Through her work as the Exhibitions and Programming Director at Weinberg / Newton Gallery (Chicago, IL), Meg curates exhibitions focused on
issues of social justice in partnership with nonprofit organizations.
Meg also maintains a curatorial practice, formerly as Exhibitions and Programming Director at Weinberg / Newton Gallery (Chicago, IL) where she curated exhibitions focused on
issues of social justice in partnership with organizations.
We will explore the different ways teacher educators can include
issues of Social Justice in their curricula and we will discuss pedagogical approaches that can enhance student's critical consciousness and empower them to activism.
Not exact matches
In a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, the mogul reflected on his desire to «amplify» discussions around
issues of social justice, and the decision to produce documentaries about Kalief Browder and Trayvon Martin.
El Puente, a Latino organization based
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that focuses on
social justice, education and climate change
issues, has raised enough money to purchase thousands
of lanterns — which Puerto Ricans on the island view as a glimmer
of hope to help guide them through the dark.
In addition to this general statement, the Party also provides a detailed summary of its policies in key areas, including health care, the economy, democratic reform, education, the environment, and social justice and issue
In addition to this general statement, the Party also provides a detailed summary
of its policies
in key areas, including health care, the economy, democratic reform, education, the environment, and social justice and issue
in key areas, including health care, the economy, democratic reform, education, the environment, and
social justice and
issues.
«As Hispanic Catholics
in the U.S achieve upward mobility, they may become a little more conservative on
social justice and concern for the poor,» Dillon says, «but currently many
of the
issues that are especially important to Catholics
in Latin America are also very important to Hispanic Catholics
in the U.S.»
People have the right to leave church and organized religion, they have a right to question an institution that will do anything to save face even if it means letting children be harmed (and trust me, there are Priests that have
issues with girls - my mom when to an all girls» Catholic school
in the 60s and talks about how many
of the priests used to «hang out» with the young girls out and girls have been abused), churches that are not practicing
social justice.
Jason Fileta and Scott Bessenecker have both been working
in social justice for years, learning the keys to inspiring people to take action on
issues of justice the hard way.
Moderate Protestants (along with Catholics) tend to «lean
in a conservative direction on personal life - style
issues and
in a more liberal direction on matters
of social justice.»
But as much as John Paul appreciated the United States, he kept his independence and
issued a series
of declarations about
social justice and peace that challenged many Americans — both on the domestic front and
in foreign affairs.
Dolan's statement framed the
issue in terms
of social justice and respect: «Every person deserves to be treated with
justice, compassion, and respect, a proposition
of natural law and American law that we as Catholics vigorously promote.»
Since then, she has earned a Masters
in Social Justice and directed a short - term missions site on the west - side
of Chicago, where she created interactive opportunities for young people to engage
issues of poverty, injustice, and race.
Yet if the most important development
in that doctrine
in Caritas
in Veritate is a strong linkage
of the life
issues to Catholic
social -
justice concerns, then it is also true that the challenge
of this particular encyclical falls more sharply on those who believe that Roe v. Wade was rightly decided, and remedied an injustice
in prior American law.»
Vermeer lives
in the Chicago suburbs and blogs about the intersections
of faith and feminism and, increasingly,
social justice issues on her blog, From Two to One.
It is projecting an Urbana - style convention on evangelical
social witness, annual conferences for pastors to explore avenues for the involvement
of congregations
in community
justice issues, and the formation
of vocational task forces among evangelicals
in politics, business and other callings, through which the shape
of American political and business life might be altered to promote Christian values.
Between 1980 and 1995, 32 percent
of the articles
in the CHRISTIAN CENTURY dealt with
social -
justice issues, only 5 percent with family - and sex - related topics.
Moreover, more than 40 percent
of family - focused articles
in these journals and
in the CENTURY dealt with
social -
justice - related
issues like child poverty.
The result is that America is a nation deeply divided between people who are concerned about real - life
issues — war and peace,
social justice, the health and welfare
of people — on one hand, and other people who are concerned, instead, about «values,» by which they mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a magical God, enforcing acceptance
of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety
in raw (though often hidden)
social and economic power.
The central term
of normative Christian thinking
in relation to
social issues has been «
justice.»
Introduction
In inviting me to participate, Professor Joseph Bracken asked that I present some of the foundational elements in contemporary Christian liberation theologies relative to the issues of social justic
In inviting me to participate, Professor Joseph Bracken asked that I present some
of the foundational elements
in contemporary Christian liberation theologies relative to the issues of social justic
in contemporary Christian liberation theologies relative to the
issues of social justice.
Though
in recent years he's become more and more vocal about
social justice issues, for much
of his career, Brand has been known for his uniquely raunchy brand
of shock comedy (This is the guy who once brought his drug dealer to work with him when he was an MTV VJ.).
In inviting me to participate, Professor Joseph Bracken asked that I present some of the foundational elements in contemporary Christian liberation theologies relative to the issues of social justic
In inviting me to participate, Professor Joseph Bracken asked that I present some
of the foundational elements
in contemporary Christian liberation theologies relative to the issues of social justic
in contemporary Christian liberation theologies relative to the
issues of social justice.
In this lecture the author outlines the major
social justice issues to which various forms
of liberation theology are responding.
In this lecture I shall first outline the major
social justice issues to which various forms
of liberation theology are responding.
