About 50 students and faculty 
convened Tuesday evening in 
the 
Rackham 
Amphitheatre 
for the 2nd annual King Talks, 
a TED-talk style lecture. The 
event is part of the weeklong 
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther 
King Jr. Symposium celebration, 
which 
included 
a 
keynote 
lecture and more than 20 other 
events. The King Talks event 
featured four graduate student 
speakers 
who 
shared 
how 
their work and life experiences 
related to the legacy of Dr. King.
Rackham 
student 
Paul 
Artale, 
organizer 
of 
the 
event, explained the speeches 
responding 
to 
the 
MLK 

Symposium theme of “unravel” 
were the product of months 
of work starting when the 
speakers applied in October.
During her talk, Rackham 
student 
Aunrika 
Tucker-
Shabazz told the story of 
Takovia Allen, a 3-foot-9-inch, 
50 
pound, 
6-year-old 
with 
attention-deficit/hyperactivity 
disorder who was subdued 
by 
three 
police 
officers 
and 
charged 
with 
battery 
and assault for kicking her 
kindergarten aide in the ankle. 
Tucker-Shabazz 
revealed 
Takovia’s story is not unique, as 
Black girls are routinely more 
harshly punished for the same 
behavior compared to white 
girls, and at higher rates.

Students, alumni, faculty and 
staff unraveled their life stories 
to the Value the Voice audience 
Tuesday night at the Helmut Stern 
Auditorium at the University of 
Michigan Museum of Art.
A joint effort between the 
Comprehensive Studies Program, 
the Department of Afroamerican 
and African Studies, and the 
UMMA brought a crowd of 80 
to listen to stories relating to 
identity. This is third Moth-style 
storyteller lounge event of Value 
the Voice series.
The event, called “Value the 
Voice: Unravel,” consisted of 
stories on the call to political 
activism, navigating being a first 
year student, #BBUM’s five-year 
anniversary, Martin Luther King 
Jr.’s vision through community 
service, identity as a mixed person 
on campus, mental health issues 
through the You Good Fam 
student organization and gender 
identity.
The 
storytelling 
event 
showcases a range of human 
experiences 
of 
marginalized 
peoples and their life stories.
LSA 
freshman 
Monique 
Wheeler discussed the challenges 
of 
adapting 
to 
the 
campus 
environment as someone from 
an environment she described as 
“sheltered” because there were 
more Black people. She described 
how her initial encounter was 
different from what she had 
anticipated 
for 
college 
and 
found herself “isolated.” In the 

Black community, Wheeler was 
criticized for “sounding white” 
in high school. When she came to 
the University, she said she found 
the culture shock to be greater 
than she expected. Wheeler said 
no one would talk to her and her 
roommate.
“Anytime anyone looked at me, 
I was that Black girl,” Wheeler 
said.
Wheeler shared a poem she had 
written for her creative writing 
class. In it, she expressed her fear 
of being attacked at any time and 
said nobody would listen to her.
“When my eyes meet yours, 
I feel the fear entangling itself … 
for I feel forever alienated in this 

place where I’m supposed to find 
myself,” Wheeler said. “ ... The 
truth is, I have no friends here 
because I do not belong.”
Apart from Wheeler, LSA 
Curriculum Coordinator Simon 
Rivers and Public Health senior 
Lloyd Lyons talked about their 
experiences as Black people, 
reminding the audience about the 
legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Angelo Bunker, a senior at 
Wayne State University, attended 
the event but said he did not find it 
appealed to his interests.
“It wasn’t necessarily my cup 
of tea, but I do appreciate being 
able to hear everyone’s stories no 
matter how personal they were,” 

Bunker said.
LSA freshman Jannet Avra 
commented more positively about 
the opportunity to learn more 
about the experiences of others on 
campus.
“It definitely puts you in good 
feelings,” Avra said. “I’m just 
glad that I got to hear everyone’s 
stories.”
LSA freshman Jordan Smith 
said she liked how hearing 
speakers’ 
stories 
fostered 
a 
connection between her and them. 
“Being able to relate to other 
people gives you a sense of 
community within the campus 
so (I) think there’s some value in 
that,” Smith said.

