Former HUD secretary
talks diversity and equity

Obama appointee
stresses importance
of teaching in speech

By JENNIFER MEER

Summer Managing News Editor

On
Wednesday
afternoon,

Julián Castro, former Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development
under President Barack Obama
from 2014 to 2017, addressed a
crowd of approximately 100 at
the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
in the Michigan League.

The talk, titled “Leadership in

a Changing Democratic Society,”
was put on by the National
Forum on Higher Education for
the Public Good — an initiative
housed at the University of
Michigan’s School of Education
and overseen by the Center
of Higher and Postsecondary
Education to encourage higher
education in the public sphere
and
communicate
knowledge

of higher education issues; it
is funded by foundations, such

as Kellogg and Ford, and also
sponsored
by
the
American

Association for Hispanics in
Higher Education.

The event was also presented

in partnership with the Office of
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,
the School of Education and
Rackham Graduate School.

The
National
Forum,
in

collaboration with the National
Center for Institutional Diversity,
also oversees the New Leadership
Academy
—
a
program
to

empower leadership development
in
higher
education;
several

fellows from the New Leadership
Academy were in attendance at
the event. Also in attendance
were the leaders of several units
of the University who work in
advancing and implementing the
University’s five-year plan for
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,
which launched in October.

In an interview, John C.

Burkhardt, the director of the
National
Forum
and
special

assistant to the provost for
University
engagement,

explained
that
the
Forum

strives to better the relationship
between higher education and a
changing democracy.

“Our role is to help to enhance

the role that higher education
plays in a changing, increasingly
diverse
democratic
society,”

he said. “The New Leadership
Academy is a partnership we have
with the American Association of
Hispanics in Higher Education …
(The organization) partners with
us in developing a fellowship
for individuals who aspire to
leadership in higher education.”

Prior
to
Castro’s
keynote

speech, Carol Fierke, Dean of
Rackham
Graduate
School,

welcomed the audience with
some opening remarks, noting
the progress of the DEI plan.

“This
effort
is
currently

about eight months old but
we’ve already made many gains
because we are building on a
long history and foundation of
effort from our students, faculty
and staff to increase access,
promote awareness of our diverse
backgrounds and understand the

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NEWS ....................................
OPINION ...............................
ARTS ......................................
CLASSIFIEDS.........................
MiC.........................................
SPORTS................................

NEWS
Bilingualism

Researchers receive grant

for interdisciplinary study

of a bilingual community.

>> SEE PAGE 3

NEWS
Conference on
learning

Rackham hosts four-day

event on learning and

decision-making.

>> SEE PAGE 2

OPINION
Climate change

“the University should

reaffirm its commitment to

sustainability programs...”

>> SEE PAGE 4

ARTS
Artist Profile:
Tigers Jaw
discusses new album
to promote upcoming
show

>> SEE PAGE7

SPORTS
Phelan wins title

The junior became

Michigan’s first national

champion in the 1,500.

>> SEE PAGE 12

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Several attendees
voice distrust over
review’s methods at
community forum

By ANDREW HIYAMA
Summer Daily News Editor

Dozens of residents showed up

to the Bryant Community Center in
southern Ann Arbor Tuesday night
to listen to and participate in a forum
on police-community relations. The
event was hosted by representatives
of Hillard Heintze LLC, the Chicago-
based
security
firm
currently

conducting a review of the Ann Arbor
Police Department.

The first phase of the review —

so far the only phase approved by
City Council — consists of the firm
gathering of data and listening to
community and police perspectives
through surveys and community
forums. Then, the firm will present
a report to City Council containing
recommendations based on their
findings.

Debra Kirby, the Senior Vice

President
of
Law
Enforcement

Consulting at Hillard Heintze, said
at the forum she anticipates the
report will be delivered to the City
around the end of July, and that she
had received assurances from City
Administrator Howard Lazarus that
the report will be made public “once
it’s accepted by the city.”

“I think that’s an important step

here, because in some cities, these
types of reports never see the light of
day,” Kirby said. “And so Ann Arbor,
the city itself, has put itself out there,
willing to say, ‘Come in, look at us, tell

ANN ARBOR

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COURTESY OF JENNIFER MEER

Julian Castro, former Housing and Urban Development secretary, speaks at the Michigan League on Wednesday.

Residents
not pleased
by current
progress of
AAPD audit