Social Justice Institute

The final event in the 2019 Social Justice Research Lunch Series will be held Tuesday, April 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A13 (ground floor). Lee Hoffer, associate professor of anthropology, and alumna Allison Schlosser (GRS ’18, anthropology) will present “Using Photovo...

Join the Social Justice Institute for a light bagel breakfast and conversation with Sana Mahmud, former captain of the National Women's Soccer Team of Pakistan and program officer for the international organization Right to Play. The discussion will take place Thursday, March 28, from 8:45 to 9:30 a...

The Social Justice Institute and QGrad will host the next session of the Social Justice Research Lunch Series Tuesday, March 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A13. Dana Prince, assistant professor in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Sciences, and Sonia Eme...

As part of the Cleveland Humanities Festival, the Social Justice Institute, Master of Public Health program and the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health will host “Company Town: A Documentary and Discussion about Environmental Justice, Race and Power.” The event will take place Monday...

Susan Dominguez, a SAGES teaching fellow, will give a lecture at the next Social Justice Research Lunch Series event. Dominguez will present “The ‘Tiny Horrors’ of Cultural Genocide: Indigenous Children in Residential and Boarding Schools, 1870-1970” Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. ...

In conjunction with the “Thirty” art exhibit, the Social Justice Institute, Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence and Kelvin Smith Library will host an event to commemorate the United Nations World Social Justice Day Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 6 p.m. in the Kelvin Smith Library gallery....

The Social Justice Teach-In is designed to inspire students and community members to be active and engaged citizens, to increase their understanding of social justice issues, and to enhance their leadership skills in areas such as service, advocacy and philanthropy. This year's Social Justice Teach...

The Social Justice Institute is accepting proposals from undergraduate and graduate students for a fellowship opportunity to support work during the 2019-20 academic year. The funding can be used to carry out research or implement projects related to social justice in any discipline. Social justice...

Local author, attorney and historian James Robenalt will discuss the roots of the violent uprisings in Cleveland in the late 1960s, including the Hough Riot (1966) and Glenville Shootout (1968), and their political aftermath. His talk, titled “Ballots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Gue...

The Social Justice Institute will host Matthew Garrett, associate professor of music, for the next Social Justice Research Lunch Series event. Garrett will present “Draw the Circle Wide: Celebrating Transgender and Gender Expansive Students in Music Learning Environments” Tuesday, Jan. 29, from 11:...