Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

SPECIAL

Session 020: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Agenda for Social Justice: Active Agents for the Future
Room: Drummond Centre

Sponsor: Justice 21 Committee

Organizer: Jason A. Smith, George Mason University

Presider/Discussant: David C. Lane, Illinois State University

Description: 

This session will feature a dynamic discussion with authors from the most recent Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2024, focused on actionable insights to a number of social problems in the United States. Policy recommendations and solutions will be at the heart of the discussion, as panelists engage with each other and the audience. The goal of the discussion is not an overview or synopsis of the authors’ work, but centering the idea of research and people as active agents which can help shape the future.

Papers:

“A Bold Policy Agenda for Improving Immigrant Healthcare Access in the U.S.,” Meredith Van Natta, University of California, Merced

“Gender-affirming Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Minority Youth,” Ashley C. Rondini, Franklin & Marshall College

“From Blame to Criminalization: Black Motherhood and Intimate Partner Violence,” Sarah Jane Brubaker, Virginia Commonwealth University

“Affordable Housing in America: A Matter of Availability, Access, and Accountability,” Jeanne Kimpel, Molloy University

“Shelter from the Storm: A Framework for Housing and Climate Justice,” Tony Samara, Right to the City Alliance

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