CSJ Workshops Fall 2026

These workshops are specifically curated for our newest #HoyasForOthers but all members of the Georgetown community are welcome.

Shape your Time @Georgetown with LaMaria Glass (G’22)

Thursday, August 27, 2026
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Wolfe Commons at the Center for Social Justice, Suite 130 Poulton Hall
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What is community? What is important to me? We will dive into how values inform how us as we move through GU spaces and build community with intentionality together.

LaMaria Glass (she/her) serves as the Assistant Director, Youth Justice Initiatives at the Center for Social Justice. She earned her Master’s in Educational Transformation at Georgetown University, concentrating in Advocacy and Policy and graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science in Education, double majoring in Sociology and Youth & Social Innovation. LaMaria is passionate about youth and advocacy, and her ultimate goal is to advocate for students through education or for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. LaMaria has been involved with a number of organizations whose missions ranged from philanthropy to advocacy to centering first-generation college-bound students. LaMaria stays involved in her community, by working with youth or through her service with the Danville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. During the AY2025-2026, LaMaria was an Engaged Scholar through Campus Compact. Her leisure time is spent singing, reading, exercising, playing basketball, and enjoying family and friends.

Do You Speak Ignatian? with Dr. Andria Wisler

Thursday, August 27, 2026
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Wolfe Commons at the Center for Social Justice, Suite 130 Poulton Hall
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Explore the local dialect! Learn key Jesuit terms, such as cura personalis, magis, and AMDG, and what they have to do with social justice.

Dr. Andria Wisler (she/her) became the Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice in January 2013. She first joined Georgetown University in Fall 2008 as a Visiting Assistant Professor for the Program on Justice and Peace (JUPS) and served as Director of that program from January 2011-December 2012. She now is a full Teaching Professor of Justice and Peace Studies. Andria received her Ph.D. in Comparative and International Education and Philosophy from Columbia University and master’s in International Educational Development and Peace Education from Teachers College. From 2020-2022, Andria was a fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) with a semester-long placement at the University of Detroit Mercy.

Club ABSO! with Hope Young

Friday, August 28, 2026
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Wolfe Commons at the Center for Social Justice, Suite 130 Poulton Hall
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Get a sneak peek at the 50+ service-based student organizations of the Center for Social Justice before CAB Fair.

Hope Young (she/her) serves as the Assistant Director for Student Organizations and Leadership at the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Experimental Psychology and from Florida State University with a Master of Science degree in Higher Education. Hope spent four year working at Washington University in St. Louis, focusing her work to support cultural student organizations in relation to event planning, policy interpretation, and collectivist leadership development as well as social justice education. She comes to us from Vanderbilt University, where she spent two years engaging in large-scale programming, training & development, and advocacy for students, faculty, staff, and alumni from diverse backgrounds.

What is Service? with Ray Shiu

Friday, August 28, 2026
2:00 – 3:30 PM
Wolfe Commons at the Center for Social Justice, Suite 130 Poulton Hall
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Explore the possibilities at GU through which you can contribute to the common good as a Hoya for Others. Through this workshop, you will tap into your skills and interests to help you navigate the 400 tables of CAB Fair.

Ray Shiu (he/him) serves as the Deputy Director of the Center for Social Justice. He has been in this role since January 2020. In this role, he is responsible for the overall management of CSJ’s staff-directed and student-run social justice, community-based engagement, including student development, community and university outreach, and fiscal and administrative management. Ray joined CSJ as Special Programs Coordinator in 2004 and later served as Program Director for Student Leadership and Special Programs from 2006 to 2012 and CSJ’s Associate Director from 2012 to 2020. Originally from Modesto, CA, Ray received his BS in Genetics from the University of California, Davis, as a first-generation student. After graduation, he moved to New York City and worked as a program and financial officer at a research center at the Columbia University Business School. While in New York City, Ray earned his MA in Higher Education, with a concentration in academic and student development from Columbia University’s Teachers College. Ray serves as a board member on two local nonprofits providing services to the unhoused community, Friendship Place and Georgetown Ministry Center. Ray teaches a section of theMastering the Hidden Curriculum course for first-generation, low-income students at Georgetown and Bridges to Social Justice course at The CALL.

Power and Positionality @Georgetown with Hope Young

Monday, August 31, 2026
6:00 – 7:00 PM
Wolfe Commons at the Center for Social Justice, Suite 130 Poulton Hall
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Explore how power, positionality, and privilege shape each person’s approach to leadership and service. Learn strategies for engaging communities ethically and equitably as a Hoya For Others.

Reflection and Meaning-Making with Leyna Co

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Wolfe Commons at the Center for Social Justice, Suite 130 Poulton Hall
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As you begin or continue your Georgetown journey, how can you make reflection a habit? Learn how meaning-making supports all aspects of your life, including work in the community.

Leyna Co (she/her) serves as the Associate Director, Immersion and Community-Based Learning. As a first generation graduate born and raised in Los Angeles, Leyna’s experiences motivate her work in student development, as well as community driven work and advocacy. She joins the CSJ having previously worked at the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University where she focused on community-engaged learning and engaged scholarship, as well as Johns Hopkins University where she provided holistic support and programming for first-generation, limited income students. In addition to her work in higher education, Leyna has several years of experience working within education based nonprofits. She spent time working directly in the classroom with students ranging from 4th to 9th grade, as well as alongside community as a youth outreach coordinator developing and facilitating sexual violence prevention education for high school students and adults across the Greater Boston Area. Leyna graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with Bachelor’s of Arts degrees in Psychology and Environmental Science. She also holds a Master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a focus on Human Development and Psychology and emphasis on ethnic-racial identity development.

e2DC: Engage in Education in DC through Direct Service

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Wolfe Commons at the Center for Social Justice, Suite 130 Poulton Hall
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Learn about CSJ’s education programs and how you can support equity for K-Adult learners in Washington, DC with the Program Directors of the After School Kids Program, DC Reads, DC STEM, and DC Schools Project.

Before You Change the World with Dr. Fatemeh Hosseini

Thursday, September 3, 2026
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Wolfe Commons at the Center for Social Justice, Suite 130 Poulton Hall
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Before looking ahead to the next year, take a moment to look back. What light are you carrying that someone (or something) gave you? You will map the people, places, ideas that were part of the journey that got you here.

Dr. Fatemeh Hosseini (she/her) is the Director of Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy at the Center for Social Justice and Assistant Research Professor at Georgetown University. As a historian of gender and sexuality, her primary focus is on working-class women who worked inside and outside of red-light districts in urban vice centers. She explores how cultural and social attitudes shape policy and the lived experiences of sex workers. As an educator, she has taught broadly on the intersection of desire, sex, and commerce globally and worked with and advised students at New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Maryland, College Park. Her advocacy and policy experience has been shaped by work with individuals involved in the sex trade and with immigrant survivors of gender-based and intimate-partner violence. She is occupied with how knowledge can be created and enhanced by engagement with local communities. She brings her experience in teaching, academic administration, and community engagement to CSJ. Ultimately, she is invested in and energized by how highly-selective institutions of higher education can leverage their resources and knowledge to support, sustain, and heal marginalized and local communities.

Primer to Washington, DC with Ray Shiu

Friday, September 4, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Wolfe Commons at the Center for Social Justice, Suite 130 Poulton Hall
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Do you know why there is no J Street in DC? Learn about the historical, sociopolitical, and demographic trends in DC that can inform your engagement in the city.