Social Justice Institute

The Case Western Reserve University Social Justice Institute invites students to apply for its undergraduate social justice fellowships. Applicants will have the opportunity to carry out research or projects related to social justice, which can be in any discipline. A complete application should in...

The Social Justice Institute (SJI) will hold an open house on Friday, Jan. 16, from noon to 2:30 p.m. in Crawford Hall, room A13 (Conference Library). The SJI will take a look at the year in review, share updates on recent SJI initiatives such as the social justice minor, community-building strateg...

The Case Western Reserve University Social Justice Institute will continue its Brown Bag Series this spring. The first discussion will feature Associate Professor of Sociology Susan Hinze and will take place Wednesday, Feb. 4, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A13. Other dates and speake...

The campus community is invited to take part in a discussion, "From Ferguson to Cleveland: An Open Dialogue," on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., in Clark Hall, Room 309. The dialogue will feature Shakyra Diaz, policy manager at the ACLU of Ohio; Rhonda Y. Williams, founder and director of th...

The campus community is invited to join the Case Western Reserve University Social Justice Institute for a brown-bag lunch discussion Wednesday, Dec. 3, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Mather House, room 100. At the lunch, Jessie Hill, professor of law and the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar...

Sue Hinze, associate professor of sociology, will give the next talk in the Social Justice Institute Brown Bag series. Hinze’s lecture, “Does This Patient Deserve My Care? How race/ethnicity, class and gender influence physician decision-making,” will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 12:30 to 2...

The Social Justice Institute will hold its Fall 2014 Student and Youth Leadership Conference on Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Thwing Center, room 201. At this half-day conference, students may attend presentations from guest speakers Tanetta Andersson, visiting assistant professor ...

The campus community is invited to a screening of the film The New Black on Friday, Oct. 17, at 12:30 p.m. in Clark Hall 205, followed by a discussion on race and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. Speakers will include Baptist minister Shaundra Cunningham, LGBT grassroots organi...

John Flores, assistant professor of history and Climo Junior Professor, will lead the next Social Justice Institute brown bag lunch event. On Wednesday, Oct. 1, he will present “Which Mexicans Became Americans?”—a comparison of Mexican naturalization processes in Chicago and Los Angeles between 190...

Rhonda Williams, associate professor of history and founder/director of the Social Justice Institute, will be a featured panelist on a plenary titled, “Cities In Revolt: Detroit, Chicago, Jackson-Mississippi, & Beyond,” Sept. 25-28 at Kalamazoo College. The panelists will examine resistance movemen...