Article: “GV offers Social Justice Education to students and faculty”

Sharing some press representing my unit of Social Justice Education and spreading the word about upcoming events.

“Director of Social Justice Education Relando Thompkins-Jones is inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s words, “Be true to what you say on paper.” Thompkins-Jones goal is to use education as a means to help people identify and see how they can use themselves to lesson the distance between what we say we are as a community and how that’s actually felt and experienced by everyone.”

“Through some conversation, activities and critical reflection that takes place as a result of attending, the hope is that they can discover how they can best make sure for themselves all the ideals and statements for inclusion that we have here at Grand Valley,” Thompkins-Jones said. “How they can make sure we are living this out through whatever their roles may be.”

“In Shifting the narrative…We ask participants to think critically about the ways in which we frame stories and how the way we frame the story changes the story,” Thompkins-Jones said. “In particular it asks us to look at different inequities that exist in society and how often folks who are on the receiving end of discrimination are often blamed for the discrimination they experience.”

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