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News Story

Jad Melki Explains the Logic Behind the Communication Strategies of Modern Terrorism

On February 23, 2018, the Center for Social Justice hosted Jad Melki, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the Lebanese American University, who spoke to…

February 28, 2018

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Human Rights Activist Discusses Key to Preventing Abuse

A world free from sexual assault and harassment begins with conversations in middle school and high school, human rights activist Marissa Alexander proposed during her keynote…

February 27, 2018

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DC Reads Celebrates 20 Years of Tutoring, Advocacy

The university’s Center for Social Justice launched the program in 1997 in response to Congress’s passing of the America Reads Challenge Act, a law intended to improve…

October 13, 2017

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Empowering Women and Youth Through Storytelling: 2016 and 2017 Projects for Peace

Students from among the Davis United World College Scholar Program partner schools are selected to carry out their proposed projects. The program, which is coordinated at…

August 18, 2017

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Working for the Common Good: Justice in Jesuit Higher Education Conference Includes Georgetown Delegation

A Georgetown delegation of 16 students, faculty and staff joined hundreds of representatives from U.S. Jesuit colleges and universities last week to explore how institutions can…

August 16, 2017

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Speakers Urge Greater Awareness of University Role in Social Justice

On the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech, speakers called for a greater awareness of the university’s role in addressing racism in…

April 11, 2017

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Red Cloud High School teams with Georgetown Prep and Georgetown University, advocating to reroute the Dakota Access Pipeline

While in Washington D.C. with the first delegation from Red Cloud High School ever to attend the Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice, four students from the Jesuit-run high…

December 5, 2016

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Students Protest Dakota Access Pipeline

Five members of the Georgetown University Native American Student Council protested the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Thursday in Red.…

November 18, 2016

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University Wins Interfaith Honor

The White House selected Georgetown as the winner of its Interfaith Community Service Award from a group of 766 colleges and universities, the university announced last.…

November 8, 2016

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Georgetown Earns Prestigious White House Honor for Interfaith Community Service

The university has won the White House’s Interfaith Community Service Award for fostering meaningful relationships among its community members of differing faiths and…

October 31, 2016