The New Deal did not,
in their estimate, constitute the hardest step
in bringing about a socialized economic system; the idealistic weekly was sidestepping the crucial
issues of class conflict and the factor
of coercion
in effecting
social justice.
Does the lack
of explicitness
in the Apostle's Creed leave open the possibility that a pastor or church could ignore the pressing
issues of social justice, kingdom living, and earth - care, among many others?
Since then, she has worked with national speaker and consultant Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, earned a Masters
in Social Justice, and directed a short - term missions site on the west - side
of Chicago, where she created interactive opportunities for young people to engage
issues of poverty, injustice and race.
But the history
of the voting privilege
in the twentieth century shows that it takes the combined power
of mass movements, economic pressures, and the Federal Government with its military force to give even a relative assurance that this requirement
of justice will be realized.3 It seems, therefore, that when we move from the perspective
of love to concrete
issues of social strategy and political power,
justice is accomplished by a confluence
of historical forces and humane considerations which indeed may be enforced by love, but which must have other sources.
Much has been said
in criticism
of Luther's doctrine here, and there are many
issues concerning the later development
of the Christian ethic
in relation to war and
social justice; but our immediate concern is to understand Luther's faith that it is possible for the Christian to live the life
of agape
in the midst
of the world's affairs and conflicts.
On the other side
of the
social justice debate are those who argue that
social justice issues are at the center
of the Gospel, and that as we look at the life and ministry
of Jesus, we see Him engaged
in social justice actions at every turn.
First, some Christians say that
social justice is a perversion
of the Gospel, and that rather than seek to engage
in social justice issues, we should instead just preach the Gospel.
Those who are involved
in small groups often claim that these groups have influenced how they think on political and economic
issues — for example, raising their interest
in questions
of peace and
social justice or,
in the case
of conservative religious groups, generating ire about abortion and gay rights.
Some see the
issue in communism, some
in devotional exercises
in public schools, some
in concern over pornography, some
in issues of social justice.
We see it
in the flourishing
of fundamentalism;
in the controversy raging
in the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod;
in the phenomenon
of the Jesus freaks, the spreading charismatic movement, the popularity
of Transcendental Meditation;
in attacks on the National and World councils
of churches and the cooling
of ardor for such
social issues as racial
justice, world peace, and the abolition
of hunger and malnutrition.
For others, resistance to healing prayer may not signal a fear
of losing control or face, but a fear
of losing prophetic roots
in peace and
social justice issues.
Issues of ecological
justice, and
justice to the weaker sections
of society and specifically development
of social institutions can not be taken up by the economy directed only by the market - profit mechanism
in which the
social objectives
of the peoples are destroyed for the sake
of economic growth.
NETWORK, a group founded by 47 Catholic sisters that speaks out on
social justice issues in particular, will be hitting states like Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia
in order to reveal «how federal budget cuts proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, (R - WI), and passed by the House
of Representatives will hurt struggling families
in these states,» a release by the group reads.
As Novak wrestles with the complexity involved even
in defining
social justice, evangelical leaders think they can handle the big
issues of the day
in a way that helps the church
in trite servings
of 140 characters or less.
(21) They must be hospitable to the whole family
of God, enabling the family members
in their diversity to address with integrity the whole range
of issues that divide us,
issues of Christology and ecclesiology,
issues of culture, race, and gender,
issues of social justice and the integrity
of creation.
Even a glance at the
issue's table
of contents shows the article by the Acton Institute's Kevin Schmiesing, «Another
Social Justice Tradition: Catholic Conservatives,» which highlights and quotes CA: «The pope approves
of that capitalism «which recognizes the fundamental and positive role
of business, the market, private property, and the resulting responsibility for the means
of production, as well as free human creativity
in the economic sector.
He added: «One
of the big
issues raised by the campaign has been the
issue of social justice and poverty which
of course all Christians care about and are interested
in.
To start with, one must wonder why these two
issues» both
of which ought to place politically liberal evangelicals
in significant conflict with the Democratic party's
social platform» are presented as «controversial» matters about which faithful Christians may disagree, while
issues like foreign policy, environmentalism, and economics are presented as simple matters
of justice.
For a moving and unique approach to Interpretation
of Scripture by persons most involved
in social justice issues, see Ernesto Cardenal, The Gospel
in Solentiname, 4 vols.
Since 1976 I have been associated with the faculty, students, staff, and administration
of Pacific School
of Religion, where an entire academic community is also a faith community struggling with a multitude
of social justice issues in personal and corporate ways.
This school is one small thing, one small stone
in that massive mountain
of complex
issues related to economics,
social justice, community development, family, debt repayments, international policy, poverty, education, all
of it.
You'll leave this course with an understanding
of how school food operates, and how a healthy school meal program can play a role
in social justice issues for kids across the nation.
By Jon Sparkes With terms like «
social justice» and «tackling inequality» being used by all main political parties
in recent years, and the political rhetoric increasingly shifting to the need for addressing the «root causes»
of social issues, one would be inclined to believe that homelessness, one
of the most acute forms
of poverty, is
in decline.
It is questionable whether it makes sense,
in the 21st century, to reflect about questions
of social justice, liberty, equality or other core concepts
of political theory without taking economic
issues into account.
It had to be seen
in the context
of Iain Duncan Smith's earlier report on
social justice, he said, and the forthcoming Gummer - Goldsmith report on quality
of life
issues.