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What I Learned From Losing, Steven Zilberg
What I Learned From Losing, Steven Zilberg
Culminating Projects in Social Responsibility
The main purpose of this document is to discuss the impact I made upon the St. Cloud community while running for Minnesota Senate as well as to serve as a reflection of what could have been if I won. In addition, I have included what caused me to enter the political realm. It is formatted as a culminating project/portfolio containing both a literature review as well as an appendix made up of surveys pertaining to balancing a budget, law enforcement, and immigration. Fundamental problems that I believe Minnesota residents need to care more about and focus their attention on are …
An Analysis Of Academic Social Justice Programs At Five Midwestern Universities, Joshua A. Morey
An Analysis Of Academic Social Justice Programs At Five Midwestern Universities, Joshua A. Morey
Culminating Projects in Social Responsibility
Abstract
Students entering postsecondary academic social justice programs are told they will gain the tools to become potent agents of social change. However, given the relative novelty of social justice as an academic field, there remains a lack of clarity about what exactly social justice encompasses. What principles of inquiry, theory, and practice unify social justice as an academic field? Is there a consistent, coherent conceptualization of social justice and social change agency among social justice faculty? Are there social-historical conditions that foster the development of social justice programs in universities? These questions guided this research project.
The evidence, based …