Taskforce for the Center on Race, Immigration and Social Justice

Mission:

The taskforce for the Center on Race, Immigration and Social Justice (CRISJ) addresses social and educational inequities facing the university and larger communit. It seeks to transform the educational culture to an exciting and empowering one that reflects the strengths and needs of our local and diversified communities.

CRISJ produces critical scholarship, community engagement, research mentorship, and academic programing for the university and broader community, engaging faculty, students, and community in a concerted and collaborative manner in improving the campus/community climate for equity and creating a stimulating intellectual environment and sense of belonging for both students and faculty from historically underrepresented backgrounds.

CRISJ attempts to bring research, mentorship, and civic engagement together by building a network of faculty, university centers and institutes and community leaders who work as collaborative partners to create, develop, implement and deploy activities addressing issues of equity and social justice in the university and larger community. CRISJ seeks to connect the university and Sacramento communities that have been underserved and marginalized. Significantly, CRISJ is instrumental in creating a diverse and inclusive culture of equity, access, and success for the university and Sacramento communities.

 

Calendar of Events:

2018-2019

May 23, 2019 Community Empowerment: Building Bridges Fundraiser

April 18, 2019 Race and Its Societal Impact

April 17, 2019 Community Empowerment Fair

March 6th, 2019 Neo-Colonialism and Resistance: Indigenous Communities on the Move

November 8, 2018 Forced Separation of Loved Ones: State Violence, Terror, and Trauma

October 11, 2018 Decolonizing Education: Unpacking Inequality Along the Educational Pipeline

September 11, 2018 Reflections and Analysis of ICE Detention Centers in Context of National Insecurities, Post 9/11

April 18, 2018 Promoting Social Justice: Challenging Exclusion and Removals in the United States

March 14, 2018 Crisis in Honduras: Report on the 2018 Honduran election

Building Bridges for Community Empowerment & Social Justice

Join us on May 23, 2019, 6:00-9:00pm, at the Harper Alumni Center at Sacramento State for our "Building Bridges for Community Empowerment & Social Justice" fundraiser.  This event will help raise funds in support of student and community empowerment through research, mentorship, and civic engagement.

Registration link:

https://commerce.cashnet.com/csusacevent?CNAME=SSIS

Contact

Dr. Manuel Barajas, Chair, Taskforce for the Center on Race, Immigration and Social Justice (CRISJ)
Email: mbarajas@csus.edu