Social Justice Archive
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 …
A fabulous leadership book which has important lessons for any profession is Mandela’s Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love and Courage by Richard Stengel. Where Westernized society is focused on individualism, with its roots in the Renaissance, the culture that Mandela …
Readers of SJS will know that we speak on many social justice topics, from fair wages to the right to protection under the law and much more. But what is the solution to the problems and injustices that we speak …
“The personal is political” is a guide to personal behavior that Ms. Hanisch brought to people’s conscious awareness in her essay of the same name. Her intent was remind us that you can’t separate your inner beliefs from your public …
One of the benefits to being part of the LinkedIn community is the connection and collaboration that takes place between professionals. Because of my own involvement on LinkedIn with various social work, helping profession, and healthcare groups, I have had …
A Texan man appealed his 20 year sentencing for two murders claiming that his silence was taken as proof of guilt. The Texas court had decided that Genovevo Salinas’s decision to not answer questions that may have incriminated him, along …
What would you do if you were the boss? It is easy to be negative towards a place, organization, government, or belief system without taking the moment to go “what would make a positive change.” Unless you directly work within …
Google is giving its users a reason to believe them in regards to the information they disclosed to the NSA. According to the Washington Post Google has filed a legal petition to allows them to notify the public when the …
