News News Heading link Copy link We're HIRING: Join the Social Justice Team Thursday, August 3, 2023 Gallery Preparator Job Responsibilities: The Social Justice Initiative is seeking a temporary position of a Gallery Preparator. In this position, the Preparator will be responsible for constructing and installation and deinstallation of exhibits… SJI Releases Resource Guide on Haiti Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Haiti’s humanitarian and security crisis continues to worsen. There are calls for international support amidst mass kidnappings, continued violence and extreme shortages of food. To better understand the current situation, watch All Eyes… Step into Spring with SJI Monday, March 20, 2023 This spring, join SJI for our upcoming public events. We’ll be exploring the current conditions in Haiti, discussing Latinx Colonialities with author Lorgia Garcia Pena and delving into Design Solidarity in collaboration with… News Heading link Copy link SJI Director becomes university’s first MacArthur chair Saturday, August 1, 2020 University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Professor Barbara Ransby has been named a John D. MacArthur Endowed Chair, University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen announced Thursday. Ransby is a professor of History,… Class Struggle in the 21st century Tuesday, July 7, 2020 [Originally Published on the Nation] By Barbara Ransby We are seeing one of the largest uprisings in US history, and Black leftist organizers and Black working-class people are leading it. The video of… ANNOUNCEMENT: The Inaugural Exhibition at the Chicago Justice Gallery Thursday, September 10, 2020 Media Contact: Essence McDowell, Associate Director, essence1@uic.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Belonging: Power, Place, and (Im)Possibilities: The inaugural exhibition at the Chicago Justice Gallery presented by the Social Justice Initiative featuring the work of… SJI Director elected to Society of American Historians Saturday, June 13, 2020 SJI director, historian and author Dr. Barbara Ransby, is one of 20 scholars welcomed as newly elected fellows of the Society of American Historians. Video: Barbara Ransby on the Biden Problem and Social Movements Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Amid a mass uprising against racism and state violence, social movements are not just fighting hostility and backlash from President Trump, but also dealing with a “Biden problem,” according to historian, author and… Barbara Ransby writes “How Biden Can Support Black America” in the Nation Monday, January 4, 2021 On November 7, in his first speech as president-elect, Joe Biden promised Black America that he would have our backs. But which Black America is he pledging to support? Having our backs does…
