News News Copy link Announcing our Pipeline to Justice Award Winners from the 2025 application cycle Wednesday, April 29, 2026 Congratulations to 2025 Pipeline to Justice Award winners Cynthia Brito, Arseny Acosta Nunez, Amira Altamimi, Hialy Riviera Gutierrez, Whitney Jean Alim, and Mina M. Mari! Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., a friend of UIC and SJI Friday, February 20, 2026 I knew Rev. Jackson for nearly 40 years. It is hard to think of him in the past tense. Wherever there was opposition to injustice, he was there. We remember him this Black History Month for his example of courage and steadfastness. Announcing the 2026 Justice Lens Film Series Friday, December 19, 2025 The Social Justice Initiative at UIC is pleased to announce the 2026 Justice Lens Film Series, which explores issues of disappearance and memory in conjunction with our current art exhibition, We’re Not All Here/No… News 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…
