Winter 2023 DEI Lecture featuring Dr. Ruha Benjamin

In collaboration with partners across U-M, the SPH DEI Office is bringing Dr. Ruha Benjamin to campus for a talk and community conversation on March 14, 2023. Trained as a sociologist, Dr. Benjamin’s research sits at the intersection of science, technology, and medicine and resonates deeply with the field of Public Health. Dr. Benjamin will deliver a lecture on her new book, Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want. Viral Justice draws on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and amplified movements for racial justice and, in doing so, “offers a passionate, inspiring, and practical vision of how small changes can add up to large ones, transforming our relationships and communities and helping us build a more just and joyful world.” 

Lecture & Community Conversation with Ms. Leseliey Welch
March 14, 2023 - 12pm
Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union & Livestream

Dr. Benjamin will deliver a lecture and then participate in a conversation/Q&A facilitated by Leseliey Welch. Ms. Welch is a three time U-M alum, holding degrees from LSA, Ross School of Business, & the School of Public Health, and is the founding co-Executive Director of Birth Detroit and Birth Center Equity.

Sponsors

This event is sponsored by the following campus partners:

Michigan Public Health Logo
Michigan Public Health

School of Information UM
School of Information UM

UM Ross School of Business
UM Ross School of Business, with support from the McInally gift fund

CEW+
CEW+ , with support from The Frances & Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund

Trotter Multicultural Center
Trotter Multicultural Center

UM Department of Sociology
UM Department of Sociology

Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

UM Ford School of Public Policy
UM Ford School of Public Policy

UM Center for Ethics, Society, & Computing
UM Center for Ethics, Society, & Computing

UM Department of Anthropology
UM Department of Anthropology

UM Science, Technology, & Society Program

UM Science, Technology, & Society Program