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2018-2019
MLK50/Glenville50: Commemorating the Glenville Uprising and its Legacy 50 Years Later Through the Lens of Four Generations
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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America with James Forman, Jr.
History is Relevant: The Israeli New History and its Legacy
An Evening with Faith Spotted Eagle (Ihanktonwan Dakota)
Traditional Leadership from Mother Earth: Standing Rock and the Mni Wiconi Gathering
Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison with Bruce Western
The Economic Cost of Collateral Sanctions
2015-2016
Race, Food + Justice 2016 - Keynote Address with Elizabeth Yeampierre
Race, Food + Justice 2016 - Keynote Address with Julian Agyeman and Panel on Land Gentrification
Think Tank 2015 - Keynote Address with Angela Y. Davis
Think Tank 2015: Welcome + Conference Overview
Think Tank 2015 - Educating for Struggle: Empathy
Think Tank 2015 - Educating for Struggle: Social Justice
Think Tank 2015 - Educating for Struggle: Social Transformation
Think Tank 2015 - Educating for Struggle: Rebel Diaz Performance
2014-2015
Power of Diversity Lecture Series - Lee Mun Wah
Police Brutality and the Black Community: A Social Justice Teach-In
Millennials and What It Means to be a Radical Student: A Social Justice Teach-In
Coalition Building and Solidarity Needs: A Social Justice Teach-In
2013-2014
CWRU Social Justice Institute - Open House 2013
CWRU Social Justice Institute Think Tank 2013, Welcome and Conference Overview
CWRU Social Justice Institute Think Tank 2013, Day 1 Keynote
CWRU Social Justice Institute Think Tank 2013, Plenary Session I
CWRU Social Justice Institute Think Tank 2013, Plenary Session II
CWRU Social Justice Institute Think Tank 2013, Plenary Session III
2012-2013
CWRU Social Justice Institute Think Tank 2013, Closing & Performance-Talk by Jasiri X
Race, Food & Justice (Part 1): Analyzing the Urban Food Movement Through a Social Justice Lens
Race, Food & Justice (Part 2): Analyzing the Urban Food Movement Through a Social Justice Lens
Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Book Lecture (part 2)
Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Book Lecture (part 1)
Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Book Lecture (part 3)
Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Book Lecture (part 4)
2011-2012
No Fear book lecture with Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, April 2012
2011 Jean Donovan International Social Justice Conference Introduction
2011 Jean Donovan Conference slideshow
Session I: "God, Power, and Revolution: Politics of Liberation Theology"
Session II: "Confronting History and State Violence, Then and Now"
SJI Student Leadership Conference 2012 - Power Up!
The inaugural Social Justice Institute student leadership conference, held on April 21, 2012, was created with a specific goal. The purpose of this event is our continuing belief that an intergenerational exchange of ideas between youth, students and active catalysts of social change is crucial for instilling a strong belief in social justice.