Mission
The Social Justice Initiative (SJI) at the University of Illinois Chicago connects scholars working on social justice themes to community-based social change agents locally, nationally, and globally. Through public and campus programming, curricular interventions, network building, student and community engagement, and solution-seeking workshops, exhibitions, and symposia, we seek to uplift the institution’s role as a public urban university serving and expanding the common good. SJI works to amplify UIC’s mission to advance "knowledge that transforms our views of the world and, through sharing and application, transforms the world.”