This large, international conference enjoyed the support of a wide range of individuals and programs at the University of Michigan. Its sponsors included:
- The College of Literature, Science and the Arts
- Office of the President
- Office of the Provost
- Rackham School of Graduate Studies
- Office of the Vice President for Research
- Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
- Department of History
- Department of American Culture
- Institute for Research on Women and Gender
- Central Student Government
- Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
- The School of Social Work
- Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
- Residential College
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Department of Communication Studies and the Howard R. Marsh Center for Journalistic Performance
- Institute for the Humanities
- Bentley Library
- Labadie Collection
- Institute for Social Research
- American History Workshop
- University Libraries
- LSA Honors Program
- National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID)
- Department of English
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Afro-American and African Studies
- International Institute
- Michigan Community of Scholars Program
- Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO)
- Lecturer Employees' Organization (LEO)
- Department of Political Science
- Arts of Citizenship Program
- Department of Women’s Studies
- Center for the Education of Women (CEW)
- Women of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP)
- Department of Anthropology
- LSA Student Government
