HNU CSJCE
Oakland, California, United States
About Us
The Center for Social Justice and Civic Engagement at Holy Names University pursues education and action to make the world a better place. The Center does this by providing social justice prgramming, community-based leadership programs and service learning experiences for students in collaboration with community partners as well as HNU faculty and staff.
Annual Social Justice Forum
The Center hosted the 4th Annual Social Justice Forum with the theme, "The Dream Lives On: Civil and Human Rights, A Call to Action" on Saturday, February 15, 2014 for Bay Area community members and the HNU community. This year over 350 attendees representing students, staff, faculty and commuinity members participated in a variety of workshops on some of the most critical social justice issues in today's world, including human rights for women, fair housing and tenant rights, immigration rights, disability social justice and human trafficking. Featured speakers included Dr. Clayborne Carson (Standford University), Dolores Huerta (Labor Activist), Rev. Phil Lawson (East Bay Housing Organization), Rev. Deborah Lee (Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights) and Karla Salazar (HNU Alumna, St. Mary's Center).
Justice Cafe
On the 3rd Wednesday of every month, students gather at the HNU Justice Cafe to discuss justice issues of global concern and build community through dialogue. Previous topics included gender, peace, cultures of violence, water justice and social media.
School of Americas (SOA) Vigil and Protest
Every year students and staff members gather at the gates of Ft. Benning, Georgia on the third week of November to act in solidarity with thousands of peace activists in an effort to close of the School of the Americas, a training facility for Latin America soldiers whose graduates have been directly linked to some of the worst massacres in Latin America. While traveling to Ft. Benning, students visited major historical sites related to the Civil Rights Movement i the United States, such as the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama and Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Alabama.