Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social JusticeThe documentary, Calls from Home, focuses on a young radio DJ, who hosts "Calls from Home," a weekly radio call-in show in rural Kentucky that sends messages and shout-outs to people incarcerated in prisons throughout Central Appalachia, allowing inmates and their families to bridge the iron bars of the corrections system and share a much-needed connection.
In collaboration with the Labor & Employment Law Student Organization and the American Constitution Society Student Organization, we're excited to have Professor Anne Lofaso lead a discussion around the autonomous dignified worker, at the intersections of labor law and social justice.
Hear from Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, on her work advocating for the abolition of the death penalty and accompanying inmates on death row. Sister Helen has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on capital punishment and in shaping the Catholic Church's vigorous opposition to all executions. This event is co-sponsored by […]
Stop by the Jones Center for a study break and refuel your mind with a mental break and your body with coffee, tea, cocoa, and light refreshments.
Stop by the Jones Center for coffee, tea, cocoa, and light refreshments, connect with your peers, and learn more about the Jones Center.
Required orientation for incoming Social Justice Fellows.
Lunch for all Social Justice Fellows and Jones Center Affiliate Faculty to reconnect for the new academic year.
Join as, as we host Professor Anne Lofaso who will give a talk and lead discussion around the intersections of labor law and social justice.
Center fellows each plan, organize, and implement one Jones Center program each academic year. Join us for this program, Low Income, Big Impact: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Medicaid, and Access to Reproductive Healthcare. This program brings guest speaker, Ally Armitage, J.D., Chief Operating Officer of Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio, in a conversation about […]
This program will provide an overview of the specific obstacles faced by wrongfully convicted women, the results of OIP’s deep dive into the data, and the organizational response to address […]
Open to Jones Center fellows, students, affiliate faculty/staff, and Jones Center alum as a way to connect and share their own social justice journey. RSVP is required - look for […]
Stop by the Jones Center for a study break and refuel your mind with a mental break and your body with coffee, tea, cocoa, and light refreshments.