March 23, 2018
Michigan Union, Pond Room
In collaboration with the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan and Louise Seamster at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, this conversation took some of the issues presented in an affiliated Thursday evening Emergency Management panel in Detroit, considering Emergency Management as not only a local but also a national project, which engages with systems of infrastructure, government, and culture at multiple scales.
9:30 Coffee
10:00 EMERGENCIES
Curt Guyette, ACLU of Michigan
Tom Stephens, Detroiters Resisting Emergency Management
Juanita Henry, Benton Harbor City Commissioner
10:30 Discussion
11:15 HISTORIES
June Manning Thomas, The University of Michigan
Peter Hammer, Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, Wayne State School of Law
Dana Kornberg, The University of Michigan
11:45 Discussion
2:00 SYSTEMS
The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University
Danielle Purifoy, Duke University
Tawana Petty, Petty Propolis
2:30 Discussion
3:15 Full Group Discussion
4:00 Conclusion
Image: Perry Rech/American Red Cross
