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NEWS
‘U’ hosts STEM
diversity plenary
SEISMIC
conference holds
first annual summer
meeting
SEISMIC,
a
coalition
of
American research institutions
striving
to
create
more
accessible STEM curriculum to
underrepresented minorities, held
its first annual summer meeting
this week on the University of
Michigan campus. Funded by a
grant from the Alfred P. Sloan
foundation in November, the
project’s emergence culminated
this week in a conference, uniting
all participants for the first time.
Over four days, nearly 40
representatives
from
the
10
participating universities, which
collectively enroll about 350,000
students, gathered to discuss
how to foster a mindset in which
STEM is a viable course of study
for anyone who wishes to pursue
it.
SEISMIC
director
Tim
McKay, University professor of
physics and associate chair for
the
undergraduate
program,
welcomed the group Tuesday
evening at the Michigan League.
McKay explained he and others
had been traveling since February
to nine of the 10 participating
schools,
meeting
with
representatives and introducing
the project to administrators and
students.
“The most important goal of
this … in-person meeting, is to
make this collaboration real,”
McKay said. “To form the kinds
of
personal
connections
and
commitments to one another
which will let us accomplish some
of our most ambitious dreams.”
McKay said he realized over the
course of his travels how difficult
STEM
diversity
improvement
would be to achieve.
Community
members congregate
on Diag Saturday
afternoon
On
Saturday
afternoon,
about 50 people gathered in
front of the Federal Building
in Ann Arbor for the Rally to
Impeach
Trump.
The
event
was part of a nationwide day,
titled #ImpeachTrump: Act to
Defend
Democracy,
planned
by Move On, By the People and
other organizations including
Women’s March.
P. Deisha Myles, community
activist
and
anti-fracking
advocate, acted as lead organizer
of the rally.
“I’m hoping that we can
persuade
Debbie
Dingell
to
support
the
impeachment
inquiry begun by Rashida Tlaib,”
Myles told the Daily. “The longer
(Donald Trump is) in office, the
more people are being genuinely
hurt.”
Before the event, attendees
gathered
to
make
signs.
Afterwards, they stood by the
street holding up their signs.
Attendees took turns using a
megaphone to lead chants, such
as “Call Pelosi, impeach Trump,”
and “Trump is not above the
law.”
The
event
then
officially
began
with
a
speech
from
Eli Savit, a professor at the
University of Michigan Law
School and a 2020 Washtenaw
Prosecutor
candidate.
He
discussed Trump’s past actions
and controversies, like “Trump
University,” before calling for
Trump’s impeachment.
“It is crucial for the rule of law
that we do this,” Savit said. “If we
do not impeach Donald Trump,
we are sending the message not
just today, but for generations
that if you are rich, and if you are
powerful ... then you are above
the law. That you won’t be held
to account. And not only that —
that nobody will even try.”
He
concluded
by
urging
Congress to take action.
“Donald Trump took an oath
to faithfully execute the laws of
the United States. So did every
member of Congress,” Savit said.
“Donald Trump has failed that
oath. Congress needs to abide it.”
Myles
spoke
about
her
advocacy work for immigration
and indigenous rights before
reading from a speech she had
previously presented to State
Rep. Laurie Pohutsky, D-Livonia.
“I’m the granddaughter of a
survivor of an Indian boarding
school
and
I
see
alarming
parallels to that time and today
… Going after the children to
break the spirits of the adults
forced them to comply to a U.S.
nationalistic
agenda,”
Myles
said.
“It’s
history
repeating
itself.”
Activists rally to
#ImpeachTrump
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