Joan Beckwith, PhD Archive
Human rights are more than individual rights. Aren’t they? And will surely remain so until we have a level playing field. I’ve been worrying about what worried me about a recent article about Tim Wilson, Australia’s new Human Rights Commissioner …
The connection between a university graduation and social justice may not be immediately obvious, and I did not expect to be posting about my son’s ceremony, but a few things made the occasion somewhat relevant (at least for …
I have drawn the 62 entries in this draft social justice calendar from several sources over the course of 2013. The entries are mostly recognized internationally, but some are specific to Australia. The calendar will need fine-tuning over 2014 as …
Every morning when I get home from walking the dog, I sit at the kitchen table to read the paper and eat breakfast, wondering how I will manage when there is no longer a paper to read. Sometimes the reading …
Sometimes I think of giving up reading the newspaper. It can be pretty discouraging.
One day recently, as I turned the pages, I found myself thinking: “I should do a Facebook post on that. And that. And that.” And so it …
Bullying is a busy term, and people use it to describe all sorts of behaviour between all sorts of people in all sorts of situations. It is spread very thin, but at the same time does not convey enough about …
Tia’s story as a (former) Residential Care Worker with Caring Family Services continues to unravel in ways that are about her, but without her. Recapping the previous post, her employment was terminated, without written reason, although she was verbally informed …
There is probably no need to justify a social justice student award, but in this post I talk about some of my reasons for establishing one. I want the award to say that social justice work is valued, and valuable, …
Tia (not her name) is a middle-aged woman with adult children who works with a young boy in residential care, or did until recently. I first heard of her through a friend, who tells me Tia has been stood down …
Every so often I have a conversation that is more than usually meaningful – or feels like it would be if I could just pull it all together. I expect I’m not the only one. A recent example for me …
