Charlotte Area Resources
Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium
The Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium (CRJC) is an unprecedented partnership of three academic institutions — Queens University of Charlotte, Johnson C. Smith University, and Johnson & Wales University Charlotte — working together to equip a diverse body of students within the region to address social and economic justice issues, advocate for racial equity and strengthen democracy.
The CRJC vision is a Charlotte community that understands its history of race and racism, embraces a more comprehensive narrative on race, eliminates a hierarchy of human value, and develops faculty, staff, and student leaders who advocate across our five campuses and the community for truth, justice, racial healing, and systemic transformation.
Our vision: A Charlotte community that understands its history of race and racism, believes in our shared humanity, embraces a more comprehensive narrative on race, and develops faculty, staff, and student leaders who work across our campuses towards truth, racial healing, and transformation.
In 2020, the CRJC was selected by the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) as a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center.
JWU Library Statement
Contact
For questions about any of the resources on this guide, to suggest a book, film, or organization, contact Jean.Moats@jwu.edu
Resource at JWU Charlotte
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging Taskforce (DEIB) This group is located at JWU Charlotte Campus.
Vision: We support a diverse culture that values equality and inclusivity. We value equal access to opportunities for all to excel to their fullest potential, feel respected and treated fairly by all individuals on our campus.
Mission: To foster a welcoming, diverse campus where students, staff and faculty work to transform and sustain an environment for academic excellence, and provide access to opportunities for all, to ensure a robust inclusive community.
If you would like to get involved with the DEIB Taskforce, please contact Trudi Lacey.
Take Action
Local Organizations
The Freedom Center for Social Justice
The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African - American Arts & Culture
Levine Museum of the New South
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice
National Organizations
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
National Black Child Development Institute
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC Inc.
Social Justice
so·cial jus·tice
noun:
justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.
"individuality gives way to the struggle for social justice"
