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DESCRIPTION:The 12th Annual Social Justice Symposium will be on Saturday, January 27, 
 2018, with the theme: Raising Voices, Driving Action.\n\nThe Social Justice 
 Symposium (SJS) is a student-organized event that serves as space for the 
 community to meet and discuss social justice work in the Bay 
 Area.\n\nStrike Debt Bay Area will be presenting one of the seminars, from 
 10:30 AM - 12:00 noon, entitled\n\nFinancial Inequality: How We Got Here 
 and How We Get Out\n\nThe Social Justice Symposium is an annual FREE event 
 organized by students in the School of Social Welfare at the University of 
 California, Berkeley.\n\nWe are thrilled to have Zion I as our keynote 
 speaker. Zion I is a Bay Area native and concious rapper that speaks to the 
 social and political challenges of our time.\n\nThe Social Justice 
 Symposium aims to integrate critical analysis and academic learning with 
 direct practice and action efforts. We challenge the belief that social 
 justice is limited to civil and political rights. As such, we seek actions 
 emphasizing liberatory principles that also support economic, social, 
 cultural, environmental, and collective rights.\n\nDue to our event space 
 capacity of 400 people, we are offering 325 registration slots for 
 guaranteed attendance. Once these slots have been filled, registration will 
 be closed and the remaining 75 spaces will be allotted for 
 first-come-first-serve arrival on the day of the event. You must register 
 through the ticketing website in order to reserve your spot ahead of 
 time.\n\nTo RSVP, make a donation, or buy some symposium swag, 
 visit https://ucbsjs.bpt.me/\n\nSCHEDULE:\nDoors and breakfast begin: 8:30 
 am\nKeynote: 9:30-10:30 am\nWorkshop sessions: 10:30-12:00, 1:30-3:00, and 
 3:10-4:30\nThere will be a silent auction throughout the day with all 
 proceeds going to future symposiums. Lunch will be provided at the 
 event.\n\nDirections and parking 
 information: http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/social-justice-symposium-directions-parking-and-site-notes\n\nThe 
 following fantastic organizations and people will be presenting workshops 
 at the symposium: Destiny Arts Center, HIV Education Project, Community 
 Works West, The Center for Harm Reduction and Therapy, Haven Connect, 
 Coalition on Homelessness, Strike Debt Bay Area, The Dellums Institute for 
 Social Justice, Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, Safe Return Project, 
 BAYPeace, and GRADD\n\nWe are committed to alternative perspectives and 
 collaboration with community groups to achieve a sustainable movement for 
 social change. The objectives of the symposium are:\n\n● To raise 
 awareness, build knowledge and reflect on social justice work;\n● To 
 provide a space for participants to network, discuss, and share strategies 
 to work toward social change;\n● To bridge the gap between micro and 
 macro practice areas and social change;\n● To share successful social 
 justice strategies from different perspectives or professions;\n● To 
 encourage participants to explore creative, radical ways to serve as change 
 agents; and\n● To develop the practical skills to further a sustainable 
 and action-oriented movement for social justice in participants’ 
 professional lives and in their communities.\n\nOur working definition of 
 social justice is:\nSocial justice is a process, not an outcome, which 
 seeks fair (re)distribution of resources, opportunities, and 
 responsibilities; challenges the roots of oppression and injustice; 
 empowers all people to exercise self-determination and realize their full 
 potential; and builds social solidarity and community capacity for 
 collaborative action.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/01/17/18805948.php
SUMMARY:12th Annual Social Justice Symposium
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School\n1781 Rose St\nBerkeley, CA 94703
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/01/17/18805948.php
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