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Social justice

CTY students in a classroom
Center for Talented Youth
CTY's new social justice courses empower students to spark change
Published Aug 23, 2021
The curriculum for academically advanced pre-college learners is part of an overarching antiracism initiative launched by the center
Lady Justice against a background of coronavirus particles
A carceral crisis
Published Oct 15, 2020
A new report published by Johns Hopkins provides recommendations for preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the criminal justice system
Protesters kneel in front of the Johns Hopkins dome
Hopkins 'white coats' gather for black lives
Published June 5, 2020
Health care workers from across Johns Hopkins gathered June 5 to remember those who have died from police brutality
Gold shipping container in front of brick academic building
Civil discourse
Building a 'global public square'
Published June 15, 2018
Agora Institute brings immersive audiovisual Portals to Homewood to connect people at Hopkins with others around the world
Foreign Affairs Symposium speakers include (clockwise from top left): Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Junot Díaz, Aneesh Chopra, Ai Weiwei, Suroosh Alvi, and representatives from the Veterans Writing Project
Foreign Affairs Symposium
'Alternative viewpoints'
Published Feb 2, 2017
Novelists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Junot Díaz among speakers for 2017 spring semester
A row of students, faculty, and staff link arms at the Black Lives Matter solidarity demonstration
Black Lives Matter
Silent demonstration, resounding message
Published Oct 7, 2016
More than 400 students, faculty, and staff line up along Charles Street as part of Black Lives Matter demonstration
Race in America
Reflections on social justice, then and now
Published Sept 29, 2016
Activists, scholars take part in sixth event in JHU Forums on Race in America series
What's next?
Gathering storms for public health
Published June 10, 2016
Authors discuss pandemics, mental illness in prisons, and social justice movements at Bloomberg School event