Archive: Social Justice
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Preregister for Social Justice in the Spring Semester
Georgetown offers an array of courses delving into issues of social justice taught by brilliant professors with expertise and real-life experiences in their field. We've highlighted some of these cou
Category: Labor Studies
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Add Social Justice During Fall Semester Add/Drop
Completing your schedule can be a challenge. Thankfully, Georgetown offers an abundance of classes addressing issues of social and economic justice. We've curated a list of many of those courses here
Category: Labor Studies
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WCP: #SaveTPS: A Working-Class Struggle
Congress must act by the end of this week to save DACA, but they also face a deadline on another program that has helped immigrants from countries struggling with war, disasters, and environmental emergencies – Temporary Protected Status (TPS). In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, KI’s Jessica F. Chilin-Hernández explains why TPS matters for workers and for her own family.
Categories: Our Staff, Visiting Scholars
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Spring into a Semester of Social Justice
With hundreds of courses offered each semester, it can hard to identify classes and professors that center issues of worker rights and social justice. We compiled this list to make that a bit easier
Category: Labor Studies
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Preregister for Social Justice in Your Fall Semester
The best problem to have is too many good options. At Georgetown University, there is an abundance of undergraduate courses that engage labor, worker rights, or social justice more broadly. To help
Category: Labor Studies
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Make Social Justice Part of Your Spring Semester
One of the greatest parts about attending Georgetown University is the abundance of undergraduate courses that engage social justice, including labor and worker rights! To make course selection easi
Category: Labor Studies
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Rerum Novarum: Worker Justice in the Church and on Campus
This year marks the 125th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum (new window), Pope Leo XIII’s pivotal 19th century encyclical that laid the foundation for Catholic teaching on labor and the dignity of work. More than a century later, these principles remain profoundly relevant to our society and our campus community on the Hilltop.
Categories: Events, Just Employment Policy
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Join us at the Kalmanovitz Initiative Fall 2016 Open House!
The KI is excited to welcome all of our students and colleagues back to the Hilltop! Please join us for an open house on Friday, September 2, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM in Maguire Hall 209.
Category: Events
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Finding a Home on the Hilltop Through Farmworker Justice
Pamela Escalante (SFS '17) reflects on her experience organizing with the Student Farmworker Alliance and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to eliminate sweatshop conditions in the fields and build a
Category: Student Leaders