Social Justice Coalition
About
The Social Justice Coalition is an collection of student organizations on campus that promotes social justice work on the Whittier College campus and surrounding community. The coalition is advised by the Associate Director of the Center for Engagement with Communities and the Office of Equity and Inclusion.
The Social Justice Coaition is governed by the The Constitution of the Social Justice Coalition at Whittier College.
Mission Statement
The Social Justice Coalition is an alliance of voluntary student groups dedicated to deepening the practice of service (based on the mutually-beneficial exchange of knowledge, information and resources) and to the pursuit of projects and activities that advocate and promote:
- fairness and equity in the protection of civil and human rights and undeserved communities;
- the empowerment of individuals, especially children and youth, in accessing educational, personal, and economic opportunity in order for them to realize their full potential; and
- actions that develop an understanding that care for the environment is everyone's responsibility and that environmental challenges lead to humanitarian crises that threaten the safety and well-being of communities.
We ask that you please be patient with our student involvement community and each other as we transition our practices, procedures, and forms to this new system. Please request to join if you are interested in this organization or want to know more.
Groups Involved
The Social Justice Coalition includes the following student organizations:
- Circle K
- Community Unity
- Feminist Coalition
- Food Recovery Network
- Latino Leaders for Tomorrow
- OMEP
- Poets Organizing Workers Economic Rights (POWER)
- Roosevelt Institute
- Social Work Council
- Students for Justice in Palestine
- Students for Education Reform
- Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP)