The work of the SJI impacts not only our campus home, but the broader community as well. Check out some of our news coverage!
- SJI Co-Director and Associate Professor of Law Ayesha B. Hardaway comments on Bill Cosby's overturned sexual assault case, July 12, 2021
- Cleveland police Monitor rejects Ayesha Bell-Hardaway's resignation from the Consent Decree team, says he has 'heard the community, July 8, 2021
- Cleveland community groups call for the removal of police monitor Hassan Aden in the wake of the forced departure of SJI co-director Ayesha Bell Hardaway from Cleveland Police Monitoring team , 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, Jan. 8, 2021
- Leaders: Capitol chaos illustrates painful truth in Black community, News 5 Cleveland, Jan. 7, 2021
- Reaction to Trump supporters storming U.S. Capitol building, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Jan. 7, 2021
- Gov. Mike DeWine signs bill expanding controversial 'stand your ground' policy in Ohio, News 5 Cleveland, Jan. 4, 2021
- Systemic racism is embedded in our society due to past issues that led to present problems, Freshwater Cleveland, Dec. 15, 2020
- Column: Five steps to heal our nation and strengthen our democracy, The Columbus Dispatch, Nov. 26, 2020
- It’s beyond time to make reparations for enslaving an entire race, but commissions aren’t the answer, San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 29, 2020
- Black seniors are harder hit by COVID-19 — here's why, Care.com, Sept. 14, 2020
- CWRU students join Women's March on Cleveland, DC, The Observer, 1.27.17
- The Social Justice Institute: six years dedicated to equality, The Observer, 12.2.16
- Your silence will not protect you from Donald Trump, Cleveland.com, 10.7.16
- Sara's Circle: Finding Justice with Dr. Rhonda Williams, WKYC, 9.22.16
- Touring the Cleveland delegates don't see, CBC Radio, 7.24.16
- CCEL, SJI and InterReligious Task Force host Social Justice Teach-In, The Observer, 2.18.16
- Turning Voices Into Action, The Observer, 2.15.16
- Protestors, including CWRU community members, call for reforms after Tamir Rice ruling, The Observer, 1.15.16
- Case Western Reserve University professor Rhonda Y. Williams is sounding the bell on local police reform, Cleveland Magazine, Dec. 2015
- Social Justice Institute hosts Think Tank, The Observer 11.20.15
- Social activist to speak to sold-out audience on campus, The Observer 11.6.15
- Becoming a Teen Mom: Sociologists Mary Erdmans and Timothy Black examine women's lives before pregnancy, Art/Sci Magazine, Fall/Winter 2015 (Timothy Black is a member of our Leadership Team.)
- Cleveland Community Police Commission meeting gives public the chance to ask questions, 10.14.15 (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 10.20.15
- Angela Davis to Speak at College, Eastside News 10.20.15
- Activist group renews complaints about court-ordered Cleveland Community Police Commission, Cleveland.com 8.28.15
- Cleveland group seeks arrests of officers involved in Tamir Rice shooting, Cleveland Plain Dealer 6.9.15
- 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 4.1.14
- Case conference on food and social justice issues draws nation's leaders in urban farming movement, Cleveland Plain Dealer 3.10.13
- Author talks to crowd at John Hay High School about mass incarceration in United States, Cleveland Plain Dealer 10.26.12