MU JUSTICE

JUSTICE (Jesuit University Students Together In Concerned Empowerment) is a Marquette University Student Organization dedicated to education and action surrounding social justice issues. We have led campaigns focusing on fair trade, gender equality, Sudan divestment, worker's rights, and other issues. Each year we hold a Social Justice Teach-In to promote awareness on campus, and send a group to Fort Benning, GA, for the annual School of the Americas Protest and Vigil.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Upcoming Event

There is an upcoming event to commemorate the deaths of the four Churchwomen killed in El Salvador taking place this coming Sunday, December 3rd. It is called, “Justice from the Ground Up” and will feature a speaker from Guatemala, Teresa Samayoa. Sunday December 3rd, 2p.m. at St. Joseph Center. St. Joseph Center is located at the corner of 27th Street and Greenfield Avenue. Enter the parking lot from 29th Street. The event is free!

About the Speaker:
Teresa Samayoa is from a well to do family but at age 17 an encounter with a marginal area in her neighborhood opened her eyes and heart to the reality of her country. She began to volunteer with a Catholic Church in her home town in the area worst hit by the civil war. She served for 11 years in the social pastoral ministry in her diocese, accompanying the work and struggles of local community leaders.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Soup with Substance Friday

There is going to be a great Soup with Substance this Friday. It would be great if there were lot of people there to learn about feminism at Marquette and you get a free lunch

Living Feminism: Theory, Practice, and Mission at Marquette

Dr. Teresa Tobin and Dr. Michael Monahan, Marquette Philosophy Faculty members, will speak at Soup with Substance this Friday Nov. 10 in AMU 227 at 12:00pm. They will speak about philosophy of modern feminism and how it is practiced in the world today. The mission of Marquette and its correlation to feminist ideals will also be a part of their discussion.