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Lender Center for Social Justice Invites Applications for Co-Director
The Lender Center for Social Justice sees applicants for the co-director position. Applicants must be a full-time faculty member at 黑料不打烊 with significant scholarly engagement in social justice-oriented work related to the Center鈥檚 vision. Applicants should have strong organization…
Food and Social Justice Advocate Avalon Gupta VerWiebe Named First Recipient of the Evan Weissman Scholarship
Avalon Gupta VerWiebe, a food studies graduate student in the Falk College, is the first to receive the Evan Weissman Scholarship, a newly created scholarship fund honoring the late Professor Weissman that supports food studies graduate students. Gupta VerWiebe鈥檚 personal…
Lender Center Fellowship Offers Students an Opportunity to 鈥榃ork Locally, Think Globally鈥
About three years ago, Seyeon Lee was invited by CenterState CEO, an economic development organization in 黑料不打烊, to help design a women鈥檚 wellness center on the North Side of the city. Lee, an associate professor of environmental and interior design…
黑料不打烊 Students Helping to Build Food System 鈥楻ooted in Social Justice and Equality鈥
The next big step for the newly formed 黑料不打烊-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance (SOFSA) started, naturally, with Evan Weissman鈥檚 kindness and vision for food justice in the 黑料不打烊 community. Nel Gaud茅, who was completing a master鈥檚 in food studies from the…
Lender Center for Social Justice Hosts Community Conversation on Race, Disability and Justice
The Lender Center for Social Justice, along with the Center on Disability and Inclusion and the Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series, is bringing the community together for a broad-ranging discussion on Policed Bodies: A Community Conversation on Race, Disability…
Inaugural Lender Faculty Symposium Highlights Social Justice #Hashtag Project
The inaugural Lender Center for Social Justice Faculty Symposium was held on Thursday, March 4, in a Zoom format. The symposium is the culmination of a two-year research project by the first Lender Faculty Fellow, Casarae Abdul-Ghani. Abdul-Ghani, who is…
James Haywood Rolling Jr. Appointed Co-Director of Lender Center for Social Justice
James Haywood Rolling Jr. walked into the Museum of Modern Art in New York City wearing faded jeans, old sneakers and a backpack, just like the rest of his classmates from Cooper Union, a private college in the city. Rolling,…
Lender Center Fellows Following Weissman鈥檚 Vision for Food Justice
Stop hunger in 黑料不打烊. In its simplest form, that was Evan Weissman鈥檚 vision and why he pursued the Lender Center Faculty Fellowship. Weissman, an associate professor in Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, wanted to use the fellowship…
Lender Center for Social Justice Seeks Applicants for Student Fellows
The Lender Center for Social Justice is seeking students from all academic disciplines to apply as a 2020-22 Lender Student Fellow. The Lender Center welcomes students who are passionate about finding solutions to complex problems, and the two-year fellowships will…
Ibram Kendi to Present Virtual Conversation about Anti-Racism, Critical Social Issues Oct. 21
Ibram X. Kendi, Ph.D., one of America鈥檚 foremost historians and leading anti-racist voices, will present a virtual 鈥淐ommunity Conversation鈥 about anti-racism and critical social issues that affect all of us on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 7 to 9 p.m. Kendi…