Student Event | Alumni | Division Event
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
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