Just Societies Highlights - December 2020

A Columbia for All

Columbia University's Office of University Life is working to address equity across campuses in different ways, such as through the Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging at Columbia, where students, faculty, and staff come together to make change.

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Can Virtual Reality Teach Racial Empathy?

In Columbia School of Social Work's series "Social Impact LIVE," professor Courtney Cogburn shares her work building an immersive virtual reality experience of racism. For more on Cogburn, check out her recent talk on antiracism with Ibram X. Kendi.

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From Prison to Programming: Formerly Incarcerated People Learn to Code

The Center for Justice and the Business School's Tamer Center for Social Enterprise have teamed up to teach coding and job skills to individuals who were incarcerated.

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Student on Climate and Intersectionality

Columbia College student Lauren Ritchie pushes for diversity and equity in climate response work with Columbia's Earth Institute, inspired by her experiences at home in the Bahamas.

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Columbia Community Service

Looking to lend a hand? Check out remote and, if in the New York area, in-person volunteer opportunities with Columbia Community Service-supported nonprofits.

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Helping the Navajo Nation Combat COVID-19

Columbia Magazine talks with two alumni about their work on a reservation in the rural Southwest to fight the virus with custom strategies and a long-term vision.

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Abolition Democracy

Artist Dread Scott discusses his forward-thinking, slave revolt reenactment project with Columbia Law professors Maeve Glass and Bernard Harcourt.

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Columbia Justice Lab Receives $1.25M Grant

The Columbia Justice Lab was awarded a $1.25 million, three-year grant from Arnold Ventures to expand its program, EXiT: Executives Transforming Probation and Parole, which launched in August 2019.

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Capital for Good

Join the Business School's Tamer Center for Social Enterprise for "Capital for Good," the 19th annual social enterprise conference. Sign up for the newsletter to see this year's digital events.

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