Social Justice Archive
As featured in the Huffington Post, Canadian Press Correspondent Murray Brewster discusses remarks from distinguished former military, Senator Romeo Dallaire, regarding the vast divide between the government’s political messaging promoting the interests of Canada’s veterans and the legal stand being …
While in Tucson over the last few days, there were rumblings amidst the locals about homeless youth that are spending time around the university and downtown arts district. Traveling by rail, these kids from the street, have landed in Arizona …
Education has been under the microscope lately because of a debate surrounding the common core curriculum movement . As many teachers and parents rail against increased standardized testing and inflexible curriculum requirements, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, Karen …
Today the first day of spring, International Day of Happiness, and the day of Fred Phelps’ death. What a strange thing to say you might think. Well, if you didn’t know Rev. Phelps let me tell you a little story. …
Have you heard of Austin Ruse? Three days ago, I had no idea who he was, but today I cannot stop thinking about him. Austin Ruse is the President of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam), whose mission, …
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 …
Social workers by our adherence to a code of ethics are committed to promoting social justice. Yet, I wonder how many social workers understand what it means to pursue social justice and how many of us are congruent in our …
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 …
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, …
