{"id":2218,"date":"2021-02-25T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T18:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlhamcollege.wpengine.com\/?page_id=2218"},"modified":"2024-04-25T09:57:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:57:17","slug":"center-for-social-justice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/academics\/epic\/center-for-social-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Social Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Center for Social Justice<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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The Center for Social Justice (CSJ) embodies one of the enduring elements of Earlham\u2019s history and purpose: linking our passions for social justice to deep learning, engagement and purposeful futures. <\/strong>The CSJ helps equip students for lifelong engagement on social justice issues through initiatives that build skills and knowledge across the disciplines in and out of the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The pursuit of social justice can, at times, feel really simple and, at others, rather more complicated. The CSJ makes no claims about universal justice. Having said that, we work hard for our world or at least our little corner of the world, to be less inhospitable towards bodies that have been historically marginalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Working towards social justice involves both self-reflection and also clear, achievable, practical steps. Without deep understanding and consistent evaluation, even the most progressive plans and policies rapidly lose touch with issues of the moment. And, too, even the most profound theoretical insights become largely irrelevant in the absence of any embodied possibilities. Thus, the CSJ invites students, staff, faculty and the many communities in which we all find ourselves to always consider two underlying imperatives: thinking and acting social justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theorizing and embodying social justice requires each of us to do our part. You are almost certainly an ally, friend, support in some contexts and, in others, in need of support. At the broadest level, the twin goals of the CSJ are to equip you with the tools to be a thoughtful, effective ally and to afford you spaces in which you can breathe easy and be your weird self to your fullest without fear of violence. Let us be clear, too, it is ultimately violence that we are negotiating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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