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Southern Poverty Law Center forums: Fighting hate, teaching tolerance, seeking justice

Posted at 9:51 am May 6, 2018
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Lecia Brooks

Lecia Brooks

 

There will be two community forums in Oak Ridge this week that will be led by the outreach director of an organization that is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society, a press release said.

The forums will feature speaker Lecia Brooks, outreach director for the Southern Poverty Law Center. They are scheduled at 2 p.m. Monday, May 7, at the Grove Theater at 123 Randolph Road and 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 8, in the sanctuary of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

The forums are free and open to the public. They are hosted by Women’s Interfaith Dialogue of Oak Ridge.

Brooks leads the Southern Poverty Law Center’s outreach efforts on key initiatives and social justice issues, the press release said. She frequently gives presentations around the country to promote tolerance and diversity, the release said. She also serves as director of the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama, an interpretive center designed to provide its visitors with a deeper understanding of the civil rights movement. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Churches, Community, Front Page News, Top Stories Tagged With: community forums, fighting hate, Grove Theater, Lecia Brooks, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, seeking justice, social justice, Southern Poverty Law Center, SPLC, teaching tolerance, Women's Interfaith Dialogue of Oak Ridge

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

Guest column: Social justice not among nation’s founding principles

Posted at 4:01 pm July 15, 2012
By John Ragan 40 Comments

John Ragan

John Ragan

The Declaration of Independence, in its first paragraph, boldly asserts that America should be a separate nation based upon “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” In the very next paragraph, the text posits, as a self-evident truth, that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

No place in our nation’s founding documents is the phrase “social justice” to be found. Nowhere is it cited as a divinely endowed right.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Guest Columns Tagged With: Rep. John Ragan, social justice

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