Tuesday night, Ann Arbor City 
Council introduced an ordinance 
to amend city trespassing laws.
The amended ordinance, which 
is a project of the Ann Arbor Police 
Department and Human Rights 
Commission, will require that 
individuals on property without 
lawful authority to be there 
receive a warning before being 
cited or arrested for trespassing. 
In addition, the new ordinance 
would give more control to the 
city, rather than the county, over 
trespassing cases.
After the introduction of the 
ordinance, councilmembers and 
residents shared concerns about 
the potential abusiveness of the 
measure.
Councilmember 
Julie 
Grand, D-Ward 3, spoke to 
clarify the ordinance. She 
addressed resident concerns 
about what they see as the 
punitive nature of the new 
ordinance. Grand, along with 
Councilmember Ali Ramlawi, 
D-Ward 5, serves as a liaison 
between the council and the 
Human Rights Commission.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

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Students 
find ties to 
history of 
civil rights

MESA peer-facilitators hold teach-
in to oppose racism, inequality

See MLK, Page 3A

DARBY STIPE/Daily
LSA sophomore Ade Ijidakinro and LSA junior Shaima Abdullah lead an anti-racism teach-in at West Quad Tuesday.

CAMPUS LIFE

Rackham hosts sessions comparing 
personal stories to legacy of MLK

CLAIRE HAO
Daily Staff Reporter

Student-led activities generate conversation regarding systemic issues 

A group of six students and 
two student-leaders from 
Multi-Ethnic Student Af-
fairs convened for a peer-
led 
anti-racism 
teach-in 
Tuesday evening to discuss 
ways to combat racial intol-

erance and promote a more 
inclusive environment at 
the University of Michigan.
The teach-in was part of a 
new series of workshops 
led by MESA aiming to en-
gage students in conver-
sations about inequality, 
social justice activism and 

personal experiences with 
discrimination. Tuesday’s 
event was the fourth teach-
in led by MESA this school 
year.
LSA sophomore Adeoluwa 
Ijidakinro, a student lead-
er who has worked with 
MESA for two years, said 

the teach-in is more neces-
sary now than in previous 
years because of the grow-
ing presence of hate speech 
and racially charged lan-
guage 
in 
national 
dis-
course.

LIAT WEINSTEIN
Daily Staff Reporter

See COUNCIL, Page 3A

Council 
discusses 
trespass 
ordinance

ANN ARBOR

Elected officials look 
to update city law after 
incident at Blake Center

RACHEL LEUNG
Daily Staff Reporter

DARBY STIPE/ DAILY
LSA senior Cece speaks on her experiences as a non-traditional student who made her way into CSG during the 
Value the Voice event in the UMMA Tuesday.

Value the Voice storytelling event 
examines life experiences, identity

Participants share anecdotes about issues including political activism, mental health

YIFAN YU
For The Daily

See MESA, Page 3A

Beginning Wed., Jan. 23, 
all University of Michigan 
student-employees, 
faculty, 
staff and sponsored affiliates 
will be required to use Duo 
Two-Factor Authentication, a 
program which verifies one’s 
identity online through the 
use of two factors: a password 
and a second device, such 
as a smartphone or tablet. 
The change is an attempt 
to 
increase 
IT 
security 
across the University’s Ann 
Arbor, Dearborn and Flint 
campuses.
Though 
students 
will 
not be required to use the 
Two-Factor 
Authentication 
system, those who work for 
the University and do not 
enroll with Duo by Jan. 23 
may experience delays using 
University services including 
Wolverine 
Access, 
Canvas 
and Box at U-M. Student-
employees may not be able to 
check their Google Calendar, 
check their email or take an 
online quiz or exam.

See 2FA, Page 3A

‘U’ to up 
electronic 
security 
measures 

ADMINISTRATION

Student-employees, 
faculty must use Duo 
2FA starting Jan. 23

ZAYNA SYED
Daily Staff Reporter

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