Social Justice – Level One

The idea of public education in the United States has been a radical concept in the history of education. When you think about it, century of education were reserved exclusively for the upper classes, starting with royalty and landed gentry and then carrying on through the 19th century. The fight for an education for all classes is a fairly recent invention, and as such, it’s still not as open and free for everyone as we might like to believe. This badging pathway is meant to help you develop a social justice awareness when it comes to education.

1. Don’t Google, don’t read, don’t ask: Write, draw, record, perform you idea of social justice. What does “social justice” mean to you? What counts as injustice? Is it small, micro-level events? large structural events? both? Is it is individual or systematic
2. Attend two events on campus related to social justice work: one should be Sondra Nazario’s talk on March 31 if at all possible.  Write a 250 – 300 word summary and response to each event.  In your response, address the following question:  How does this event expand, trouble, or support your current understanding of social justice?
3. Watch Charles Robbins’s TEDTalk “Social Justice: Is It Still Relevant?” and find two other TEDTalk videos related to social justice. Map out the main ideas from Robbins and the two other videos to demonstrate where they overlap or do not. Use Easel.ly or Canva in order to create your map.
4. Claim Code: B68-070F-5E0