Tag Archives: activism

Michigan Alum

A Time for Reflection and Action

Corie Pauling | January 2023

Celebration of Dr. King comes at critical juncture at U-M. Questions we can ask ourselves in every experience: Am I giving my very best? Am I lifting and inspiring?

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Bentley Historical Library

The Pride of Michigan

Katie Vloet | November 2, 2022

A historian and an artist team up to create a comic book celebrating Michigan’s first-ever Pride celebration. “It’s my job to bring to life people we wouldn’t know about otherwise,” the author says.

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Rackham Graduate School

A History of Activism

James Dau | June 30, 2020

In 1985, the Minority Organization of Rackham was formed. Now called Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR), the group continues to expand support and advocacy for the academic, professional, and social needs of graduate students of color.

diversity

Michigan Today

The Strategic Suffragist

Deborah Holdship | August 31, 2020

An ardent advocate for women's suffrage, Michigan alumna Lucia Voorhees Grimes fought tirelessly to get ballots in the hands of women. Grimes not only proved to be a powerful influence in this movement but also in fighting for gender equality after the 19th Amendment had been passed.

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Heritage

#MeToo Circa 1970

Jim Tobin | December 4, 2019

From advertising for low-level jobs with “Attention: Student Wives" headlines to academic advisors actively discouraging women to apply for Ph.D. programs, the University of Michigan, along with most other academic institutions, has a long history of gender-based discrimination.

women's equality

Medicine at Michigan

In Her Own Right

Katie Vloet | June 2019

Sarah Gertrude Banks, one of the earliest women to graduate from the U-M Medical School, cared for patients while championing women’s suffrage.

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Bentley Historical Library

Being Black at U-M

Katie Vloet | May 2019

Austin McCoy ignited a social justice movement on campus and beyond. Learn how he fought to make U-M more diverse and why his papers are now archived at the University forever.

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