Social Justice Institute

Sarah S. Willen, associate professor of anthropology and director of the research program on global health and human rights at the University of Connecticut Human Rights Institute, will discuss the health effects of migrant illegality and the challenges involved in activist mobilization on migrants’...

The Social Justice Institute is accepting scholarship applications from students interested in attending the Left Forum in New York City June 1–3. Graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to apply to attend this year’s Left Forum. The Left Forum is the largest gathering of leftist scholar...

The next Social Justice Research Lunch Series will feature a talk by Gillian Weiss, associate professor of history. In her collaborative book project, Weiss explores the role of forced labor in maritime art produced and displayed in 17th-century France. Her talk will consider how revealing the hist...

The Social Justice Institute is accepting applications for its 2018-19 social justice research fellowships. Awards are given to faculty members and undergraduate and graduate students interested in receiving support for research or projects related to social justice in any discipline. Social justic...

The next Social Justice Research Lunch Series event will be held Tuesday, Jan. 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A13. The School of Medicine’s Sana Loue will present “Medical Deportation: The New Form of Patient Dumping.” Attendees should bring their lunch; drinks and desser...

The Social Justice Institute will present “Who's Afraid of Edward Said? The Palestinians and the Stifling of Dissent,” with Ted Steinberg, the Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History and professor of law. This event will be held Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crawf...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Office of Cancer Disparities Research will host the second annual Cancer Disparities Symposium, titled “Taking it to the Streets: Where Cancer Disparities Research and Community Intersect," Friday, March 23. The symposium will bring together researchers, sch...

In support of the Social Justice Institute's Think Tank 2017—"Educating for Struggle: State Violence, Then and Now"—Kelvin Smith Library created a pop-up interactive exhibit in the first-floor gallery. Sticky notes are provided so you can start a conversation and spark ideas surrounding state viole...

Internationally renowned activist and scholar Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and National Book Award-winner Ibram Kendi will deliver the keynote lectures for the Social Justice Institute’s fourth biennial intergenerational Think Tank, “Educating for Struggle: State Violence Then and Now.” All conference even...

The Social Justice Institute will host "Race, Equity and Inclusion: How Cleveland Generates Wealth," a part of the Research Lunch Series featuring Kevin Alin and Peter Truog of the Fund for Our Economic Future. The presentation will be held Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crawford ...