What is social justice?
Adams, Bell and Griffin (1997) define social justice as both a process and a goal. "The goal of social justice education is full and equal participation of all groups in a socity that is mutually shaped tomeet their needs. Social justice includes a vision of society that is equitable and all members are physically and psychologically safe and secure."
Social Justice Quotes:
"We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams." Jimmy Carter
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." Mother Theresa
"We Americans have a chance to become someday a nation in which all racial stocks and classes can exist in their own selfhoods, but meet on a basis of respect and equality and live together, socially, economically, and politically." Shirley Chisholm
"A journey of a thousand miles beings with one single step." LAO-tzu
These quotes were compiled by Vernon A. Wall, http://www.vernonwall.org
Diversity and Social Justice Resources at NCCPA www.mynccpa.org/Diversity.htm
Women and Social Justice Resources http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/wcracc.htm
Health Equity and Social Justice http://www.naccho.org/topics/justice
International Development Research Centre http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-30587-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Sustainability and Social Justice in the Global Food System http://www.kmcafee.com/sustain_en.php
Green Cities http://cornellgreencities07.blogspot.com/2007/09/justice-sustainability-resources.html
