Diversity at Rutgers Office of Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities

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Diversity at RutgersOffice of Social
Justice Education and LGBT Communities

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Diversity is

• Power
• Privilege
• Prejudice
• Difference
  Inclusion

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Communities resist amid bigotry and hate.

• Interconnected Oppressions
• Racism
• Sexism
• Homophobia
• Classism
• Age
• Ability

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Rejection of differences has its costs.
Newark, New Jersey Riots, July 1967
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Southern Poverty Law Center 2006 Intelligence
Report

• History of Hate 34 Active Hate Groups in New
  Jersey

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Examples of POWER and HATE
Rutgers Womens Basketball Team Defeats LSU in
the Final Four 2007

Don Imus, former radio talk show host, speaks
words of hate.
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Speaking Truth to Hate

• Scarlet Knights address Don Imus and his
  racist and sexist comments at a press conference
  Spring 2007.

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The Rutgers community shows support for the
Scarlet Knights womens basketball team at the
rally on Douglass campus April 11, 2007.
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Share YOUR voice at Rutgers
Rutgers student, Justin Woo performs at the
Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser, March 10, 2006
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Use YOUR voice for JUSTICE
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter. Martin Luther
King Jr.
Rutgers University Students Diversity
Conference The second of its kind.
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Rutgers New Brunswick Cultural and Diverse
Student Organizations

• Armenian Club Asian Student Council
• Association of Indians at Rutgers Association of
  Philippine Students
• Bengali Students Association Bhangra
• Cantonese Club Central S. American Alliance
• Chinese Dance Troupe French Club
• German Club Haitian Association of Rutgers
• Hellenic Cultural Association International
  Students Association
• Italian Club Japanese Cultural Association
• Jewish Student Union Korean Students
  Association
• Latino Student Council Latin American Womyns
  Org.
• Lebanese American Students of Rutgers New
  Brunswick Artists Collective
• Pakistani Student Association Paul Robeson Club
• Persian Cultural Club Polish Club
• Russian Club Rutgers Org. of Nippon Students
• Rutgers Union Estudiantil Puertorriquena Sharing
  our Light
• Society of Latin American Men Swahili Club
• Taiwanese American Student Association Turkish
  Student Association
• TWESE Ukrainian Students Club
• Union of Cuban American Students United Black
  Council

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Office of Social Justice Education and LGBT
Communities
For more information about social justice
programs, contact Cheryl Clarke 3 Bartlett
Street New Brunswick, New Jersey
08901 732-932-1711 rujust_at_rci.rutgers.edu http//w
ww.rci.rutgers.edu/divcoaff/
Thank you for choosing Rutgers University to be
your place to explore knowledge and diversity!