May 8-9: Conference on Special Interests in American Politics at U of Michigan

Please join me next week (May 8-9) for a conference at the University of Michigan on “The Role of Special Interests in American Politics”. The conference is co-organized by Rick Hall, Geoff Lorenz, and myself. It is free and open to the public.  The event page is here:

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/polisci/events/departmentevents/ci.theroleofspecialinterestsinamericanpoliticsfri8may2015_ci.detail

Presenters include Frank Baumgartner, Rachel Best, Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Daniel Carpenter, John de Figueiredo, Lee Drutman, Matt Grossmann, Beth Leech, Corrine McConnaughy, Rob Mickey, Mark Mizruchi, Brian Richter, Kay Schlozman, Robert Van Houweling, Edward Walker, and Susan Webb Yackee.

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Fashion for Freedom on Michigan Public Radio

One of the teams from my OS203 Activism course was covered in a story that aired Friday on Michigan Public Radio. Read the story here:

http://michiganradio.org/post/student-group-protests-racy-ads

In addition to the public radio story, here are a couple of other resources about he team’s work:

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/424156451079931/

YouTube Video #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSsuOx2TNAQ

YouTube Video #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAYmXr6R_Kc