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Screen capture of a panel of people with the banner across the screen reading “The Penn Experience: Racism, Reconciliation, & Engagement”

Penn Dental and SP2 partner to address racism, reconciliation, and engagement

A new, online course for incoming SP2 students entitled “The Penn Experience: Racism, Reconciliation and Engagement” was created in collaboration with Penn’s School of Dental Medicine and launched in July.

At the Commitment March, the 2020 March on Washington in the nation's capital, members of the SP2 community hold Black Lives Matter signs.

Marching against racism and police violence

Students, faculty, and staff from the School of Social Policy & Practice took part in the recent Commitment March in the nation’s capital.

How Eve Higginbotham is dismantling racist and sexist systems one step at a time

Amid nationwide demonstrations calling for the long-overdue dismantling of racist systems and institutions, the vice dean for Inclusion and Diversity and professor of ophthalmolog has been busy sharing her voice and taking action.

Examining race in East Asian Studies

The Center for East Asian Studies hosted a roundtable discussion between faculty assessing anti-racism in their fields of study.

A week’s worth of online events, aimed at engaging the entire Penn community, will examine the interplay of climate change, COVID, and social injustice.

Climate Week offers something for ‘every member of the Penn community’

With participation from schools, centers, and groups across the University and a focus on the interplay of the climate emergency with social justice issues and the global pandemic, Climate Week at Penn will run September 21-25. The week’s dozens of events will help participants learn about the climate crisis—and then act.

Members of the 49ers football team kneeling on the field before a game.

Rebranding the NFL: How the league shifted its message on racial justice

The new football season brings a change in how NFL management is responding to Black Lives Matter and protests on and off the field for racial justice.

Chaz Howard finds common ground in the face of division

The University chaplain, vice president for social equity and community, and head of the University’s recently announced Projects for Progress sees hope in the face of activism invigorated by nationwide racial justice protests.

the philadelphia energy solutions refinery with the philadelphia skyline in the background

At the intersection of the built environment, environmental health, and social justice

Junior Kingsley Song and sophomore Sage Basri worked with faculty mentor Franca Trubiano this summer to learn more about the wide-reaching impacts of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery.

Illustration of a Black hand with shackle around the wrist and paper in the palm folded like a crane.

The Quattrone Center: Less argument, more truth-seeking

The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice is pioneering a systemic, data-driven approach to criminal justice reform. Its executive director, John Hollway, started with the idea that the law should function more like science.

Historical photo of Raymond Pace Alexander wearing a judge robes seated at a table over an open book.

Raymond Pace Alexander: A history of righting the wrongs

The Wharton graduate of the Class of 1920 went on the become one of Philadelphia’s leading civil rights lawyers, and had a lasting impact on the city.

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