Opportunities to Expand Your Work
Listed here are resources to connect your work to social justice. Some organizations, projects, and initiatives appear to only follow one thread but if you look deeper you will see that most are interdisciplinary to their core. Use these networks to develop
the ideas seeded in course or in life, and look to collaborate and construct communities of practice that can nourish your curiosity and foster life-long learning and service.
Social Justice at 鶹ýɫƬ:
- : A 鶹ýɫƬ group in which students share space for communicating, organizing, and sharing ideas on how to critically address
issues of social change.
- 鶹ýɫƬ Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice: This office is committed to collaboration and partnership to address and support the critical issues
of equity, inclusion, and social justice throughout 鶹ýɫƬ community.
- : Library Thing list of resources.
Lang's Office of Civic Engagement and Social Justice.
This office supports events, workshops, and community partnerships as well as awards for students who need financial support to carry out a project that serves the mission of social justice. The office also supports the Gural Scholars program and summer
internship support grants. Each week a newsletter summarizes opportunities and highlights the work being done, so look out for your weekly email alert. Learn more about this office,
and follow it on .
Mohn Family Science and Social Justice Fellows.
An endowment established by the parents of an alumna of the Interdisciplinary Science program provides merit-based fellowships to students and graduating seniors in need of financial support to carry out work
that promotes environmental justice and health equity. A number of local organizations have partnered with the program to offer research experiences and internships that meet these goals. Contact Katayoun Chamany at [email protected].
Engaged Learning Opportunities
Students are encouraged to learn about internships,
study abroad programs, civic engagement, and social justice opportunities.
鶹ýɫƬ Student Organizations
This list of student organizations includes Feminist Writers, Students for Social Justice, Sisters on the Runway, Recycled Runway, the BriColab Art Initiative, Musical Theater, Theater Collective, and Slow
Food. Find organizations and discover opportunities at
Impact Entrepreneurship Venture Lab
Launched as part of a broader university-wide Impact Entrepreneurship Initiative (IEI), the Venture Lab supports innovative
student entrepreneurs who seek to develop and launch financially-sustainable ventures with the potential for scalable impact. Both graduate students and upper undergraduates (juniors and seniors) across 鶹ýɫƬ may apply to the Venture Lab.
Visit the website for more information about the program, application process, and deadlines.
Democracy and Diversity Fellows
In the conviction that adequate social and human capital is a crucial element in
developing a culture of democratic governance, the (TCDS) creates unique study programs that bring together civic-minded students, junior scholars, and nonprofit professionals from around the world. Its
flagship projects, the Democracy & Diversity Summer Institutes conducted in Poland and South Africa, are organized in partnership with key academic and civic actors in the region. Please take a look at the information about the most recent Democracy
& Diversity Institutes in Wroclaw and in Johannesburg. Application deadlines are in the fall and spring, and a few undergraduates are selected to join a group of faculty and graduate students.
The Vera List 鶹ýɫƬ Art Collection Awards
Given out annually to 鶹ýɫƬ students who write or create visual narratives in film and media inspired by works in the university's art collection, these awards were established in 1996 by the late Vera List, a life trustee of 鶹ýɫƬ. They are distributed by the . Each year, a new theme is chosen to address multifaceted inquiry into the nature of the material world. The awards celebrate a range of media formats, with a first-place award of $400 and a second-place award of $200 in each category. Winners are selected by a jury of prominent faculty members and administrators. The prize-winning pieces are edited by professional art critics in collaboration with their authors and are published in the annual award poster/site, which is designed together with Illustration faculty members from Parsons School of Design.
Student Leadership and Involvement
Discover many opportunities for making change on or beyond our campus.
Other Organizations
The Interdisciplinary Science program seeks to support scientific innovation through responsible and ethical practices. The following organizations reflect our philosophy and mission. They stay up-to-date
on the challenges facing scientists and the public and publish blogs and journals that explore these issues.