{"id":24699,"date":"2026-02-04T12:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=24699"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:40:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:40:52","slug":"aclu-attorney-jay-kaplan-to-speak-at-lunch-learn-feb-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/02\/04\/aclu-attorney-jay-kaplan-to-speak-at-lunch-learn-feb-18\/","title":{"rendered":"ACLU attorney Jay Kaplan to speak at Lunch &amp; Learn, Feb. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The College of Health Professions (CHP) Inclusive Excellence Committee will host an engaging Lunch &amp; Learn with guest speaker Jay Kaplan on <strong>Wednesday, Feb. 18<\/strong>, entitled &#8220;Loving and Caring for All in our Community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome to attend this conversation, which will take place from <strong>12-1 p.m<\/strong>. in Room 138 of the Commerce &amp; Finance Building.<\/p>\n<p>A longtime attorney with the ACLU of Michigan, Kaplan\u2019s work focuses on caring for and protecting transgender community members through advocacy, education and systemic change.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24698 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Jay-Kaplan-ACLU-event-225x300.jpg?resize=615%2C820&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Flyer with a black background and colorful rainbow and geometric patterns at top and bottom of page. Text reads, \u201cLoving &amp; Caring for All in Our Community, with guest speaker Jay Kaplan. Lunch &amp; Learn for students, faculty and staff on caring for all in our community. Wednesday, February 18th from 12\u20131 p.m., Commerce &amp; Finance 138.\u201d Smaller text reads: \u201cJay Kaplan is a longtime ACLU of Michigan attorney whose work focuses on caring for and protecting transgender community members through advocacy, education, and systemic change.\u201d The flyer notes it is sponsored by the CHP Inclusive Excellence Committee.\" width=\"615\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Jay-Kaplan-ACLU-event.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Jay-Kaplan-ACLU-event.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Jay-Kaplan-ACLU-event.jpg?resize=413%2C550&amp;ssl=1 413w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Jay-Kaplan-ACLU-event.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest speaker Jay Kaplan, a long time ACLU of Michigan attorney, will lead a conversation on \u2018Loving and Caring for All in Our Community\u2019 at the Lunch &amp; Learn scheduled for Feb. 18 at noon in Room 138 of the Commerce &amp; Finance Building. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":24698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[5347,7292,19,7290,2355,7289,7291,4993],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Jay-Kaplan-ACLU-event.jpg?fit=825%2C1100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6qn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24699"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24730,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24699\/revisions\/24730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}