2021 Social Justice Fair
This year, Penn State Abington Student Engagement & Leadership has teamed with Penn State Brandywine’s Center for Ethics & Civic Engagement and Penn State World Campus Student Affairs to present the 2021 Social Justice Fair from April 12-16, 2021. Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice will be the theme for this year’s series of events and discussions.
How Can I Get Involved?
- Now Through April 5, 2021: Enter the 2021 Social Justice Fair Photo Contest for current students, faculty and staff of Penn State Brandywine, Penn State Abington and Penn State World Campus! Scroll down for details or learn more here.
- Now Through April 12-16, 2021: Please review and register for any and all of our events that interest you here!
- Questions? Please email Student Engagement at seal@psu.edu.
Learning Resources
Reading Materials
- Anti-Asian Racism and COVID-19 by University of Colorado’s Jennifer Ho
- The Reentry Project: A collaborative news initiative about the challenges of —- and solutions to -— prisoner reentry in Philadelphia, reporting from November, 2016 through March, 2018.
- New York Times: “The 1619 Project”
- Pulitzer Center: “The 1619 Project Curriculum”
- “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson
Organizations
- Institute for Community Justice: A comprehensive prison services and reentry program of Philadelphia FIGHT providing health linkages, supportive services, education, and advocacy for individuals, families and communities impacted by mass incarceration.
- STOP AAPI HATE
Documentaries
- “Driving While Black” (2020): A PBS documentary on how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.
- “The Mayor of Graterford” (2018): A social justice documentary produced by students at Villanova University; examines the issue of life without parole sentencing and the commutation process in Pennsylvania through the experiences of current and former inmates.
- “13th” (2016): An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.
Feature Films
- “Just Mercy” (2019)
- “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (2020)
Museums/Memorials
- The Equal Justice Initiative:
The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
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