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Universal Declaration of Human Rights Campaign: What are Human Rights? Definition

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What are Human Rights? UHR is dedicated to furthering Universal Declaration of Human Rights issues education & law. Watch videos, download educator kits.

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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Introduction

The United Nations (UN) came into being in 1945, shortly after the end of World War II.

The stated purpose of the UN is to bring peace to all nations of the world. After World War II, a committee of persons headed by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wrote a special document which "declares" the rights that everyone in the entire world should have-the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today there are 192 member states of the UN, all of whom have signed on in agreement with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Where Do Universal Rights Begin?
"In small places, close to home-so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world."

-Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Chair of the United Nations Commission that wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Read the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a simplified form. Read the full text of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights: What are Human Rights? : Youth For Human Rights Video

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Introduction The United Nations (UN) came into being in 1945, shortly after the end of World War II. The stated purpose of the UN is to bring peace to all nations of the world. After World War II, a committee of persons headed by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of US President Franklin D.

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United Nations - Over the next fifteen years, with these new Goals that universally apply to all, countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.

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What are the universal human rights? - Benedetta Berti

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Supreme Court Cases

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Langston Hughes - I, Too America

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Jackie Robinson - Breaking the Color Barrier

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Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier

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As with many aspects of life in late-19th century America, baseball was segregated. There were separate teams for black players because they were not allowed to play on white professional teams. In the late 1800s, professional African American players played on all-black teams such as the Cuban Giants.

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Social justice definition is - a state or doctrine of egalitarianism. How to use social justice in a sentence.

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As the twentieth-century began, W. E. B. Du Bois and other activists seeking more radical social change came together to form the Niagara Movement, setting the stage for the later NAACP and a truly national struggle for civil rights.

With Reconstruction in tatters after the rise of Jim Crow laws approved by a hostile Supreme Court, many African-Americans were becoming increasingly frustrated with the accommodationist advocacy of Booker T. Washington and other modest reformers, especially since the first years of the twentieth-century began with a rising number of brutal lynchings and race riots, continued unequal opportunities in education and employment, and continued denial of voting rights. A growing portion of the community sought new ways of securing equal rights and resisting regional and national discrimination, and one activist who empathized with this discontent was Professor W. E. B. Du Bois, the first African-American to receive a PhD from Harvard University and a vociferous opponent of Washington's unwritten "Atlanta Compromise" with Southern white leaders. In 1905, Du Bois, along with other dissident black intellectuals, assembled in Niagara Falls, Canada with the express purpose of establishing a national movement seeking a faster route to civil rights and racial equality. Rejecting both Washington's reformist views and white supremacy, the "Niagara Movement" set forth a strident set of policies calling for immediate and full freedom of speech and press, full suffrage, the abolition of discrimination based on race or color, and belief in universal human brotherhood. This message, however, was not well-received by the white political elite, nor the Washingtonian faction of the black community, and the Niagara Movement soon found itself embroiled in mortal difficulties despite branches spreading rapidly across the nation.

Four years after the Niagara meeting, and drawing on lessons learned from its collapse, Du Bois and other Niagara veterans took a new course and helped found the National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The NAACP subsequently offered Du Bois the position of Director of Publicity and Research, and Du Bois quickly took up the editor position at the organization's magazine, The Crisis. Through his work as editor, Du Bois highlighted and printed stories of lynchings and brutalities committed against blacks that were ignored entirely by the mainstream white or black presses. By 1920 it was shipping over 100,000 copies a month to subscribers, and the influence of the NAACP grew through a successive series of court victories overturning grandfather clauses and residential segregation. Find out more about the early history of the NAACP and how it presented a new national movement for racial equality at Edsitement, the National Endowment for the Humanities' educational website.

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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Foundation of the NAACP

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As the twentieth-century began, W. E. B. Du Bois and other activists seeking more radical social change came together to form the Niagara Movement, setting the stage for the later NAACP and a truly national struggle for civil rights.

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As the twentieth-century began, W. E. B. Du Bois and other activists seeking more radical social change came together to form the Niagara Movement, setting the stage for the later NAACP and a truly national struggle for civil rights.

