Social Justice Institute

Explore intersectional feminism at the next Women of Color Series event Wednesday, Jan. 18, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 248. The event, titled “Intersectional Feminism – Navigating the Intersections,” will give participants the opportunity to take a closer look ...

Join the Social Justice Institute for the next Research Lunch Series event Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A13. Daniel J. Lacks, chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation...

The Social Justice Institute will host a teach-in titled “Post-Election Analysis: How This Happened & Where to Go from Here” Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Clapp Hall, Room 108. The following speakers will participate: John Flores, the Climo Junior Professor in history; Kathryn Lavelle, ...

With help from the Social Justice Institute, foster care youth who now are part of the Case Western Reserve University community don't have to spend the holidays alone. Less than 10 percent of foster youth graduate from college, and many students who have aged out of foster care are living independ...

The Social Justice Institute will host an event featuring Ainé Ní Léime, a visiting researcher in the Department of Sociology, Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center. Ní Léime, a research fellow at the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology at the National Un...

Join the Social Justice Institute’s Rhonda Y. Williams and Misty Luminais for a viewing of video shorts and a discussion about how race intersects placemaking in the lives of women from East Cleveland. Williams, founder and director of the Social Justice Institute, and Luminais, senior research ass...

The Social Justice Institute will host Gordon Ulmer, a PhD candidate at The Ohio State University Department of Anthropology, to present his research Saturday, Nov. 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A13. In a talk titled “Labor and Conservation in the Peruvian Amazon,” Ulmer will di...

The Social Justice Institute is offering scholarships for students interested in attending a social justice or leadership conference. The scholarships (of up to $500 each) can be used to assist with travel, registration fees, lodging or other approved expenses. Students can apply online through De...

Rhonda Y. Williams, founder and director of the Social Justice Institute, penned an opinion piece on the importance of showing up to the polls on Election Day. In her opinion piece, titled “Your silence will not protect you from Donald Trump - voting is imperative,” she explained why she believes v...

The dominant narrative framing of the July 1966 events in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood is that the mostly African-American residents “rioted” out of “frustration” with the interrelated facts of oppressive city policies and poor living conditions. Recent historical work questions the interpretatio...