About
50
University
of
Michigan students and faculty
alike
gathered
in
Rackham
Auditorium
for
the
annual
Tanner
Lecture
Wednesday
evening, which is funded by
The
Tanner
Foundation,
an
organization that helps patients
with neurological diseases. This
year’s keynote speaker was Sally
Haslanger, the Ford professor
of philosophy at Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology.
Haslanger’s lecture focused on
intersectional oppression, “thick”
social categories and institutional
capitalism.
Haslanger teaches philosophy
and women’s and gender studies
at
MIT
and
has
published
research
on
metaphysics,
feminist theory and critical race
theory. Haslanger’s collection of
papers titled Resisting Reality:
Social Construction and Social
Critique have received critical
acclaim, including the Joseph
B. Gittler award for outstanding
work in philosophy of the social
sciences. During her time at MIT,
she also helped establish the
Women in Philosophy Task Force
and PIKSI-Boston, a summer
program
for
undergraduates
hoping to study philosophy from
underrepresented groups.
Haslanger began the lecture
by providing an overview on
what both discrimination and
social
formation
mean.
In
the
lecture,
she
questioned
how the formation of social
groups revolves around shared
identities
between
different
people.“Intersectionality,
as
I
understand it, is the result of the
different dynamics at work in
the system that produce social
groups,” Haslanger said. “These
different dynamics, and others,
embed ‘logics’ of capital, gender,
race,
citizenship,
disability
and the like. They play out in
historically complex ways.”
In an interview with The
Michigan Daily at the event, LSA
freshman Ellen Drejza discussed
her motivations for coming to this
year’s Tanner Lecture. Drejza
said her International Studies 101
professor encouraged her class to
participate in any U-M lecture or
event related to course material,
and she chose to attend this one.
“I thought that this talk just
really
covered
all
the
bases
because it’s just all about social
injustice and different topics that
tie into international studies,”
Drejza said. “She talked about so
many important social issues and
economic issues.”
LSA junior Sabrina Kahlon
said she found the discussion
of
intersectionality
to
be
particularly interesting. Kahlon
told The Daily that Haslanger’s
explanation of how local systems,
such as child protective services,
can
create
oppressive
social
constructs,encouraged
her
to
think about historical inequity in
a new way.
“I think it was interesting
how she discusses the social
structures
and
oppression
in
society, whether that’s due to race,
gender, sexuality, etc.,” Kahlon
said. “Also, when she discussed
intersectionality
involving
child protective services in the
criminal justice system, that was
very interesting.”
Kahlon
said
she
would
encourage other members of the
campus community to attend
talks like the Tanner Lecture
to participate in conversations
surrounding
important
educational issues and societal
topics.
“I think they’re important, but
I would only go if you’re actually
interested in it, not just for a
class,” Kahlon said.
Kelly
Campbell,
chief
administrator in the Department
of Philosophy at the University,
assisted in the organization of
the lecture. In an interview with
The Daily, Campbell said the
department
chose
Haslanger
to
give
this
year’s
Tanner
Lecture due to her admirable
qualifications in the field.
“Professor
Haslanger
is
at
the top of her field in thinking
about different effects of human
values,” Campbell said.
Michigan Medicine announced
March 15 they will be partnering
with Zipline, an autonomous drone
delivery
service,
to
distribute
prescription medications to some
Washtenaw County patients’ homes
in 2024.
The partnership aims to help
deliver pharmaceuticals across the
county and is projected to double
Michigan Medicine’s prescription
fulfillment.
The
partnership
is
a part of Michigan Medicine’s
broader strategy to expand specialty
pharmacy services, which provide
medications to patients with complex
diseases.
In an interview with The Michigan
Daily, Dana Habers, chief innovation
officer of Michigan Medicine, said
using a drone delivery service allows
the healthcare system to address
multiple goals at the same time.
“We are on a continuous quest
to provide … care to our patients at
the lowest possible cost,” Habers
said. “We’re also looking for ways to
improve our carbon footprint and
provide a more environmentally
friendly series of services to our
patients. And finally, of course,
we’re on a relentless pursuit of open
access and allowing patients from all
different backgrounds … to access our
services and get the care of our world-
class pharmacist team. So all of those
things came together when we met
Zipline.”
When
the
Zipline
service
launches, a new pharmacy facility
in Dexter will host chargers and
loading ports for the drones. Patients
living within a 10-mile radius of
the facility will be able to elect to
receive their prescription drugs by
drone. According to Habers, drones
will provide faster delivery than the
current system, where medications
are packed to stay fresh for 48 hours
and are sent to homes through
delivery truck services.
“(The Zipline system) could be
much more real-time,” Habers said.
“(A patient) could hang up with the
pharmacist and know their plan and
then have the drug that day or within
a much shorter period of time. So that
48-hour window we think will be
significantly shorter with this kind of
instant delivery model.”
The
Emergency
Medical
Services Club at the University
of Michigan recently launched
an initiative to install boxes
containing Narcan — a naloxone
nasal spray that reverses the
effects of opioid overdose — around
campus, starting with fraternity
and sorority chapter houses. The
initiative also offers a 20-minute
presentation on recognizing opioid
overdoses
and
administering
Narcan.
In April 2022, the Ann Arbor
District
Library
installed
a
vending machine that dispenses
free Narcan at their downtown
branch. Since then, the program
has expanded to other AADL
branches. Narcan also recently
became the first over-the-counter
nasal spray to be approved by the
Food and Drug Administration on
March 29.
