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Social Justice

Social Justice can refer to the distribution of opportunities and privileges within a society. It is an umbrella term that relates to economic, political, and social rights and opportunities. The four essential goals of social justice are human rights, access, participation, and equity. When society is just, it protects and respects everyone’s safety, rights, and ability to achieve. Social justice involves efforts to maintain racial equality, gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights. Examples of social justice movements in the United States include Black Lives Matter, the Me Too movement, and Fourth-wave Feminism. Examples of social justice movements in Europe are the anti-racist movement, solidarity movement, and AIDS advocacy groups. In 2017, the European Union launched the European Pillar of Social Rights, which aims to deliver new and more effective rights for its citizens.

 

 

 

AAAD 50. First-Year Seminar: Defining Blackness
AAAD 130. Introduction to African American and Diaspora Studies
HIST 59. First-Year Seminar: Rebuilding the American South: Work and Identity in Modern History
HIST 72. First-Year Seminar: Women’s Voices: 20th-Century European History in Female Memory
WGST 51. First-Year Seminar: Race, Sex, and Place in America
WGST 66. First-Year Seminar: Growing Up Girl, Globally
WGST 101. Introduction to Women’s Studies
WGST 111. Introduction to Sexuality Studies

WGST 124. Sex and Gender in Society

 

 

 

 

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