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Social justice, sociology of incarceration to be discussed Tuesday

Posted at 4:39 pm March 18, 2018
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Michelle Brown

Michelle Brown

Social justice and the sociology of incarceration will be discussed at Lunch with the League on Tuesday. The speaker will be Michelle Brown of the University of Tennessee Department of Sociology.

The meeting will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, which is located at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Brown received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University and joined the faculty at UT in 2011, a press release said.

“Currently, she studies and advocates for anti-prison and racial justice movements in carceral regimes,” the press release said. “She is particularly interested in the use of rights claims and visual tactics in community and national organizing.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: anti-prison, incarceration, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Michelle Brown, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, racial justice, social justice, sociology, University of Tennessee, University Of Tennessee Department Of Sociology

Opinion: Community leaders convene Community Matters forums

Posted at 3:04 pm October 10, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Editor’s Note: We are including this column on our news page in addition to our opinion page because it includes information about upcoming community forums.

Last November, a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown. Given the many strong feelings all over the country, several clergy in Oak Ridge decided to address our community. In our public statement, we called for “inspiration, perspiration, and collaboration” in our shared efforts for racial justice. We concluded, “We, the faith community, look forward to partnering in 2015 to foster holistic, long-term, and systemic solutions to the complex set of social, economic, and community challenges that plague our great society.”

In the 11 months since, painful conversations about race across our country have continued in Baltimore, Maryland; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dallas, Texas; Charleston, South Carolina; and even now, in Oak Ridge.

This summer, the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church began to display a message on its electronic Oak Ridge Turnpike sign, which reads, “Black Lives Matter.” Given the national scope of this slogan, people have taken this to mean different things. Some have responded, “All lives matter,” while others have answered with, “Police lives matter.” One thing is sure: It has stirred conversation and fostered what Martin Luther King Jr. called “a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Churches, Community, Faith, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Opinion, Top Stories Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Community Matters, Darren Wilson, Derrick M. Hammond, J.B. Shelton, Jake Morrill, James Akagi, Michael Brown, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, Oak Valley Baptist Church, Police Lives Matter, racial justice, St. Mary's Catholic Church, town hall meetings

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