Activist in Residence 会追随已故国会议员约翰·刘易斯的脚步，关注社区面临的许多问题以及他们集体缺乏发言权的问题吗. 在田纳西州和全国范围内，有许多主题不成比例地影响着有色人种社区. From voting rights to incarceration rates, 医疗和教育——有色人种社区正在遭受痛苦，疫情只会加剧已经有充分记录的差距. 尽管有大量的经济发展资金流入田纳西州, 有色人种的生活每况愈下，他们获得医疗保健和投票权的机会日益受到攻击. 该奖学金学生将主持并参与社区工作坊和教学，以有效地将学术研究与实践联系起来.
John Lewis Center for Social Justice
“ If Not Us, Then Who? If Not Now, Then When?”
— John R. Lewis
澳门皇冠赌场平台的约翰·刘易斯社会正义中心旨在促进和推动社会正义议程进入当代社会的各个领域. We do so through rigorous research, applied scholarship, artistic and cultural production, and community engagement at a local and global level. As the intellectual hub on campus, 该中心致力于将跨学科的思想和理论直接付诸实践.
What We Do:
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就有关社会正义和种族平等的最紧迫问题教育公众
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Incubate ideas, collectives, 以及旨在提供系统性解决方案以消除不平等制度的项目
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Connect people, ideas, 以及社区迈向社会公正和种族平等的战略和倡议
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Promote the “good trouble” that various individuals, activists, organizers, 机构正在成为我们想要看到的变化
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产生协作的高影响力的公平和正义为重点的奖学金，规划，倡议
Four Areas of Focus:
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Policy & Politics 利用我们大学的深厚遗产，培养政治活动家和社会运动的变革推动者
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Arts & Culture We believe that the arts are the lifeblood of justice. 长期以来，视觉艺术家、音乐家、诗人和作家一直是当下的真相讲述者. The social critics that make us see the world through eyes. Tell those ugly truths. Shine light on the beauty. Put out a call to the masses.
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Technology, Data, and Information Justice in the 21st century requires taking the digital world seriously. Access to technology, the harms of misinformation campaigns, data justice and storytelling, technological innovation, and its implication for closing the racial wealth gap. 该中心将作为一个孵化器，汇集艺术领域最伟大的思想, social sciences, 与STEM合作，共同孵化数字时代的正义倡议.
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Business & Industry Driving a social justice agenda in business and industry. Representation, equity, inclusion. 让行业负起责任，履行他们的许多承诺. 横跨金融、保险、体育、医疗和科技领域. 社会正义和种族平等不只是街头的事情. Industry analysis, solutions. Bringing these ideas to industry leaders.