News News Heading link Copy link Social Justice Portal Project Releases Short Documentary and New Song on Abolition Tuesday, March 1, 2022 The Social Justice Initiative Portal Project is excited to announce the release of Abolition, a short documentary and new song by artist Taína Asili, capturing the spirit of the growing movement for prison… UIC scholar receives lifetime achievement award Thursday, February 24, 2022 University of Illinois Chicago historian Barbara Ransby has been named a recipient of the Caribbean Philosophical Association’s Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award. Ransby, a professor of Black studies, history, and gender and women’s studies;… In Memory of Janet Smith Thursday, February 10, 2022 The Social Justice Initiative community is mourning the loss of our colleague, collaborator, and friend Janet Smith, who died January 17th after a long battle with cancer. 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…
