazine; and was profiled as one of 61 Visionaries by the Utne Reader. Active in both the organizing and the academic communities, Delgado has been on the teaching faculty at the City University of New York and a visiting lecturer at the University of Minnesota, UC Davis and UC Berkeley. His analytical work includes over 35 articles and studies on social change practice. Most recently he completed the accelerated film studies program at San Francisco State University, the Digital Video Intensive, and has recently finished his first documentary on race and public policy, entitled Racing California. Delgado's lecture "Reflections on Movement Building and Community Organizing" will reflect on how his research as an activist sociologist has informed his advocacy work.

Ginsberg Center events from 2007-2008

Ginsberg Center events from 2006-2007