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EECS Juneteenth Celebration: Tech and Empowering Our Communities

WHERE:
Remote/Virtual
WHEN:
Friday, June 16, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
This event is free and open to the publicAdd to Google Calendar
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Join the fourth annual EECS Juneteenth Celebration

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97138270916

Passcode: 696957

About the event

The EECS Juneteenth Celebration will take place virtually and will include:

  • a welcome address by Michigan Lieutenant Governor and EECS alumnus Garlin Gilchrist
  • a performance of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Black National Anthem
  • a reading of the history of Juneteenth
  • a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
  • a panel discussion on the importance of empowering and uplifting our Michigan communities, especially through STEM, as our goal is to train people-first engineers who inspire the next generation of problem-solvers.
  • Closing remarks by the EECS department chairs

 

Sponsored by

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Organizer

Ann Stals

Faculty Host

Herbert Winful Joseph E and Anne P Rowe Professor of Electrical EngineeringEECS-ECE