Program on Justice and Peace administratively housed in
CSJ starting Fall, 2005!

Administratively housed in the Center for Social Justice, the Program on Justice and Peace is concerned with practical, normative questions of how to realize peace and justice in the everyday world. The ultimate goal of Justice and Peace Studies in the university context, however phrased, is to produce practically useful scholarship on how to create a more just and peaceful world. Such scholarship requires empirical accounts of the causes of war, violence, and injustice; practical understandings of how to prevent and ameliorate harmful social conditions; and theoretical reflections on the definitions of justice. Each of these investigations can take place at all levels of social organization, from the individual to the family, from the small group to the nation, or at the level of the international community. For more information on PJP?s mission and curriculum, please visit PJP's home page.

Henry Schwarz will continue as Director of the Program; Jean Manney,
Community-Based Learning Program Coordinator for CSJ, will also serve as the Program on Justice and Peace Coordinator.

9-11 Memorial Interfaith Service
September 11, 2003
12:10 PM - 12:45 PM
White Gravenor Lawn

Reflections by Kathleen Maas Weigert, Ph.D., Director,
Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, and Service

Remarks by John J. DeGioia, Ph.D., President

Sam Marullo among 15 Professors Honored as Finalists for the 2003 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning

Campus Compact has selected fifteen professors from a pool of 141 nominations to be honored as finalists for the 2003 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning. They were chosen as finalists for their important work connecting community service to their coursework on their  campus and promoting service-learning nationally.

This year¹s finalists represent a wide range of institutional types and sizes, and have incorporated service-learning into many different disciplines. The finalists are:

Jeffrey Anderson, Seattle University, Lynne Bond, University of Vermont, Jose Calderone, Pitzer College, Mark Chesler, University of Michigan, Rita Duncan, Tulsa Community College, Richard Eberst, Cal State San Bernardino, Diann Gregory, Miami Dade Community College, Marlene Groomes, Miami Dade Community College, Beth Ann Johnson, Pima County Community College, William MacGregor, Montana Tech, Sam Marullo,Georgetown University, Susan Ostrander, Tufts University, Armeda Reitzel, Humboldt State University, Mark Veazie, University of Arizona, and Harold Ward, Brown University

This is Campus Compact¹s ninth year honoring service-learning faculty through the Thomas Ehrlich Award.  Campus Compact annually honors faculty members for innovations in engaged scholarship that integrate service into the curriculum and for efforts to institutionalize service-learning at their college or university. The award is named in honor of Thomas Ehrlich, past chair of the Campus Compact executive committee, President Emeritus of Indiana University, and currently a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 900 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education.

To support this civic mission, Campus Compact promotes community service that develops students' citizenship skills and values, encourages collaborative partnerships between campuses and communities, and assists faculty who seek to integrate public and community engagement into their teaching and research.

CSJ's End-of-Year Celebration 2003,
"Georgetown for Justice:  Service for All!"

On Monday, April 28, 2003, members Georgetown's community gathered to celebrate Georgetown's considerable service and social justice achievements over the 2002-2003 academic year.  

The evening featured a delightful performance by G.U. Melody, a service group (led by senior Chi-Pei Tseng) that provides musical instruction to children living in low-income neighborhoods, and an opening talk given by Don Kerwin, Executive Director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.  During his inspiring address, entitled ?Keeping Alive Your Commitment to Service and Justice Beyond College: Seven Wishes for Student Activists,? Mr. Kerwin voiced his hopes for ways graduating seniors might integrate service and social justice into their everyday lives.

To cap off the celebration, the Center for Social Justice recognized the outstanding service and social justice contributions made by its students, colleagues and community partners.  A complete list of award recipients is listed below:

Outstanding Student:
Jason Williams

Outstanding New Organization*:
Fair Trade

Outstanding Program Participant (tied):
India Ware, Devita Lanham

Outstanding Service Learning Course*:
Leadership and Power, Robert Bies

Outstanding Community Partner:
Perry School Community Services, Inc.  

Outstanding Faculty or Staff in Social Justice*:
Charlene Brown-McKenzie

Outstanding Student Organization ?Service*:
H.O.P.E.

Outstanding Student Organization-Advocacy*:
Peace Action

Outstanding Research*:
The People?s Story Oral History Project in collaboration with Project South

*denotes inaugural year of award

Landegger Awards 2003

To commemorate the memory of the late Lena Landegger, the Landegger Charitable Foundation made a generous gift to Georgetown University for the expressed purpose of honoring and rewarding Georgetown undergraduates for distinguished contributions to community service.  Coordinated through the Office of Student Affairs, the twenty awards are given to recognize students who have voluntarily given of themselves in the service of those in need in the many communities of which Georgetown is a part--the District of Columbia, the nation, and the world.  The awards consist of a grant of $2500 for each recipient.  This year's recipients are:

Joseph is a student of the College of Arts and Sciences, Class of 2003 with a major in Biology.  Joseph is the founder of H.O.P.E. (Hoya Outreach Programs and Education), a group dedicated to work with homeless poeple in the District, and is helping to coordinate ourtreach programs of the universities in the D.C. metropolitan area through CUPH (Capital Universities Partnership for the Homeless).  Congratulations on this prestigious award!