7/14/18 2018 Campus Aerial photos during summer: Central Campus, Ingalls Mall, Rackham, Burton Tower, North Quad Project Description The Crafting Democratic Futures project is a three year, grant-funded initiative housed in the U-M Center for Social Solutions. Over the course of the project’s duration, the Center for Social Solutions will partner with colleges and universities……
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MLive: A ‘look back’ and a ‘look forward’: Washtenaw County committee studying reparations
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – For eight months, an internal Washtenaw County committee composed of a cross-section of academics and community leaders has been quietly studying the long-term effects of one of America’s foundational evils, the institution of slavery. Washtenaw County Racial Equity Officer Alize Asberry Payne convened the Exploratory Committee on Reparations in June of……
Bridge Detroit: What to expect from Detroit’s new reparations taskforce
In November, 80% of Detroit voters supported the creation of a taskforce to explore reparations for the City’s past discriminatory policies. Once established, the taskforce will make recommendations to the City Council. However, it will not have the power to enact any changes at the municipal level on its own. Read Full Article
Flint Beat: Flint leader joins nationwide reparations project
Flint, MI—A Flint leader has been chosen to be part of a nationwide effort to create racial reparation solutions for communities of color. Asa Zuccaro, executive director of the Latinx Technology and Community Center was recently named a community fellow within the program “Crafting Democratic Futures: Situating Colleges and Universities in Community-based Reparations Solutions.” He……
MLive: Community engagement a major force behind U-M reparations project for Black and Native communities
A team of experts based out of the University of Michigan are working to ensure a “just future” for Black and Native communities in the form of reparations. The University of Michigan Center for Social Solutions is almost a year into research for the project “Crafting Democratic Futures: Situating Colleges and Universities in Community-based Reparations……
CDF Newsletter: July 2021
TEAM HIGHLIGHT As part of our internal Crafting Democratic Futures communications, we highlight one team’s story every month. This month, we’re sharing broadly the work of the Spelman College team. “The Spelman project is about truth telling first; then we move to racial healing,” commented Dr. Cynthia Spence, principal investigator of the Spelman team and……
CDF Newsletter: June 2021
Dear Colleagues of the Crafting Democratic Futures Initiative, The last month has seen encouraging progress from all—I believe I speak for all of us on the core team when I say that your work is truly inspirational. It is exciting to watch teams grow as community fellows and student researchers begin to populate our Zoom……
CDF Newsletter: May 2021
Dear Colleagues of the Crafting Democratic Futures Initiative, Thank you all for a fantastic Convening of All Teams on May 17, 2021! We’re encouraged by the progress made since December 2020. And, it was inspiring to listen to each team highlight their community-based approach to addressing a variety of issues. These issues ranged from redlining,……
CSS Names Dr. Jessica Cruz Managing Director of “Crafting Democratic Futures”
The Center for Social Solutions is pleased to announce the recent hire of Dr. Jessica Cruz, who will serve as managing director for the Mellon Foundation-funded project, “Crafting Democratic Futures.”
Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $72 Million to Ensure “Just Futures”
New York, NY – January 13, 2021 — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the largest funder of the arts and humanities in the US, announced today that grants totaling more than $72 million have been awarded to winners of its Just Futures Initiative—supporting teams of scholars who are studying past periods of crisis and disruption……