What You Need to Know about Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Home with our “What You Need to Know” series, starting with this primer on our keynote speaker Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Her lecture, titled “Body/ Land/ Home: Disability Justice, Healing Justice and Femme of Color Brilliance,” will be held on Tuesday, October 25th at 6PM in the University Center Ballroom (event details here). ……

What You Need to Know: Baltimore & Residential Segregation (A New Student Book Experience Pre-CSJ Event!)

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Home with our “What You Need to Know” series. Last year’s Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 was dedicated to understanding the historic and current day complexities and realities of Baltimore City. In the wake of the Baltimore Uprising, the CSJ planning team felt (and still does feel) deeply committed to……

What You Need to Know About Religious and Spiritual Activism (Another CSJ Event Preview)

by Lisa M. Gray, Assistant Director of Student Life, Cultural and Spiritual Diversity Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 with our “What You Need to Know” series.  As we begin Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365, Pope Francis’ timely recent visit to the U.S. – specifically his remarks to Congress, helps us explore the ways that……

What You Need to Know About Media Literacy

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 with our “What You Need to Know” series.  In light of the Baltimore Uprisings this past spring, media literacy–the ability to find and analyze media–is now all the more important. For example, when the Baltimore Sun places a photo of a police car being vandalized on their front……

What You Need to Know While Walking in Baltimore (a CSJ Walking Tour Sneak Peak)

A guest post from Dr. Kate Drabinski As someone who doesn’t own a car, I travel my bike and foot, bus and train, the occasional ride thrown in by a generous driver. Truth is, even if I had a car, I’d still travel without one, because that’s how you get a sense of where you……

What You Need to Know About Delegate Mary Washington & LGBTQ Youth Homelessness

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 with our “What You Need to Know” series.  Delegate Mary Washington  State Delegate Mary Washington represents the 43rd district of Maryland, which comprises of most of North Central and Northeast Baltimore (for those familiar with the city, that’s North Ave to the northern border and west from Harford……

What You Need to Know About Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III

As we count down to the Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 keynote event “Baltimore in Action: Always Rising” on Tuesday, October 20th, we’ll be profiling all of our keynote speakers in our “What You Need to Know” series.  Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III Rev. Dr. Heber M. Brown, III is the Senior Pastor of Pleasant……

What You Need to Know: Middle East Baltimore

As we count down to the Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 keynote event “Baltimore in Action: Always Rising” on Tuesday, October 20th, we’ll be profiling all of our keynote speakers in our “What You Need to Know” series. This specific post will focus on a Baltimore neighborhood that plays an important role in the activism……

What You Need to Know About Jacqueline Robarge

As we count down to the Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 keynote event “Baltimore in Action: Always Rising” on Tuesday, October 20th, we’ll be profiling all of our keynote speakers in our “What You Need to Know” series.  Jacqueline Robarge   As a feminist, survivor, and activist, Jacqueline Robarge has spent more than two decades working……

What You Need to Know About Kwame Rose

As we count down to the Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 keynote event “Baltimore in Action: Always Rising” on Tuesday, October 20th, we’ll be profiling all of our keynote speakers in our “What You Need to Know” series.  Kwame Rose  Kwame Rose is a social activist and hip-hop artist who’s probably best known for his……