Justice & Civic Identity

Did the results of the Supreme Court's most recent term surprise you?

This SOF Digital Discussion features 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner and creator of the landmark 1619 Project Nikole Hannah-Jones, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at University of Texas at Austin Peniel Joseph, and professor at Harvard Kennedy School and the Suzanne Young Murray Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies Khalil Muhammad.

In the face of COVID-19, global inequities are being laid bare and further exacerbated, devastating some of the most vulnerable and low-income communities. Immediately, nonprofit and social impact leaders who serve those disproportionately at risk stepped up in unprecedented ways, working on the frontlines often with a lack of resources to do so.

Across the United States, from rural areas to cities and suburbs, people have been hitting the streets to protest racism and police brutality.

We cannot 'move on’ from the past without acknowledging the harm that has been done.

A piece about building a stronger nation in USA Today by Fred Riley, executive director of Weave: The Social Fabric Project.

This SOF Digital Discussion features Harrington Spear Paine Professor at Princeton University and Aspen Institute Trustee Elaine Pagels in conversation with the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core Eboo Patel about the integral role that faith and spirituality play in the face of social uncertainty and transformation.

As recent events have made all too clear, Americans have centralized the needs of communities, specifically Black neighborhoods, through a lens of the police and law enforcement for far too long.  How do we model the future prioritizing community without that lens?

To be literate in American identity and ideals you must understand the various forms of racial injustice in this country.