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SJI in the News
The work of the SJI impacts not only our campus home, but the broader community as well. Check out some of our news coverage!
- Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute, was cited for her role as a member of the Cleveland police monitoring team: AARP Faces Accusations of Hostile Workplace, Discrimination in Black Woman’s Lawsuit: Case Claims Racism Derailed Promising Career, Pacer Monitor, September 23, 2021
- Ayesha Bell Hardaway discussed a new Chicago ordinance: Oversight of Chicago police handed to new civilian commission after years of public pressure, Washington Post, July 21, 2021
- Ayesha Bell Hardaway will return as deputy police monitor: Implicit Bias And Racial Profiling At Center Of Most Recent Consent Decree Conversation, ideastream, July 19, 2021
- Ayesha Bell Hardaway comments on Bill Cosby's overturned sexual assault case: Cosby case rips open wounds that just won't heal. Here's why. York Daily Record, July 12, 2021
- Cleveland police Monitor rejects Ayesha Bell-Hardaway's resignation from the Consent Decree team, says he has 'heard the community, WKYC, July 8, 2021
- Cleveland community groups call for the removal of police monitor Hassan Aden in the wake of the forced departure of Ayesha Bell Hardaway from Cleveland Police Monitoring team: NAACP speaks after professor resigns from police monitoring team, News 5 Cleveland, June 23, 2021
- University statement in support of Social Justice Institute co-director Ayesha Bell Hardaway, June 21, 2021
- In Chauvin trial, the defense scrambles to find ‘reasonable doubt’, ESPN, April 16, 2021
- CWRU School of Law's Ayesha Bell Hardaway discusses police killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota, CNN, April 14, 2021
- Law's Ayesha Bell Hardaway discusses the trial of Derek Chauvin on CNN's New Day, CNN, April 8, 2021
- George Floyd’s body is on trial for its own murder, Rolling Stone, April 9, 2021
- Law's Ayesha Bell Hardaway discusses Day 4 of trial of Derek Chauvin on CNN, CNN, April 2, 2021
- Ohio's 'stand your ground' law takes effect Tuesday, WEWS, April 6, 2021
- Body cam video captures George Floyd's deadly encounter with police. CNN, April 1, 2021
- Amid calls for transparency, city agreed to closed FOP negotiations, WFPL, March 25, 2021
- How to Explain to Kids the Difference Between a Mob and a Protest, Parents, January 8, 2021
- Leaders: Capitol chaos illustrates painful truth in Black community, News 5 Cleveland, January 7, 2021
- Reaction to Trump supporters storming U.S. Capitol building, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2021
- Gov. Mike DeWine signs bill expanding controversial 'stand your ground' policy in Ohio, News 5 Cleveland, January 4, 2021
- Systemic racism is embedded in our society due to past issues that led to present problems, Freshwater Cleveland, December 15, 2020
- Column: Five steps to heal our nation and strengthen our democracy, The Columbus Dispatch, November 26, 2020
- It’s beyond time to make reparations for enslaving an entire race, but commissions aren’t the answer, San Francisco Chronicle, October 29, 2020
- Black seniors are harder hit by COVID-19 — here's why, Care.com, September 14, 2020
Older News Items
- CWRU students join Women's March on Cleveland, DC, The Observer, January 27, 2017
- The Social Justice Institute: six years dedicated to equality, The Observer, December 2, 2016
- Your silence will not protect you from Donald Trump, Cleveland.com, October 7, 2016
- Sara's Circle: Finding Justice with Dr. Rhonda Williams, WKYC, September 22, 2016
- Touring the Cleveland delegates don't see, CBC Radio, July 24, 2016
- CCEL, SJI and InterReligious Task Force host Social Justice Teach-In, The Observer, February 18, 2016
- Turning Voices Into Action, The Observer, February 15, 2016
- Protestors, including CWRU community members, call for reforms after Tamir Rice ruling, The Observer, January 15, 2016
- Case Western Reserve University professor Rhonda Y. Williams is sounding the bell on local police reform, Cleveland Magazine, December 2015
- Social Justice Institute hosts Think Tank, The Observer, November 20, 2015
- Social activist to speak to sold-out audience on campus, The Observer, November 6, 2015
- Becoming a Teen Mom: Sociologists Mary Erdmans and Timothy Black examine women's lives before pregnancy, Art/Sci Magazine, Fall/Winter 2015
- Cleveland Community Police Commission meeting gives public the chance to ask questions, Cleveland.com, October 14, 2015 (Institute Director Rhonda Y. Williams is a member of the Community Police Commission.)
- Activist Angela Davis to Speak at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 20, 2015
- Angela Davis to Speak at College, Eastside News, October 20, 2015
- Activist group renews complaints about court-ordered Cleveland Community Police Commission, Cleveland.com, August 28, 2015
- Cleveland group seeks arrests of officers involved in Tamir Rice shooting, Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 9, 2015
- Educating for Struggle: Rhonda Y. Williams and the SJI combine scholarship, teaching and activism, Art/Sci Magazine, Spring 2014
- Cleveland Race, Food & Justice Conference this weekend in University Circle, Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 1, 2014
- Case conference on food and social justice issues draws nation's leaders in urban farming movement, Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 10, 2013
- Author talks to crowd at John Hay High School about mass incarceration in United States, Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 26, 2012