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Profs & Pints Metro Detroit: Ukraine Risks Profs and Pints Metro Detroit presents: “Ukraine Risks,” a look at the long-term dangers the war poses for Ukraine, Russia, and the United States, with Javed Ali, counterterrorism expert with more than 20 years of experience at federal agencies concern with national security and intelligence.
The Teacher Shortage in Michigan: Framing Challenges, Envisioning Solutions Among many challenges pressing on schools state- and nation-wide is that of retaining and recruiting teachers. What do we know about the causes of what is commonly referred to as a ‘teacher shortage’? How are leaders in the state working to address this issue? What repercussions does this issue present for families and communities beyond the classroom walls? The EdHub for Community and Professional Learning will host a town hall to discuss these and other questions including how the COVID-19 pandemic has ad...
Derry's Bloody Sunday at 50: Beyond the Silence On Sunday, January 30, 1972, as an anti-internment march in Derry drew to an end, British paratroopers attacked the marchers, shooting dead 13 unarmed civilians, six of them still legally children, and wounding another 18, one of whom subsequently died. This marked the end of the civil rights campaign in Northern Ireland.
When: Tue., March 9, 7 p.m. 2021 Throughout the last year, news articles and health specialists have been consistently referring back to “the Great Influenza,” but on March 9, the Ferndale Library will facilitate a virtual lecture featuring retired OCC teacher Dennis Fiems. Fiems will enlighten everyone in attendance on the devastating flu epidemic that killed millions worldwide more than 100 years ago. Fiems will talk about the staggering impact this virus had upon everyone’s lives on the planet, which started to spread in 1918, the final year of World War I. The CDC estimates that upw...
When: Sun., Feb. 21, 2-3 p.m. 2021 Price: Free The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus presents Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil featuring a discussion between philosopher and author Susan Neiman, and Jenn White, host of National Public Radio’s (NPR) 1A. Neiman and White will discuss Germany’s effort to atone for the Holocaust and the work that contemporary Americans are doing to try to make amends for our country’s historical wrongdoings. “This promises to be a thought-provoking and lively discussion, as America comes to grips with its pa...