Past Events Archive

Turn Up Turnout (TUT), the campus nonpartisan civic engagement organization, is inviting representatives from All Voting is Local, Campus Vote Project, student leaders, and other election law folks to pilot a new initiative called: Maize and Blue Civics. TUT is the student group in UMICH Votes, helping to successfully register over 10,000 voters from August to October for the 2024 election. Their work does not stop after elections, as they are a year-round org!

The topic of our first Maize and Blue Civics will be: The State of Voting Rights. Our goal as a nonpartisan organization that supports access to the ballot is to help inform and educate voters about the potential impact of legislation. The goal of the panel is to discuss this legislation and how students can ensure they are prepared to participate in future elections.

Please join us on Wednesday, April 16 at 6 pm in the Ford School Betty Ford Classroom (Weill Hall first-floor auditorium).

We look forward to having you!

What do we know about the connection between information and democracy, both domestically and globally? Democracy’s Information Dilemma confronts this question by investigating why democracy depends on accessible and reliable information, and how disinformation can undermine democracy.

This public event is part of Democracy’s Information Dilemma, a 3-day conference uniting researchers and practitioners to work towards a sustainable information environment for a thriving democracy.

Hosted by the Year of Democracy, Civic Empowerment, and Global Engagement and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Learn about some of the problems facing participation in democracy today and work to solve them with data-driven technology. Sunday's awards ceremony will honor the top 3 teams with cash prizes.

We’ll highlight key projects and show how different methods answer questions like “How democratic is the world today?”. The session includes a presentation on definitions, data collection, key takeaways, and a demo where you can explore the data and ask questions.

What are the conditions it takes to sway public opinion? Join us for a two-part mini-conference discussing public opinion on immigration and democracy. In Part 2, panelists will connect Justov's book to the broader theme of discussing public support for democracy.

Part 1 will feature Alexander Kustov, presenting his forthcoming book In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular.

Ann Arbor is currently drafting its Comprehensive Plan to guide city priorities like housing affordability, adding residential density, A2Zero Living Carbon Neutrality, and repairing past land use policies based on race and income. This event will include a presentation on the goals and current status of the Comprehensive Plan followed by an opportunity to provide your input and ask questions.

2024 was described as a “super year” for elections. But did it feel like a “super year” for democracy?

This roundtable takes stock of what we learned from a year when a whopping 4 billion people – half the world’s population, from America to India to Mexico to South Africa – had the opportunity to vote.

Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of national disasters worldwide. Not only do such events have the potential to directly displace residents, they increase the threat of conflict (especially over scarce resources).

Both climate and conflict contribute to forced migration, but what is this phenomenon and how do we measure it? In this roundtable we will hear from experts from diverse fields, from legal studies to statistics, to learn about forced migration and its measurement challenges in a chaotic time.

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