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September 1, 2010
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Annual Meeting of the Citizens Research Council of Michigan
Detroit Athletic Club, 241 Madison Ave., Detroit
September 10
Robert Bobb, Detroit Public Schools emergency financial manager, will be the featured speaker at the CRC’s 94th Annual Meeting. He’ll speak about school reform and budget challenges. The event will run from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. | Website
Michigan Political Leadership Program Applications for Class of 2011
Michigan State University, East Lansing
Applications due Friday, September 10, 2010Applications are now available for one of the nation’s premier leadership training programs. Each year, 24 men and women from across the state and from all walks of life and political parties are competitively chosen for 10 months of training, one weekend per month. Successful applicants participate in a curriculum providing a solid foundation practical politics, public policy analysis, personal leadership development and effective governance. The scholarship program is valued at $15,000. | Website
Lecture: Lord John Alderdice
Location TBA
September 13The UM Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy will host Lord John Alderdice, an appointed life member of the British House of Lords of the British Parliament at Westminster. Recently the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party in the House of Lords elected him as its new Convener (Chair). He has substantial experience of working with political conflict and terrorism in various parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East. The talk will run from 4–5:30 p.m. with a reception to follow. | Website
Michigan Chamber of Commerce Future Forum
Kellogg Center, East Lansing
September 14The Michigan Chamber will host its 12th Future Forum to discuss public policy issues relating to free enterprise, job creation and business growth in Michigan. Keynote speakers will be George Friedman, chief executive of strategy development firm STRATFOR and author of The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century; and Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and host of “Huckabee” on the Fox News Channel. The forum will run from 1–8 p.m. | Website
Politics and Governance in Michigan
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall, 735 South State St., Ann Arbor
September 15
Bill Ballenger, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, will sound off on what the 2010 elections mean for Michigan. The free seminar, which will run from from 7–8:30 p.m., is sponsored by the Ford School of Public Policy. | Website
WSU Citizenship and Constitution Day Program
Partrich Auditorium of the Wayne State University Law School, Detroit
September 16The Wayne State University Center for the Study of Citizenship will host its annual Citizenship and Constitution Day program, titled “Are Corporations Citizens?: Citizens United and the Future of American Democracy.” The featured speaker will be Joel Gora, a constitutional, election and campaign finance law scholar at the Brooklyn Law School. A panel discussion and audience Q&A session will follow Gora’s lecture, which will begin at 7 p.m. A reception will precede the lecture at 6 p.m. at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 Ferry Mall, Detroit. Contact Rochelle White, at 313.577.0300 or email her, for an invitation. | Website
The American Presidency and Philanthropy Since the Civil War
Loosemore Auditorium, Grand Valley State University, 401 Fulton St. West, Grand Rapids
September 16–17A keynote address by GVSU professor Richard Gunderman on September 16 at 7 p.m. will kick off this GVSU Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies series on the presidency and philanthropy in America. Gunderman will compare and contrast the contributions of Presidents Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy. On September 17 the event will resume at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and sessions on Adam Smith, the development of philanthropy, public/private partnerships and a book discussion. The event will wrap up at 2:45 p.m. | Website
2010 West Michigan Policy Forum
DeVos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids
September 16–17The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce will continue discussion of five targeted strategic policy directives as Michigan gets ready for another state election cycle. Speakers will include William Clay Ford, Jr., executive chairman of Ford Motor Co.; Brian Wesbury, an economic forecaster and chief economist at First Trust Advisors L.P.; and Michael Fleming, president of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. | Website
Extreme Change: Four Women, Four Sectors, Total Transformation
MotorCity Casino Hotel, 2901 Grand River Ave., Detroit
September 17
This Inforum event will feature four women who have led transformational change in different fields: Susie Ellwood, CEO of Detroit Media Partnership; Carol Goss, president and CEO of The Skillman Foundation; Barbara L. McQuade, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan; and Mary Zuckerman, COO of the Detroit Medical Center. Emmy Award-winning journalist Carol Cain will moderate. The event will run from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. and is $55 for Inforum members and $65 for non-members. | Website
Wolverine Caucus Forum: Elections 2010
Christman/MML Building, 208 N. Capitol Avenue, Lansing
September 21Political scientist and U of M communications professor Michael Traugott will provide insight into the 2010 elections at the September gathering of the U of M Wolverine Caucus. The free event will take place from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Website
MSAE Diamond Awards Banquet
The Townsend Hotel, 100 Townsend St., Birmingham
September 22
The Michigan Society of Association Executives will recognize exceptional work in the association industry in the past year and celebrate association leaders’ achievement at its annual awards dinner. | Website
Steve and Richard Ford: Gerald R. Ford, the Early Years
Gerald R. Ford Museum, 303 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids
September 22Former President Ford’s son, Steve, and brother, Richard, will discuss Gerald R. Ford’s early life, beginning at 8 p.m. The talk is being held in conjunction with the feature exhibit “From School House to White House: The Education of the Presidents.” For reservations call 616.254.0384 or email ford_events@nara.gov. | Website
FOCIS on Public Education featuring Diane Ravitch
WSU Community Arts Center, 450 Reuther Mall, Detroit
September 23The Forum on Contemporary Issues in Society (FOCIS) will host Diane Ravitch, who will discuss public education issues. Ravitch, research professor of education at New York University, will share her views on education measurement and testing, accountability, school choice, privatization and how to best prepare students to contribute in the 21st century economy. The session will take place from 6–8 p.m. | Website
Michigan Women’s Historical Center Exhibit Opening
Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame, 213 W. Main St., Lansing
