2019-11-25 by The Michigan Daily

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Semester in Detroit calls out ‘U’ on new center, ethics

Program directors question recently announced U-M innovation project LIAT WEINSTEIN Daily Staff Reporter

RYAN LITTLE/Daily Sunrise Movement activists hold a sit-in inside US Rep. Debbie Dingell’s office to advocate for the Green New Deal Friday.

Sunrise Movement activists occupy US Rep. Dingell’s office in protest Staged sit-in advocates for Green New Deal, urges to fight climate change ANGELINA LITTLE Daily Staff Reporter

Activists from Sunrise Movement Ann Arbor, a group focused on climate change and committed to garnering support for the Green New Deal, occupied the office of U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, in Ypsilanti on Friday. About 50 students and community members participated in the sit-in which began at about 4:30 p.m. They sang, chanted

and shared stories about why the Green New Deal matters to them. Dingell was not present. After about two hours, a majority of protesters left, but a smaller group who said they were willing to take an “escalated risk” spent the night in her office. On Saturday, three of these protesters were arrested at about 2:15 p.m. Sunrise Movement Ann Arbor protesters have staged multiple sit-ins at Dingell’s office asking her to co-sponsor the Green

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Event talks transgender rights laws at Trotter Student organizations discuss current status of name changes, process JIALIN ZHANG

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The University of Michigan’s Outlaws and OUTreach student organizations hosted “#TransMatters in Law,” at the Trotter Multicultural Center on Friday. The event discussed the current status of name changes, gender markers and current law related to transgender rights. The event started with an overview of the name-changing process of an individual in Michigan, which involves five major steps: filing a petition, going through fingerprint and background checks, filing required documents, publication of the name change in legal journals and attending a hearing. Law School student Richard Phillips is a member of OUTreach, a law-student-run, pro bono project team aimed at advocating for LGBTQ rights. Phillips explained the current state of name changing in Michigan. “I think there is this idea that doing legal changes and taking control of your own identity and changing something as intimate as your own name is something that one can do easily,” Phillips said. “But as you will find, with even just some cursory research, you will find that there is this convoluted process, and it cost a lot of money.”

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resolution. Although she is not a Green New Deal sponsor as of publication, Dingell has not been inactive in the fight against climate change. On Thursday, Dingell introduced the 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019, legislation setting a nationwide goal of achieving 100 percent clean energy economy with netzero climate pollution by 2050. SeeNEW DEAL PAGE 2A

Palestinian-American activist speaks on intersectional feminism Arab Student Association hosts Linda Sarsour for discussion on identity ANCHAL MALH For The Daily

Palestinian American political activist Linda Sarsour joined students on Friday as a part of the Arab Student Association’s Focus Week to discuss issues in the Arab community. Sarsour’s talk was the last event of the club’s Focus Week and touched upon feminism in Arab communities. About 100 students gathered in Rackham’s Auditorium on Friday night for the event. Sarsour hails from Brooklyn, New York, and identifies as an Arab, Muslim and Palestinian woman. During her talk, she discussed the importance of her identity and how

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New Deal, a resolution to fight climate change and economic inequality first introduced by U.S. Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass. Sunrise protesters initially met with Dingell in February to urge her to sign on, staging their first sit-in at her office last April and again this September. Dingell was not present at either protest and has not given a definitive response on whether she plans to sponsor the

Faculty directors of the Semester in Detroit program, an initiative that allows University of Michigan students to study and intern with communitybased organizations in the city of Detroit, published a statement Tuesday questioning the ethics and effectiveness of the newlyannounced Detroit Center for Innovation. The statement represents the views of SiD directors and does not speak on behalf of SiD as a University and Residential College program. The Center, which they anticipate will cost upwards of $300 million, will provide teaching in subjects like technology and artificial intelligence to undergraduate and graduate students. It will also serve as a conference center and hotel in downtown Detroit. Plans to open the 14-acre center have received backlash from students and faculty

all of her identities intertwine to make her the woman she is today. She also talked about how each identity intersects to influence her work as a political activist. Sarsour was the co-chair of the Women’s March in 2017 in Washington D.C. During the event at Rackham, she told the audience her perspective on becoming a representative for the Arab and Muslim community in America. Sarsour said when she joined the committee, it became a goal for her to ensure all of the groups she identifies with were heard during the event. “I had a pact to make and this is what women of color do,” Sarsour

said. “If I’m on the table, I pull up chairs to the table that I’m at. It was my opportunity to say, ‘Who do I bring to the table from the communities that I come from?’” Sarsour also said through her work with the march she wanted to challenge stereotypes surrounding Muslim-American women. “(The March is) figuring out how to kind of reintroduce what Muslim-American and ArabAmerican women are, and that we too have a seat at the table when it comes to what feminism looks like,” Sarsour said. Dentistry student Maya Youness told The Daily she was excited to get to hear Sarsour speak. She

said her biggest takeaway from Friday’s event was learning not to sugarcoat the problems in different communities. “Don’t compensate,” Youness said. “Talk about things the way they are.” Sarsour said feminism in Western culture is often limited to a Caucasian perspective and leaves out what women of color experience. Sarsour explained white women often feel uncomfortable when she begins to discuss political and social conflict that affect women of color and their communities.