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Alumnx & Development
Engaging alumnx in intergroup work and donor stewardship
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Photo of Michael Gardner.
IGR is pleased to honor two graduates for this year’s Outstanding Alumnx Award (OAA), Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson (‘06) and Michael Gardner (‘12). The award recognizes exceptional alumnx who advance positive intergroup relations and social justice in their personal and professional lives. Dr. Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in the U-M School of Public Health. Her studies and work on clinical interventions seek to reduce racial trauma in Black families.
Gardner manages a smalll business team at Google, where he has made significant contributions to their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. He has worked to make Google Ann Arbor the most inclusive office in the world and coaches hundreds of staff of color.
IGR is proud of their accomplishments and how they have created a more just and incusive society and world. This year IGR saw a 250% increase in applications for the award. Next year, we look forward to seeing a further increase and to learning about the inspiring contributions IGR alumnx go on to make.
Listen to episode 7: featuring Michael Gardner on equity and bias to action in business
Spotlight on Patricia Gurin
Patricia Gurin presented with the James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship, November 18, 2019. Photo by Henry Mochida.
From left to right, Tabbye Chavous, James S. Jackson, Patricia Gurin, and Rob Sellers. Photo by Henry Mochida.
In November, the University of Michigan provost’s office, in partnership with the NCID, awarded Dr. Patricia Gurin the second biennial James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship. In Dr. Gurin’s distinguished lecture C ollectivity, Community, and Connections in the Pursuit of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion , she provided an overview of her scholarship on race, identity, and collective action, which has shaped theory and research in the field of psychology and generations of scholars following.
Watch Patricia’s distinguished lecture on Collectivity, Community, and Connections.
IGR increases fundraising efforts on Giving Blueday
Thanks to a generous matching fund by Patrticia Gurin, IGR had the opportunity to double our donations. On Giving Blueday (12/03/2019), a day of fundraising at U-M that coincided with Giving Tuesday, Patricia matched donations dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000!
This led to an outpouring of support from the IGR community for the #RealDialogue campaign, which was about discovering ways to interrupt dominant narratives and bridge differences in group dynamics. As a result, IGR raised over $11,500 from over 48 supporters. This set a historic precedent increasing fundraising from last year by over 1,200%!
IGR Giving Blueday Campaign. D onor support enables IGR to be responsive and flexible to meet the changing needs of students and the campus community to
productively address intergroup relations and social justice issues of
current impact. Visit the Student Life Giving webpage for information on how to donate.
