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‘U’ school creates 
health podcast

School of Public 
Health looks to 
make research
more accessible

The University of Michigan 
School 
of 
Public 
Health 
released a new podcast titled 
“Population Healthy” to spread 
their work to the general public. 
Public Health doctoral student 
Nina Masters said public health 
work tends to only spread inside 
a small echo chamber, so the 
podcast acts as a medium for 
sharing knowledge.
“I think that these kinds of 
ideas have to be incorporated into 
STEM fields, especially public 
health, because the nature of it 
is so much about impacting the 
public and changing behavior 
and raising awareness,” she said. 
“It’s kind of weird that it’s not a 

mandatory part of the program, 
or at least something that people 
are trying to do. I just, kind 
of, hope that this can be part 
of initiatives by the School of 
Public Health and other schools 
to try to just increase students’ 
ability to find other ways to 
articulate their ideas.”
In the first season — which 
will run weekly through the end 
of August — will cover a range of 
topics from the opioid epidemic 
and gun safety, to aging and 
childhood nutrition. Each 20 to 
30-minute episode will feature 
three or four professionals who 
will showcase their different 
perspectives and expertise.
With over 200 students, 530 
faculty and staff and 16,000 
alumni, the School of Public 
Health studies topics ranging 
from epidemiology and health 
management, to biostatistics and 
environmental health sciences. 

More than 100 
demand rights for 
undocumented 
immigrants

On Saturday, more than one 
hundred 
community 
members 
gathered 
at 
the 
Washtenaw 
County Administration Building 
to urge Washtenaw County and 
the Michigan legislature to allow 
undocumented 
individuals 
to 
obtain driver’s licenses. Carrying 
signs and banging makeshift 
drums, 
participants 
marched 
through downtown Ann Arbor in 
a demonstration led by the Ann 
Arbor chapter of Movimiento 
Cosecha, a national nonviolent 
movement 
fighting 
for 
the 
protection 
of 
undocumented 
immigrants’ rights. 
Movimiento 
Cosecha 
Ann 
Arbor wrote they are demanding 
driver’s licenses for everyone as 
driving without licenses causes 
the 
immigrant 
community 
uncertainty and fear. Filling the 
streets with signs and banners 
while 
chanting 
“¿Cuando? 
!Ahora!” (When? Now!), Spanish 
and non-Spanish speakers alike 
walked in solidarity.
In 2008, a 2007 Attorney 
General opinion was implemented, 
denying 
licences 
to 
all 
undocumented people, including 
lawful noncitizens. Prior to this 

implementation, individuals only 
needed to prove their identity 
and Michigan residency when 
applying for a driver’s license.
Movimiento Cosecha organizer 
Sergio 
Hurtado 
explained 
driver’s licenses are important 
for undocumented immigrants to 
be able to drive out and perform 
the basic tasks such as running 
errands, taking their kids to 
school or going to work. Hurtado 
said the march had two purposes: 
to 
demand 
that 
Wasthenaw 
County pass a resolution in 
support of immigrants and to 
urge legislation be introduced in 
the state legislature that would 
give access to driver’s license to 
undocumented immigrants.
“We wanted the community to 
come out here and be united and 
show our presence, and show that 
in this political climate we are not 
afraid,” Hurtado said.
The 
demonstration 
comes 
during a period of heightened 
interest in the immigration system, 
with politicians touring facilities 
at 
the 
border. 
Immigration 
reform is also a main issue in the 
Democratic presidential primary, 
and has been a major talking point 
for President Trump.
Jose Alvarez, son of a member of 
Movimiento Cosecha, explained 
the impact of driver’s licenses 
from a youth standpoint. He said 
kids of undocumented immigrants 
are afraid, and he hopes that every 
time they go to the drug store, or 

Immigrant rights 
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SAMANTHA SMALL
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FRANCESCA DUONG
For The Daily

KARTIK SUNDARAM/Daily
Community members rally for undocumented individuals the right to obtain driver’s licenses at the 
Washtenaw County Administration Building Saturday.

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