September 26The Center will celebrate the 90th anniversary of women’s right to vote with the opening of “Petticoat Patriots: How Michigan Women Won the Vote” exhibit. The reception will take place from 2–4 pm. | Website
Ambassador Richard Solomon
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall, 735 S. State St., Ann Arbor
September 29Ambassador Richard Solomon will speak at the invitation of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the International Policy Center. Ambassador Solomon is president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an organization funded by Congress that provides analysis, training and tools to prevent and end conflicts; promotes stability; and professionalizes the field of peacebuilding. The talk will run from 4–5:30 p.m. | Website
Crain’s 2010 Detroit House Party
Various locations; afterglow: Taubman Center, College for Creative Studies, 485 Milwaukee Ave., Detroit
September 29Crain’s Detroit Business and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority will host cocktail parties at 26 Detroit homes from 5:30–7 p.m. with an afterglow party at the College for Creative Studies from 7:30–10 p.m. Tickets are $50. | Website
ATHENA Awards Luncheon
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Ambassador Ballroom, Grand Rapids
September 30Nancy Skinner, executive coach, consultant and founder of Nancy Skinner & Associates (part of Varnum Consulting, LLC), will be honored as the 2009 Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce’s ATHENA Award recipient. The ATHENA Young Professional Award winner and college scholarship recipients will also be announced. The event will take place from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 for chamber members and $75 for non-members. | Website
Last Day to Register to Vote for November 2 Elections
October 4
Wayne State University Press ‘Celebrate Detroit’ Event
Eastern Market, Shed 3, Division St. between Russell and Adelaude, Detroit
October 7Wayne State University Press will celebrate the release of new books by Detroit authors or with Detroit-based themes at this annual fundraising event. Guests will have a chance to meet authors and have their books signed. The event, which will include a strolling reception and cash bar, will run from 6-9 p.m. Contact Maureen Leonard, at 313-577-6486 or moleonard@wayne.edu, for an invitation. | Website
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Fresh Start: A Constitutional Convention for Michigan?
Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain St. NE, Grand Rapids
October 12GVSU’s Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies and the Fountain Street Church will host a debate between John Logie, attorney with Warner, Norcross & Judd L.L.P. and former mayor of Grand Rapids, and Robert LaBrant, senior vice president and legal counsel for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, to determine whether or not Michigan voters should approve a fifth constitutional convention this November. The debate will begin at 7 p.m. | Website
Michigan Women’s Historical Center & Hall of Fame Annual Awards Dinner and Induction Ceremony
Sheraton Detroit, Novi
October 20The newest members of the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame will be announced and celebrated beginning at 5 p.m. | Website
Public Policy Breakfast with Legislators
Location TBA
October 25Networking and facilitated Q & A sessions focus on providing members of the business community an opportunity to weigh in on state policy issues. This Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce event will run from 7:30–9:30 a.m. and is $15 for chamber members and $20 for non-members. | Website
State General Election
November 2
Dr. Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Annenberg Auditorium
1120 Weill Hall, 735 S. State St., Ann Arbor
November 10Dr. Jessica Tuchman Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an international research organization, will speak from 4-5:30 p.m. She holds a PhD in molecular biology, and has held positions in the executive and legislative branches, in management and research in the nonprofit arena, and in journalism. A reception will follow this event co-sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the International Policy Center. | Website
Betty Ford Exhibit Opening
Gerald R. Ford Museum, 303 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids
November 12–February 27, 2011A new exhibit will shed light on former First Lady Betty Ford through items in the Ford Museum’s extensive collection. “Betty Ford – An Extraordinary Life” will feature items that document her Grand Rapids upbringing, career in fashion and dance, life as a congressman’s wife and First Lady, and work in breast cancer and chemical dependency awareness. | Website
MSAE Association Law Symposium
James B. Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd., Lansing
November 17This symposium will update association chiefs, senior level executives and association attorneys on the newest legal, financial and human resource changes affecting associations. | Website
Jeffrey D. Sachs Lecture
Rackham Auditorium, UM Rackham Graduate School, 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor
November 29Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, will speak on sustainable economic development and poverty alleviation. The talk is sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the International Policy Center and will take place from 4–5:30 p.m. with a reception to follow. | Website
Climate Change Policy in the Great Lakes Basin
UM Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall, Ann Arbor
December 1A panel of three experts will discuss current and future environmental and political impacts on the Great Lakes Basin from 4–5:30 p.m. Speakers will be Christopher Borick , director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion; Barry Rabe, professor of public policy with the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and professor of environmental policy, School of Natural Resources and Environment; and Don Scavia, director of the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute, Graham Family Professor of Environmental Sustainability, professor of civil and environmental engineering, professor of natural resources and environment and special counsel to the UM President for sustainability. | Website
MSAE Academy of Legislation & Government Relations
MSAE Office, 1350 Haslett Rd., East Lansing
January 10This educational session will provide insight into advocacy best practices and lobbying regulations for association staff. Topics to be covered include issue management, political action committees, grass-roots efforts and rules on influencing legislation. The class will be held from 9 a.m.–noon. | Website
MSAE Academy of Legislation & Government Relations
TMTA Office, 28237 Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington Hills
January 24This educational session will provide insight into advocacy best practices and lobbying regulations for association staff. Topics to be covered include issue management, political action committees, grass-roots efforts and rules on influencing legislation. The class will be held from 9 a.m.-noon. | Website
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