July 3, 2013
‘Stories As Resistance’Storytellers share personal tales for the “Building Peace and Justice” series
July 2, 2013
Housekeeping and social justiceAward-winning Hull-House exhibit finds the missing link between two centuries of home economics
May 7, 2013
Passion for science, social justiceWhen Wenji Guo enrolled in her first epidemiology course at UIC, “it just clicked,” she says.
April 23, 2013
Documenting a ‘large, unconventional life’Researching the eventful life of Eslanda Robeson was journey of discovery for historian Barbara Ransby
April 2, 2013
Promoting social justice, human rightsThrough research and teaching, Mark Mattaini has devoted his career to social justice and human rights.
March 19, 2013
Shining a spotlight on social justiceThe Social Justice Initiative’s goal: create knowledge that helps transform the world.
March 19, 2013
Hull-House Museum honored for creativity“Unfinished Business” links current and past activism in domestic labor.
February 8, 2013
Social activist nun to speak at UICReligious leader, attorney and poet Sister Simone Campbell presents a talk
February 5, 2013
Nobel laureate, politician discuss human rightsA Nobel Peace laureate and a Cook County politician and activist will discuss human rights at a presentation Thursday sponsored by UIC’s Social Justice Initiative.
October 4, 2012
UIC Conference Marks 250th Anniversary of Rousseau’s Social ContractThree centuries of human rights theory and practice around the world will be examined and discussed by top scholars and social justice activists at a conference Oct. 17-19 hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago.