Students can submit proposals for Social Justice Week workshops through an online form until Feb. 24. Social Justice Week, scheduled for April 21-25, is a week of workshops and other opportunities for students to understand social justice issues happening in the community.
A series of student workshops will take place April 24 to foster inclusive discussions about social justice issues affecting the school, city and global community. Organizers said these student-led workshops aim to encourage collaboration among school clubs and highlight the importance of intersectionality by uniting students through shared interests, and ultimately inspiring them to voice their passions and advocate for the causes they care about.
Jimmy Yu, sophomore and co-president of the Social Justice Committee, said, “I think Social Justice Week is an example of where we can zoom out and see a lot of different intersections between a lot of our discussions about identity, equity and diversity.”
Jimmy hopes to raise awareness for social justice issues in the U-High community and get the student body to look at the bigger picture of social justice in all fields.
“We have Social Justice Week, which is one week,” Jimmy said, “but we really want to try to emphasize to students that social justice is something that’s happening 52 weeks throughout the year.”
