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SUMMARY:NATO Ambassador Julianne Smith | Ford School Events
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books\, in partnership with The Ford School is pleased to present Ambassador Julianne Smith for the 5th annual Arthur Vandenberg Lecture. \nAmbassador Smith has served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO since November 2021. Prior to her current position\, she served as a Senior Advisor to Secretary Antony Blinken at the Department of State\, and previously served as the Director of the Asia and Geopolitics Programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. \nAmbassador Smith will give brief remarks\, followed by a conversation with Weiser Diplomacy Center director John Ciorciari. \n\nAbout Julianne Smith\nAmbassador Julianne Smith assumed her position as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO in November 2021. Prior to her current position\, she served as a senior advisor to Secretary Blinken at the Department of State. Previously\, she served as the director of the Asia and Geopolitics Programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2014-2018\, she served as the director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. \nFrom 2012-2013\, she served as the Acting National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States. Before her post at the White House\, she served for three years as the principal director for European and NATO Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. In January 2012\, she was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service. \nPrior to her government service\, Ambassador Smith held a variety of positions at research institutions including the Center for Strategic and International Studies\, the German Marshall Fund\, the American Academy in Berlin\, and the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin. She has written extensively on transatlantic relations and European security. \nAmbassador Smith is a recipient of the Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Bosch Academy in Berlin and the Fredin Memorial Scholarship for study at the Sorbonne in Paris. A native of Michigan\, she received her BA from Xavier University and her M.A from American University. She spent a year learning German at the University of Munich. In 2017\, she received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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SUMMARY:Chris Wallace in conversation with Governor Gretchen Whitmer | Wallace House
DESCRIPTION:Wallace House Presents CNN Anchor Chris Wallace and Governor Gretchen Whitmer as part of the continuing series “Democracy in Crisis: Views from the Press.” Join this hour-long special event with Mr. Wallace and Governor Whitmer as they discuss politics\, public service\, the media\, and the state of our democracy\, with opening remarks by the University of Michigan President Santa Ono. \nPBS will stream this event Friday\, March 10 at 8 p.m.\, 2 days after the live recording.  Learn more on OneDetroit and Wallace House. \nAbout Gov. Whitmer\nGov. Gretchen Whitmer is a lifelong Michigander who is focused on getting things done that will make a real difference in people’s lives. As governor\, she has signed over 900 bipartisan bills and four balanced\, bipartisan budgets to deliver on the kitchen-table issues\, grow the economy\, and create good-paying jobs in every region of the state. \n\nAbout Chris Wallace\nChris Wallace is an anchor for CNN and host of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?: with new episodes available weekly on HBO Max\, and featured interviews from the show airing on CNN at 7 PM ET every Sunday. Praised as an “equal opportunity inquisitor” by The Boston Globe and “an aggressive journalist\,” “sharp-edged” and “solid” by The Washington Post\, Wallace interviews CEOs and media moguls\, Hollywood legends and newsmakers across politics\, business\, world affairs\, sports and culture.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/chris-wallace-in-conversation-with-governor-gretchen-whitmer-wallace-house/
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SUMMARY:'The Half-Life of Freedom: Notes on Race\, Media and Democracy' with Jelani Cobb | Ford School Events
DESCRIPTION:Wallace House\, in partnership with PBS Books\, presents journalist and scholar Jelani Cobb\, in conversation with Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes\, as part of the continuing series: “Democracy in Crisis: Views from the Press.” \nJoin Cobb\, dean of Columbia Journalism School and staff writer for The New Yorker\, as he examines race and the historic challenges to democracy\, the impact of the media\, and how these obstacles frame and inform our current moment. \nStream here or on the PBS Books Facebook page. \nAbout Jelani Cobb\nJelani Cobb is the dean of Columbia Journalism School and a staff writer at The New Yorker\, where he writes about race\, politics\, history and culture. He received a Peabody Award for his 2020 PBS Frontline film “Whose Vote Counts” and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary in 2018. He has also been a political analyst for MSNBC since 2019. \nHe is the author of “The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress” and “To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic.” He is the editor or co-editor of several volumes\, including “The Matter of Black Lives\,” a collection of The New Yorker’s writings on race\, and “The Essential Kerner Commission Report.” He is the producer or co-producer on a number of documentaries\, including “Lincoln’s Dilemma\,” “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union” and “Policing the Police.” \nDr. Cobb was educated at Jamaica High School in Queens\, New York; Howard University\, where he earned a B.A. in English; and Rutgers University\, where he completed his M.A. and doctorate in American history in 2003. He received fellowships from the Ford Foundation\, the Fulbright Foundation and the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/the-half-life-of-freedom-notes-on-race-media-and-democracy-with-jelani-cobb/
