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Tag: Social Justice: Page 2
Sports
NCAA Allows Athletes to Wear Social Justice Statement on Uniform
The NCAA said on Thursday that it will allow student-athletes to wear patches containing social justice statements or other statements for commemorative and memorial purposes on their uniforms. Current rules in some sports donât allow such patches but the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved rules which will now allow athletes two places on the [âŚ]
July 31, 2020
Social Justice
Pitt Diversity Forum Brings Together Higher Ed Stakeholders to Confront Systemic Racism
Over 12,000 educators and students around the world convened virtually this week to participate in the University of Pittsburghâs Office of Diversity and Inclusion forum titled, âAdvancing Social Justice: A Call to Action.â
July 30, 2020
Sports
Abolish the Term âStudent-Athleteâ
As higher education embraces social justice and abandons oppressive language and symbols, universities should banish one more offensive term.
July 29, 2020
African-American
Fisk University Names Social Justice Institute After Alumnus and Late Congressman John Lewis
The historically Black Fisk University will name its recently launched institute for social justice after late Congressman and Fisk alumnus John R. Lewis, the school announced yesterday. The John R. Lewis Institute for Social Justice is a continuation of the Fisk Race Relations Institute, âwhich shaped so many of the conversations and policies during the [âŚ]
July 28, 2020
Students
Spelman College to Create Scholarship in Memory of John Lewis
Spelman College announced it will create an endowed scholarship to honor the memory of civil rights icon and longtime Congressman John Lewis who died on Friday. The scholarship will provide a one-time tuition contribution of $10,000, awarded every year to five Social Justice Fellows. âWe believe that the best way to honor Congressman Lewis is to [âŚ]
July 20, 2020
Students
How âDifferentâ Will Post-COVID Higher Education Be, Especially for âAt-Riskâ Students?
How are institutions preparing to deal with access to technology issues? While I can imagine many institutions providing students with laptops, students may encounter barriers to accessing reliable internet or even power for their devices. For residential campuses specifically who will have many students stay home, how do you ensure that your low-income students have access to adequate working space to learn and study?
July 1, 2020
Social Justice
On Social Justice, Black Lives Matter and the Power of Prayer
As a Black Man in America I pray that God Bless the âBlack Lives Matterâ movement for its continued critical advocacy and activism for social justice; and to publicly disassociate from factions that promote and further perpetuate fear, violence and destruction linked with Blackness.
June 17, 2020
COVID-19
In Light of COVID-19, Five Foundations to Increase Support for Higher Education, Other Nonprofits
Recognizing the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, five foundations have jointly agreed to commit $1.7 billion to the nonprofit sector, including higher education, the arts and humanities, and racial equity and social justice. This financial commitment by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the John D. & [âŚ]
June 12, 2020
Social Justice
Rowan U Wonât Reappoint an Ex-Police Officer Who Killed a Black Teen in 1994
Amid a ânational spotlight on social justice and police matters,â Rowan University said the college wonât reappoint a former police officer who shot and killed a Black teenager in 1994. Since the death of George Floyd, many on campus have been calling for the removal of the former police officer Peter Amico, director of the [âŚ]
June 9, 2020
African-American
A Letter to George Floyd
I do not know at a biological or emotional level what it is like to be Black. White privilege was my birthright. Poverty, and homosexuality, and a propensity toward obesity were equally my birthright, and I have experienced prejudice for all of those reasons. Still, I do not pretend to know what it feels like to be racially profiled or to know that my ancestors were violently separated from their homeland and brought in chains to serve people whose race is the same as mine.
June 2, 2020
Social Justice
Just Cause: Higher Ed Institutions Expand Social Justice Offerings
Shaped by student interest as well as the need to keep curriculum relevant, colleges and universities are increasingly developing social justice programs to address pressing issues in contemporary society.
April 20, 2020
Social Justice
Southern University Law Center Joins âUniversities Studying Slaveryâ, a 40+ School Consortium
Southern University Law Center (SULC) is the latest of 40+ schools to join a consortium titled Universities Studying Slavery (USS). Organized through the University of Virginia, the consortium addresses historical and contemporary issues related to race and inequality in higher education as well as how the complicated legacy of slavery still shapes modern American society. [âŚ]
February 6, 2020
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