ERIC Number: EJ1278503
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 10
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Endeavoring a Critical and Thoughtful Response During and Beyond COVID-19: Community-Based Justice Work in a Catholic University
Tian, Qianhui; Bigelow, Shanita; Noel, Thomas, Jr.; Gardner, Joseph; Michel, Rebecca
Journal of Catholic Education, v23 n1 Article 15 p205-213 Sum-Fall 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting quarantines around the globe have required social justice educators to respond to the unprecedented challenges and the needs of the communities they serve more than ever before. This article explores how educators in a Catholic University conducted community-based justice work in response to the challenges of the pandemic by integrating educators' solidarity with faith and social justice commitments. We introduce the Lift as You Climb (Lift) project as one example of our approach with Catholic value of promoting human rights and common good. We offer reflections on challenges and successes of community-based programming, considerations of issues of equity and access to educational resources, as well as recommendations for educators' next actions, in order to offer insight into the implementation of community-based justice work during and beyond COVID-19.
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Catholic Schools, Higher Education, Social Justice, College Faculty, Catholic Educators, Civil Rights, Barriers, School Community Relationship, College School Cooperation, Access to Education, At Risk Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Racial Bias, Social Bias, High Schools
Loyola Marymount University. School of Education 1 LMU Drive, University Hall Suite 1760, Los Angles, CA 90045. e-mail: catholicedjournal@lmu.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ce
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago)
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