Read our statement for Black Lives Matter and check out our website for actions and resources.
CSJ has several opportunities for VIRTUAL social justice work and community engagement in Fall 2020. Sign-up forms and more information are at csj.georgetown.edu/fall2020.
Be prepared. Have a plan to vote AND to engage safely. Learn more here and RSVP for CSJ’s election-based programs including a Know Your Rights training and processing spaces.
#HoyasForOthers love DC. Find ways to serve our city from our most beloved community partners.
Find opportunities for meaning-making and contribution through Virtual Volunteering.
Let’s be #TogetherApart and in distant solidarity. This Google Slide Deck details how to reach out to us.
The Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service (CSJ) opened its doors in January 2001. The Center has a mission that is simple to state but far-reaching in its implications: In order to advance justice and the common good, CSJ promotes and integrates community-based research, teaching and service by collaborating with diverse partners and communities.
EDITORIAL: Support CSJ Amid COVID-19
Georgetown University’s Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service has ensured a commendable commitment to offering its full programming despite facing barriers in the virtual environment. The CSJ has become a model for how Georgetown’s various organizations can operate effectively amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and students and university staff alike should look to its efforts.
Student Campaign Calls on GU to Combat Prison Industrial Complex
Georgetown University students launched a petition demanding the university divest its endowment from companies associated with the prison industrial complex Aug. 3.
“You Just Have To Continue To Go Back”: Georgetown Ballers Comes Of Age
In his senior year of high school, Patrick DiPasquale (MSB ’20) visited his cousin at John Carroll University. While there, he joined his cousin for a visit to a local youth jail, where the older boy regularly played basketball as part of a school club. Patrick loved the experience: Everyone was his age, and it was easy to relate to them. When he got home, he started a similar club at his high school.
GUSA Approves Final Club Budget, Delays Empowerment Fund Allocation
The Georgetown University Student Association Senate unanimously passed the final club budget for the 2021 fiscal year at its online meeting, approving funding cuts to the Student Activities Commission, the Media Board and the Center for Social Justice, among others.
