CSJ Programs
Center for Social Justice is home to several staff-run programs and over 40 student organizations, which are committed to advancing social justice in diverse fields, including education, juvenile justice, support for immigrant communities, literacy, and homelessness. CSJ also integrates academic course work with social justice action by coordinating the Community-based Learning (CBL) program, and working with faculty across the University to infuse social justice content and pedagogies into their classrooms.
Advisory Board for Student Organizations
CSJ’s student advisory board serves fellow Hoyas by supporting 40+ student organizations on programs and allocating $180,000 in funding, in order to advance social justice on the Hilltop and beyond.
After School Kids (ASK)
Mentor teens impacted by the cradle-to-prison pipeline, get to know historic DC neighborhoods, and reflect on critical issues of racial justice and mass incarceration.
Alternative Breaks Program (ABP)
Participate in a year-long immersion anchored by a trip to a local, national, or global community. Develop your social justice leadership skills by planning and leading trips as an ABP immersion leader.
Center Operations Team
Serve as the first point of contact in a busy non-profit organization setting, support our 19 vans as a driver or fleet assistant, and run all aspects of the Hoya Hub Food Pantry. Federal Work Study students only!
Justice Graduate Interns (JGIs)
CSJ hires ~ 10 Master’s level graduate students annually to serve as Justice Graduate Interns. These positions are part of the Georgetown Alliance for Graduate Employees (GAGE) Union.
Justice Graduate Interns (JGIs)
DC Reads
Tutor, mentor, and advocate for DC’s elementary school children who are a grade level or more behind in literacy skills by providing one-to-one teaching and support that fosters a love for learning and improves students’ overall academic performance.
DC Schools Project
Engage in weekly lesson-planning and tutor with members of DC’s im/migrant community to improve English language and literacy skills – 1:1, with a small group, or class-room style, ranging from elementary-age students to adults.
DC Schools Project (DCSP)
DC STEM
Co-facilitate project-based science, tech, engineering, and math explorations for elementary school students to increase their engagement with STEM, expand their awareness of STEM careers, and improve their academics.
First Year Orientation to Community Involvement (FOCI)
Georgetown’s oldest pre-orientation program for first-year students – Hoyas serve the DC community, develop capacities for leadership, explore issues of social in/justice, and nurture a habit of reflection.
Georgetown Jumpstart
Commit 10-12 hours/week to be with children in a preschool classroom to build their language, literacy, and socio-emotional skills through reading, dramatic play, puzzles, and art.
Homelessness Outreach | Meals | Education (HOME)
Further DC’s goal to end chronic homelessness by accompanying people experiencing homelessness at CSJ’s partner organizations in day-to-day operations.
Student Academic Assistants (SAA)
Student Academic Assistants support faculty scholarship and courses that are social justice-based and may include community-based learning opportunities with partners in DC. Federal Work Study students only!
Social Innovation and Public Service Fund (SIPS)
Serve on the Executive Committee of the SIPS Fund, a $1.5 million student-run fund that allocates approximately $60,000 in financial awards every year to help students and alumni with their social ventures.
Social Justice in the Classroom
Apply your coursework through an immersive and experiential community-based learning (CBL) course. Engage in community partnerships and integrate field work with academic learning through reflection.
Student Organizations
The Center for Social Justice grants access to benefits to over 40 Georgetown student organizations that serve with and advocate for DC, national, and global communities on a range of social justice issues.
Bridges to Social Justice Academy (BSJA)
Work as a mentor for CSJ’s summer 2-week high school program, grounded in the Social Change Model of Leadership Development and the Pathways of Public Service and Civic Engagement framework; housing and meals provided.
Immigrant Justice Initiatives (IJI)
Hoyas gain skills in activism, community organizing, case advocacy, and advocacy teamwork. The program emphasizes developing frameworks and practice rooted in social justice, critical consciousness-raising, and centering community as it connects at various intersections of immigration/migration.
Racial Justice Initiatives (RJI)
Be an RJI Coordinator and facilitate the Critical Conversations on Race dialogue series to help fellow Hoyas understand how race impacts each person on an individual, group, and systemic level.
Climate and Environmental Justice Program (CEJ)
CEJ welcomes Hoyas to work in a transdisciplinary cohort, and collectively build skills such as engaging in community, interweaving knowledges, and critically applying colonialism, race, class, and other lenses to understand the environmental and climate crisis we face today.