Description
Learning Resources
Social Justice Issues
Hart-Johnson, A. (2015). Diversity through inclusion: African American women with incarcerated mates—The silent, majority [Paper presentation]. National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) Conference, Charlotte, N.C. https://www.nationalhumanservices.org/assets/docum…
Hart-Johnson, A., & Johnson, G. (2020). Prison staff and family visits: United Kingdom case study. Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(2), 63–72. http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/pape…
La Vigne, N. G., King, R., Fontaine, J. (2015) Want to reduce mass incarceration? Do no harm and invest in people and communities. https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/want-reduce-mass-…
Williams, C. (2018, September). A blueprint for action: Supporting young women of color in the District of Columbia.
https://media.thewomensfoundation.org/wp-content/u…
Decision-Making Protocols
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). Community needs assessment participant workbook.
Note: Read p. 31.
Logan, D. (n.d.). 6 group decision making techniques your team needs now. https://toggl.com/blog/6-group-decision-making-tec…
HUMN 6785 Final Project FAQs (PDF)
To Prepare
Review your Course Announcements for possible information related to this week’s Discussion and Assignment.
Review the Learning Resources on social justice issues. Select one to focus on for this Discussion. You may choose the issue that you focused on last week or a different one.
Use the Learning Resources and any additional resources that you found from your own research to determine how the issue has been addressed thus far (e.g., rallies, protests, policies, and laws), how the public perceives the issue, how power differentials affect the issue, and how to promote social change to address the issue.
By Day 4
Post a brief description of a contemporary social justice issue in which you are interested. This can be the same issue that you discussed last week or a different one. With this issue in mind, respond to the following questions:
Have there been large rallies and or protests related to the social justice issue? If so, have the rallies or protests made a difference in addressing or furthering the issue? Why or why not?
How have policy, laws, and public views about the issue changed over time?
Who holds the power on the issue and who lacks the power? What are the implications?
If you could promote social change in relation to the issue, what would the outcome look like?
By Day 6
Respond to two of your colleagues’ postings who discussed a different social justice issue than you did. Explain the systemic barriers to effectively addressing the issue that they discussed.
