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Social justice inspired teaching and learning.

Inside Auburn Prison Teaching the "Slave Ship" to Prisoners

A move against 'fissuring'.

California Ends ‘Piece Rate’ For Garment Workers, Guaranteeing Minimum Hourly Wage The new law also makes fashion brands more accountable for wage theft committed by subcontractors in L.A. garment factories.

Injustice.

Analysis | Dozens of America’s biggest businesses paid no federal income tax — again 55 corporations had zero federal tax liability in 2020, including household names like Nike, FedEx and Dish Network, analysis finds.

Injustice.

She Works 2 Jobs. Her Grocery Budget Is $25. This Is Life Near Minimum Wage A juicy prime rib. A glossy art book. A few days off work without worrying about bills. These are the unreachable desires of some of America's workers earning just above minimum wage.

RU students check this out! Paid summer internships and 3 credits and become part of a cohort of students who share your commitment to social justice.

The Mansfield Institute Fellowship for Activism and Community Engagement (FACE) will fund a cohort of 15 Roosevelt University students. This fellowship includes funding for the three-credit Social Justice in Action internship-based course in May 2021. The fellows will attend University events and a recognition ceremony, present work at conferences, and receive a stipend of $2,500. Application closes March 15, 2021. Apply today at https://www.roosevelt.edu/centers/misjt/face

Particularly poignant as those in the US celebrate love with chocolate.

Mars, Nestlé and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit in US Chocolate companies are among the defendants named in a lawsuit brought by former child workers in Ivory Coast

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RU History professors teach courses on timely topics! Contextualize today's pandemic by taking Professor Chamberland's Epidemics and Urban Culture course in Spring 2021. Register today!

This brilliant lecture on the development of capitalism and racism in the world and the ways in which enslaved people resisted and social movements changed the world.

The Slave Trade History professor Marcus Rediker lectured during a course on Colonial America at the University of Pittsburgh. He talked about the origins of the slave trade to the Americas between 1640 and the early 1800s. The lecture was held in the "English Classroom" of the Cathedral of Learning, a historic lan...

The author of White Fragility will interviewed on Zoom as a program of the Family Action Network in Evanston, IL. It is Friday, June 12 at 7. Here is the link to register:
https://www.familyactionnetwork.net

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Jun 12, 2020 07:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)
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Home - FAN Dr. DiAngelo will be interviewed by Marcus Campbell, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent/Principal at Evanston Township High School.

March 17 in Illinois. Early voting now.

Harry T. Moore helped thousands of blacks register to vote. It led to his assassination on Christmas night Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette were killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1951 when a bomb was placed under their home in Mims.

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Voter Registration Drive @RooseveltU on Wed 2/12 Share a pdf version of this announcement!

This is who was given the highest civilian honor by the President of the United States during the Sate of the Union address this week.

In Honoring Rush Limbaugh, Trump Celebrated Racial Division Watching Limbaugh receive the Medal of Freedom during Trump’s State of the Union called to mind Lee Atwater, the continuing tradition of race-baiting, and how it infects our debased politics.

Women, Burdened With Unpaid Labor, Bear Brunt of Global Inequality While billionaires, most of them men, continue to accumulate wealth, women around the world are trapped in poverty because they spend much of their time on “uncompensated” work.

Sixty years ago, four college students sat at a lunch counter — and made history Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of an event that helped propel the civil rights movement.

Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay We should look at individuals—not national averages—as the unit of analysis, and ask: Are wages adequate for full-time workers?

How inequality reproduces itself. Excellent read.

Parent fundraising made my school a great place to teach. I was grateful, until I realized the cost. It wasn’t until I switched roles and started to visit classrooms in other schools that I began to see things from a different perspective.

It's far past time for a federal $15 minimum wage.

The Frightening Rise In Low-Quality, Low-Paying Jobs: Is This Really A Strong Job Market? Stories of job seekers spending an exceedingly long period of time searching for a suitable job, lackluster salary offers, relatively small wage increases for employees and the rapid growth of gig-economy jobs repudiate the “best job market ever” narrative.

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The Roosevelt University Journalism Program and the Gage Gallery are hosting "Telling Social Justice Stories in a Post-digital Age," a conversation with Father Michael Pfleger. Join us for this conversation, moderated by journalist and journalism alumnus Josh Hicks, on Wednesday, March 20 from 2-4 p.m. in the Gage Gallery. https://bit.ly/2UyjsVK

Hi All — The Mansfield Institute is offering a scholarship for students in a social-justice related summer course at RU. The details are at this link:
https://www.roosevelt.edu/centers/misjt/social-justice-scholarship

Anne and Albert Mansfield Social Justice Scholarship | Roosevelt University The scholarship was established in 1999 by a generous gift from the Mansfield Family Foundation in honor of Anne and Albert Mansfield. The scholarship will help students interested in social justice work to enroll in a social justice-related course for the summer semester.  The scholarship will cov...

College Student Cries When Older Sister Pays Off Her Tuition as Christmas Present Terri Patterson will begin her senior year at Roosevelt University, thanks to her sister's generous help.

As a grocery chain is dismantled, investors recover their money. Worker pensions are short millions. Private-equity firm Sun Capital has filed for bankruptcy 5 times in 10 years, leaving $280 million unpaid.

Roosevelt University social justice studies alumnus George Rapidis (pictured here with Jesús G. "Chuy" García, member-elect of the U.S. House of Rep. IL-4th District) presented the results of a survey he conducted of temporary help industry workers at a recent Chicago Workers' Collaborative Conference. The survey evaluated compliance of the Illinois Temporary and Day Labor Services Act, 2017. The bill's sponsor, Representative Carol Ammons, chaired George's presentation.

Victory! We won the vote! The Office of Labor Standards is now a reality! Low-wage workers just created a government office to enforce local worker protections.

Join us for a showing of As I Stand by the River, a documentary set in Memphis in 1968 where Dr. King traveled in support of the striking sanitation workers. And was assassinated. Thursday October 4th 4:30 - 6. AUD 316.

Join us for a back to school meet and greet. Tuesday September 25th 4:30-5:45 AUD 244. Pizza, dessert, camaraderie.

Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not. U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is: Do those jobs pay enough to live on?