The
recent
initiative
was
proposed by Kinesiology junior
Sophia Ghayur, a member of
the EMS Club. Ghayur told The
Michigan Daily she was motivated
to pitch the project after students
in her hometown of Boulder,
Colo., overdosed on fentanyl. After
seeing other universities like the
University of Arizona implement
similar programs, Ghayur said she
decided to reach out to EMS Club’s
executive board members about
the idea.
Narcan boxes have since been
introduced to five U-M fraternity
houses: Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Phi Gamma Delta,
Triangle and Sigma Nu. The club
is currently working to expand
the program to all fraternity and
sorority houses at the University.
“(We’ve) already gotten the
funding for both (fraternity and
sorority houses) through Central
Student
Government,”
Ghayur
said. “(The University) is obviously
a huge school, so we just chose to
start out with fraternities at first.
And we’ll be installing them into
the sorority houses soon as well.”
Though
Narcan
has
been
found to be highly effective in
reversing overdoses, a lack of
knowledge about the drug has
impacted its use and availability.
LSA sophomore Shane Ross, Phi
Gamma Delta fraternity brother
and EMS Club member, spoke with
The Daily about how a critical part
of expanding Narcan access is
education.
The
University
of
Michigan
Sustainable Food Program hosted
student-led “learnshops” at the
Michigan Union Saturday as part
of their three-day student food
summit “Rooting for Change.” The
interactive workshops were hosted
by UMSFP members and students
from other partner organizations
like the Minorities in Agriculture,
Natural Resources and Related
Sciences,
Student
Sustainability
Coalition, Sustainability Cultural
Organizers and the Campus Farm.
The learnshops were the last
event of the three-day summit,
with more than 130 students and
community members in attendance.
The summit started on Thursday
with “Bite-Sized Talks about Food
Justice” at the Blue Llama Jazz
Club, with student speakers and
performers hosting short talks
about different cultural approaches
to food justice. The series also
featured a keynote panel at the
Michigan League on the economics,
society and politics of food on
Friday.
In
an
interview
with
The
Michigan Daily, Chase Dautrich,
LSA senior and co-president of
UMSFP, said he hoped the summit
would expose people to food justice
organizations on campus and new
ways of creating positive change.
“A big goal of (the Rooting for
Change summit) is just bringing
people
together
and
showing
them that there is a food justice
community here on campus and
that we do have a lot of ‘people
power’ when we all come together,”
Dautrich said. “Being exposed to
new skills … is really powerful for
shaping people’s mindset when it
comes to imagining the ways that
they can create change.”
In one of the sessions hosted
Saturday, SSC members presented
on the intersection of decolonization
and global food systems, while
other workshops included hands-
on tutorials related to fermentation
and composting.
Jasmine Paulk, LSA sophomore
and a member of the Sustainability
Cultural
Organizers,
hosted
a learnshop on the concept of
“cultural organizing.” Paulk cited
Arts & Democracy’s definition of
cultural organizing, explaining the
concept as “a fluid and dynamic
practice about integrating arts and
culture into organizing strategies”
and “organizing from a particular
tradition,
cultural
identity,
community of place or worldview.”
Attendees were invited to engage
with cultural organizing by crafting
a 3D abstract visualization of their
culture with fabric scraps.
Paulk said she hoped the fabric
crafting activity at the learnshop
would allow participants to connect
with their culture in a meaningful
way while also giving the leftover
fabric scraps and buttons a new life.
“I wanted to share with people
what
the
concept
of
cultural
organizing is and give them a
window into how they can connect
with their culture and sort of have
fun doing that,” Paulk said. “I hope
that they leave today thinking about
what they’re most connected to,
what’s meaningful to them, and
then they’ll have a little physical
reminder of those things.”
Engineering
senior
Jordon
Horton
and
Environment
and
Sustainability
graduate
student
Naajia Shakir, the president and
vice-president
of
MANRRS,
presented on food sovereignty, a
community-driven
food
system
where farmers help craft food
production policies to mitigate
food inequity. They highlighted
organizations who practice forms of
food sovereignty, such as the Detroit
Black Community Food Security
Network
and
Cadillac
Urban
Gardens, a one-acre urban garden
located in southwest Detroit.
Shakir said in an interview
with The Daily she hopes people
leave the learnshops with a better
understanding of how to take
control of the food system. She also
mentioned her personal experience
growing up in Camden, N.J.
“Growing
up
around
a
lot
of corner stores and fast food
restaurants, I’ve always wanted
there to be space with more
affordable, equitable and accessible
grocery stores,” Shakir said. “I just
hope that folks know that there is
a possibility to have control over …
where your food is coming from,
(to) grow your own food and also
connect with your community.”
Shakir attended some of the
other workshops and said she felt
the summit was a good opportunity
to connect with other students
and
organizations
involved
in
food-related
and
environmental
advocacy.
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PiTE & LSA German Alumni Renu Dabak-Wakankar teaches students how to make kimchi in a session about fermenting foods at the Food Lab during the Student Food Summit Learn-
ship Program Saturday afternoon.
Annual UMich Tanner Lecture discusses intersectionality and oppression
U-M community members gathered to hear from keynote speaker Sally Haslanger on intersectional
oppression and institutional capitalism
The University’s EMS Club launched an initiative to provide Narcan
around campus, starting with fraternity and sorority chapter houses
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