Social Justice Institute

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a screening of the documentary film Capturing the Flag. The event, which also will include a discussion on the film, will take place Thursday, Oct. 25, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Mather House, Room 100. Kenneth Ledford, chair an...

The Social Justice Institute invites first-years, sophomores and juniors to apply for the Social Justice Scholars study group. Accepted applicants will receive a $500 stipend for their full participation. Over the course of spring semester 2019, accepted applicants will gather with Social Justice I...

Aldon Morris, the Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University, will give a presentation on campus titled “W.E.B. Du Bois at the Center: From Science, Civil Rights Movement, to Black Lives Matter.” The lecture will take place Monday, Oct. 15, from 1:30 ...

The Social Justice Institute Research Lunch Series continues with "Collective Punishment in the Occupied-Palestinian Territory" with Avidan Y. Cover, a Social Justice Institute Research Fellow, professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy. Cover will present his...

The Social Justice Institute and the Latino Alumni Association will host a panel discussion titled “Aftermath: Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria and Cleveland Resettlement,” an event of Hispanic Heritage Month. The discussion will take place Thursday, Oct. 4, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Clapp Hall, Room 108. ...

Sophomore Annie Du, a graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, will convene a panel to discuss the critical issue of gun violence through a public health lens. The event will be held Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A9. Featuring Scott Fran...

The Social Justice Institute will host James Forman Jr., a former public defender and author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime & Punishment in Black America, for a talk Thursday, Sept. 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center’s Senior Classroom. Forman will speak about his bo...

The Department of History and the Social Justice Institute will host “History is Relevant: The Israeli New History and Its Legacy,” a lecture by Ilan Pappé, professor of history at the University of Exeter. The lecture will be held Thursday, Sept. 13, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Iris S. and Bert L. ...

The Social Justice Institute will host the first session of the Social Justice Research Lunch Series, titled “'God Complexes' and 'Complex Gods': Emancipatory Practices in Religion and Hip Hop,” Tuesday, Sept. 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A9. The lecturer, Associate Prof...

The Social Justice Institute has established a scholarship fund to help Case Western Reserve University students attend conferences to enhance their educational, professional and personal development in social justice. As limited funds are available, students interested in attending a conference du...