Social Justice Institute

Before starting classes at Case Western Reserve University’s Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Allysia White had her sights set on a particular experience: study abroad. “I love to travel so study abroad wasn’t a question of if I was going, it was more of a question a...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to an “Anti-Racism, Anti-Colonialism and Climate Change” virtual speaker series event with Dipesh Chakrabarty, an influential postcolonial scholar, Thursday, April 6, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Chakrabarty’s work is now canonical and he...

Case Western Reserve’s African American Alumni Association, in partnership with the university's Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity and African American Studies Minor, will host the next event in the Profiles of Inclusive Excellence Speaker Series Monday, March 27, from 6 to 7 p.m...

The Social Justice Institute will host an open house today (March 1) from 3 to 5 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A-15. Faculty, staff and students are invited to drop by for coffee, tea, lemonade and desserts, and to learn more about the institute. Guests can meet with staff and faculty and learn abou...

The Social Justice Institute will continue its Social Justice ​​R + R (Relaxation and Resources) series Wednesday, March 1, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A-13. Lisa Kollins, founder and executive director of The Superhero Project, will present “The Superhero Project: Recogniti...

Since the early 1900s, Black nonprofit organizations have existed nationwide to promote civil and social action and foster unity among the African American community. Initially created as a result of racial isolation and discrimination, these groups continue to pursue their core goals today at insti...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the Social Justice Institute for the next R+R (Research and Refreshments) session featuring Jill Yang, a postdoctoral scholar. Yang will present “Families of Juveniles with Life Sentences” today (Feb. 1) from 11:45 a.m. to...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to an “Anti-Racism, Anti-Colonialism and Climate Change” speaker series event with Romy Opperman, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. Opperman’s talk, which will include a group disc...

Institutions of higher education are uniquely positioned to engage in difficult dialogue and everyone at Case Western Reserve University should feel safe to discuss complex issues, while feeling heard and respected. Members of the university community are invited to join Provost Ben Vinson III for ...

Roelf Meyer and Mohamed Bhabha, two key leaders in the negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa, will speak to Greater University Circle institutions and community members to share their lessons learned and discuss how to bridge divides toward greater democracy and stronger communities. Titled...