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SUMMARY:"The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King\, Jr." with Jeh Johnson\, Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security | Ford School Events
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day\, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson reflects on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, and what that means to him as a fellow Morehouse Man. Following his remarks\, he’ll sit down for a conversation with Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes alongside Ford School faculty experts to reflect on his work with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense through questions submitted from the Ford School community on policy issues ranging from immigration to civil liberties. \nAbout Jeh Johnson\nJeh Johnson is a partner in the law firm of Paul\, Weiss\, Rifkind\, Wharton & Garrison\, LLP\, who in public life was Secretary of Homeland Security (2013-2017)\, General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2009-2012)\, General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force (1998-2001)\, and an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York (1989-1991). As Secretary of Homeland Security\, Johnson was the head of the third largest cabinet department of the U.S. government\, consisting of 230\,000 personnel and 22 components\, including TSA\, Customs and Border Protection\, Immigration and Customs Services\, U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services\, the Coast Guard\, the Secret Service\, and FEMA. \nLearn More>>
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/jeh-johnson-former-u-s-secretary-of-homeland-security-ford-school-events/
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SUMMARY:FBI Director Christopher Wray | Ford School Speaker Events
DESCRIPTION:The Ford School presents FBI Director Christopher Wray as the 2022 Josh Rosenthal Memorial Speaker. Director Wray will give brief remarks\, followed by faculty and student experts posing questions to the director on topics including cybersecurity\, civil liberties\, domestic violent extremism\, and more. \nThis event is presented in partnership with University of Michigan’s Ford School. \nLearn More >> \nAbout Christopher Wray\nChristopher Wray became the eighth Director of the FBI on August 2\, 2017. \nWray began his law enforcement career in 1997\, serving in the Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. In that role\, Mr. Wray prosecuted a wide variety of federal criminal cases\, including public corruption\, gun trafficking\, drug offenses\, and financial fraud. In 2001\, Mr. Wray was named associate deputy attorney general\, and then principal associate deputy attorney general\, in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in Washington\, D.C. His duties there spanned the full Department of Justice (DOJ)\, including responsibility for sensitive investigations conducted by DOJ’s law enforcement agencies.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/fbi-director-christopher-wray/
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SUMMARY:Redistricting Town Hall | Ford Policy School Speaker Events
DESCRIPTION: \nJoin the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy for a webinar about redistricting and the 2022 midterm election. \nMichigan’s new approach to redistricting by an independent citizens commission has now come full circle\, from signature gathering for the statewide ballot initiative in 2018\, to strong statewide support in that fall’s election\, creation of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission\, their work drawing new districts with extraordinary input from Michigan citizens\, and now the new districts being used for the first time in the 2022 elections. \nJoin the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy for a final webinar in its redistricting series\, to look back at this consequential change in state policy and to review how this new approach played out this fall\, including its impacts on races and election outcomes\, and how it compares to experiences in other states. We’ll hear from an expert panel covering these and related issues\, including their reactions to audience questions. \nREGISTER HERE \nModerator:  \nMatt Grossmann\, Director\, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research of Political Science at Michigan State University \nPanelists: \n\nMoon Duchin\, MGMG Redistricting lab\nZach Gorchow\, Executive Editor and Publisher at Gongwer News Service Michigan\nNancy Wang\, Executive Director\, Voters Not Politicians\n\nAbout this webinar:\nThis virtual event is hosted by the Center for Local\, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy\, Voters Not Politicians (VNP)\, and Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR)\, with support from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/redistricting-town-hall-ford-policy-school-speaker-events/
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