Saturday, March 31, at 1-3 pm, in St. Mary's Parish (331 Thompson St.)



The Washtenaw County Workers’ Center invites you to a "Forum on Immigration," an educational workshop on immigrant rights, where and how to look for help with immigration issues in the local community, explanation of immigration laws by local immigration attorneys.

Organized by the Washtenaw County Workers’ Center with the support of St. Mary’s Student Parish, La Voz (Latino Students Organization), Pear Sperling Eggan and Daniela, P.C.-Michigan Lawyers, Michigan Poverty Law Clinic, MIRA (Migrant and Immigrant Rights Awareness), La Sed, and Centro Obrero.

The Washtenaw County Workers’ Center (WCWC) is a membership-based non-profit organization that engages in service, advocacy, and organizing in support of low-wage and immigrant workers in Washtenaw County. For more info, 734-474-7107.

*Visual Archives, Visual Technologies *

An interdisciplinary graduate student workshop series sponsored by the Rackham School of
Graduate Studies

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“Photographie Française: Commerce and Nation in France's Kodak Moment, 1889-1985”

Friday, March 30, 12-2pm. 1014 Tisch Hall. Lunch will be served.

This event explores multiple readings of a single source. History graduate students Pete Soppelsa and Ken Garner will present short papers based on La Photographie Française, the journal of France's first professional association for “manufacturers and salesmen of photographic apparatuses, products and supplies.” Soppelsa's paper, “France's Kodak Moment, 1889-1895” introduces the source and examines the transformation of the camera into a mass consumer commodity after the 1889 Paris World Exposition. Garner's paper, “The Visual Patrimoine: Nationalism, Memory and Empire in La Photographie Française,” explores the uses of photography in producing France's national and imperial heritage. Commentary will be provided by professor Richard Abel, chair of Screen Arts and Cultures.
We hope to see many of you there.


For more information contact workshop coordinators, Charles Gentry and
Pete Soppelsa
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he Ginsberg Center cordially invites you to the Seventh Annual John Dewey Lecture, to be given by Dr. Harry C. Boyte, Founder & Co-Director, Center for Democracy and Citizenship, University of Minnesota, and author of many books including “Everyday Politics: Reconnecting Citizens and Public Life.”



His talk is titled, “Populism and John Dewey: Convergences and Contradictions.”



Thursday, March 29, 2007

4:00 – 6:00 P.M.

Great Lakes Room

Palmer Commons

Refreshments Served

March 29

Samuel Morse, "Nyohô and the Tôshôdaiji Atelier"

Talk, sponsored by Center for Japanese Studies

Astronomy Department Colloquia

Astronomy Department Colloquia are held on Thursdays at 4:10 pm in room 807 Dennison Bldg, unless otherwise noted. Cookies and tea are served at 3:45 pm in Dennison 845 (OWL room).


Thu Mar 29 2007
Leisa Townsley

Not Your Grandmother's HII Regions: An X-Ray Tour of Massive Star-Forming Regions

Penn State University

UM Biological Station Information Session


Meet faculty and former students of the UM Biological Station, which offers Spring and Summer programs up in Pellston, Michigan. Pizza will be served!

Sponsor:
Biological Station

Strategies of Civic Engagement and Community Development

Wednesday, 3/28/2007, 4:00 - 6:00, 5670 Haven Hall (Eldersveld room)

Please join us for a CASD Workshop in Social Work and Political Science with GREG MARKUS, Professor of Political Science, and JOHN TROPMAN, Professor of Social Work.

Dinner will be provided by CASD thanks to generous support for the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the School of Social Work.

"Latinos, immigration policy and the national interest" - Towsley Foundation Lecture Series.

Cecilia Muñoz, Vice President, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, National Council of La Raza; Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

March 28, 2007. 4:00-5:30 pm Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall

Reception to follow. Free and open to the public.

Wednesday, March 28, 5:00 – 6:30 MSA Chambers (dinner will be provided).

* Learn about the status of the administrative and student progress on Climate Matters ideas
* Plan for Next Fall’s Climate Matters
* Provide input and strategies for Fall Initiatives
* Share summer availability and contact information

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28

Building a unified student movement: reflecting on citizenship and engagement with Harry Boyte.


The Ginsberg Center’s series of Citizenship Potlucks will culminate on March 28th, with a workshop featuring Dr. Harry Boyte, co-founder and co-director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Minnesota. Participants from the potluck discussions are invited to come and share key ideas from the various discussions, and to consider “What are the civic values you care about? What are the threats to these values? What is possible—what are hopeful futures? What do we do about achieving these futures?”

TIME: 7 pm

LOCATION: Great Lakes Room, Palmer Commons

Please RSVP to hoohouse@umich.edu by Monday, March 26th to let us know how much desert to order!