Center for Racial Justice

Advancing racial equity and cultivating a diverse community of changemakers

The Center for Racial Justice is a cross-disciplinary hub to advance learning, research, and policy
engagement on racial justice issues. We invest in collaborations between racial justice changemakers—
activists, artists, policy advocates, and policy makers who confront some of our most pressing societal
challenges— and top scholars and students working at the intersection of race and public policy.

Featured event

SUGARCANE screening and Q&A

Apr 14, 2025, 6:00 pm EDT

Michigan Theater

Join us for a screening of the OSCAR® nominated documentary SUGARCANE followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily...

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2024-2025 cohort

Visiting Fellows Program

Funded by the Mellon Foundation, the Visiting Fellows Program is a non-residential fellowship and signature initiative of the Center for Racial Justice. The program offers social justice leaders, activists, artists, advocates, and scholars a prestigious, highly competitive fellowship designed to recognize their transformative work to date and provide opportunities to advance their future endeavors.

Amanda Alexander, Charlene Carruthers, Bianca Wilson

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A Celebration of Works that Expand Our Political Imagination

Apr 15 2025

4:30-6:00 pm

Apr 14 2025

6:00 pm

Mar 18 2025

6:00 pm

Ford School to host screening of Oscar nominated documentary SUGARCANE

The Ford School will host a special screening of Oscar-nominated documentary SUGARCANE at the Michigan Theatre on Monday, April 14, followed by a Q&A...

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Rico comments on Trump policies' impact on immigrant communities

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Center for Racial Justice

SUGARCANE screening and Q&A

Visiting Fellows Program

Events

Visions for a Just Future

SUGARCANE screening and Q&A

The Ann Arbor Premiere of 17 BLOCKS

Ford School to host screening of Oscar nominated documentary SUGARCANE

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Ford School to host screening of Oscar nominated documentary SUGARCANE

Rico comments on Trump policies' impact on immigrant communities

Government suspicion, conspiratorial thinking linked to historical harm in 3 Michigan communities, U-M report finds