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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Find ways to take pleasure in your work now, because this is such a rewarding job.” For as long as she can remember, Dr. Lori Kido Lopez has been passionate about media and Asian American social justice. a Black and Southeast Asian nonprofit organization that works with low- to no-income communities of color.

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Higher Ed Prepares to Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

You can never take a break from social justice work.” Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, a nonprofit organization founded by King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, as a living memorial to King’s philosophies and dedication to progress. Dr. Kelisha B.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Health inequity is the social justice issue of our time.” Understanding the social justice component, four professors at Sacred Heart University — Drs. These jobs may be in hospitals as well as in local health departments or nonprofit organizations. “We’re diversifying the healthcare workforce.

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Scholars: Racial Backlash Robs White Students of U.S. History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inspired by the current conditions, Scott left her position at Hood last summer to become the founding director of the Institute for Common Power, the educational branch of Common Power, a voting justice nonprofit organization. She said restrictions being put into place have a powerful negative impact on learners of color.

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The Next Frontiers in the Battle Over CRT and DEI

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We’re going to have a generation of students who have gaps in their understanding of racial experiences and will have more difficulty address[ing] the most pressing racial and social justice issues of our time.” Initially,] there was this universal scoff among folks who are committed to racial and social justice.

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