Social Justice

Why Nonprofit Activism Alone Won’t Save Us
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Why Nonprofit Activism Alone Won’t Save Us

Nonprofits have limitations that are not always known to the general public. Often these shortcomings can harm the communities they serve.

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Equity, Not Equality, Is Needed In The Fight For Social Change
A two-panel illustration breaks down the difference between equity and equality with imagery of three people of varying heights behind a fence at a baseball game. On the left, equality is shown as everyone standing on a crate, but the shortest person cannot see the game, and the middle-height person can just see over the fence. On the right, equity is shown as the shortest individual standing on two boxes, the middle-height person on one, and the tallest without. Everyone can see at the same level.

Equity, Not Equality, Is Needed In The Fight For Social Change

“Equity v. Equality” illustration breaks down the difference between the two terms and how the distinction impacts the necessary work for social change.

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The Problem with Gatekeeping “White Hobbies”
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The Problem with Gatekeeping “White Hobbies”

Mostly white hobbies like birding and knitting have experienced a reckoning after discussions on racism shed light on racial gatekeeping.

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Fighting for Black Trans Lives
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Fighting for Black Trans Lives

Anti-trans legislation adds to the violence and discrimination that affect the trans community, particularly people of color and Black trans lives.

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Fatphobia: America’s Acceptable Bias
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Fatphobia: America’s Acceptable Bias

Anti-fatness bias comprises the systemic and interpersonal oppression that fat people experience in the workplace, the healthcare system, the criminal justice system, and other aspects of everyday life.

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Stop Shia persecution.

In America, Muslims are often seen as a monolith. As a whole, we have experienced discrimination and persecution from non-Muslims. What people may not know is that Islam actually consists of many sects, including Sunnism, Shi’ism, Ismailism, and Ahmadiyya, much like how Christianity includes Protestantism and Catholicism. The minority sects, specifically Shi’ism, are currently being persecuted in multiple Muslim-majority countries (Human Rights Watch), including the genocide of Shias in Pakistan (Al Jazeera).  

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Seeking Justice for Breonna Taylor Beyond Social Media
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Seeking Justice for Breonna Taylor Beyond Social Media

The memeification of Breonna Taylor aims to keep Taylor’s name in the media but is often perpetuating the same systems that harm Black women.

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The Role Intersectionality Plays in Justice for Black Women
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The Role Intersectionality Plays in Justice for Black Women

Breonna Taylor’s name, like most Black women, is missing in the fight for justice against police brutality and anti-Black violence due to a lack of intersectionality.

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