With Reconstruction in tatters after the rise of Jim Crow laws approved by a hostile Supreme Court, many African-Americans were becoming increasingly frustrated with the accommodationist advocacy of Booker T. Washington and other modest reformers, especially since the first years of the twentieth-century began with a rising number of brutal lynchings and race riots, continued unequal opportunities in education and employment, and continued denial of voting rights. A growing portion of the community sought new ways of securing equal rights and resisting regional and national discrimination, and one activist who empathized with this discontent was Professor W. E. B. Du Bois, the first African-American to receive a PhD from Harvard University and a vociferous opponent of Washington's unwritten "Atlanta Compromise" with Southern white leaders. In 1905, Du Bois, along with other dissident black intellectuals, assembled in Niagara Falls, Canada with the express purpose of establishing a national movement seeking a faster route to civil rights and racial equality. Rejecting both Washington's reformist views and white supremacy, the "Niagara Movement" set forth a strident set of policies calling for immediate and full freedom of speech and press, full suffrage, the abolition of discrimination based on race or color, and belief in universal human brotherhood. This message, however, was not well-received by the white political elite, nor the Washingtonian faction of the black community, and the Niagara Movement soon found itself embroiled in mortal difficulties despite branches spreading rapidly across the nation.

Four years after the Niagara meeting, and drawing on lessons learned from its collapse, Du Bois and other Niagara veterans took a new course and helped found the National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The NAACP subsequently offered Du Bois the position of Director of Publicity and Research, and Du Bois quickly took up the editor position at the organization's magazine, The Crisis. Through his work as editor, Du Bois highlighted and printed stories of lynchings and brutalities committed against blacks that were ignored entirely by the mainstream white or black presses. By 1920 it was shipping over 100,000 copies a month to subscribers, and the influence of the NAACP grew through a successive series of court victories overturning grandfather clauses and residential segregation. Find out more about the early history of the NAACP and how it presented a new national movement for racial equality at Edsitement, the National Endowment for the Humanities' educational website.

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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Foundation of the NAACP

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As the twentieth-century began, W. E. B. Du Bois and other activists seeking more radical social change came together to form the Niagara Movement, setting the stage for the later NAACP and a truly national struggle for civil rights.

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As the twentieth-century began, W. E. B. Du Bois and other activists seeking more radical social change came together to form the Niagara Movement, setting the stage for the later NAACP and a truly national struggle for civil rights.

With Reconstruction in tatters after the rise of Jim Crow laws approved by a hostile Supreme Court, many African-Americans were becoming increasingly frustrated with the accommodationist advocacy of Booker T. Washington and other modest reformers, especially since the first years of the twentieth-century began with a rising number of brutal lynchings and race riots, continued unequal opportunities in education and employment, and continued denial of voting rights. A growing portion of the community sought new ways of securing equal rights and resisting regional and national discrimination, and one activist who empathized with this discontent was Professor W. E. B. Du Bois, the first African-American to receive a PhD from Harvard University and a vociferous opponent of Washington's unwritten "Atlanta Compromise" with Southern white leaders. In 1905, Du Bois, along with other dissident black intellectuals, assembled in Niagara Falls, Canada with the express purpose of establishing a national movement seeking a faster route to civil rights and racial equality. Rejecting both Washington's reformist views and white supremacy, the "Niagara Movement" set forth a strident set of policies calling for immediate and full freedom of speech and press, full suffrage, the abolition of discrimination based on race or color, and belief in universal human brotherhood. This message, however, was not well-received by the white political elite, nor the Washingtonian faction of the black community, and the Niagara Movement soon found itself embroiled in mortal difficulties despite branches spreading rapidly across the nation.

Four years after the Niagara meeting, and drawing on lessons learned from its collapse, Du Bois and other Niagara veterans took a new course and helped found the National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The NAACP subsequently offered Du Bois the position of Director of Publicity and Research, and Du Bois quickly took up the editor position at the organization's magazine, The Crisis. Through his work as editor, Du Bois highlighted and printed stories of lynchings and brutalities committed against blacks that were ignored entirely by the mainstream white or black presses. By 1920 it was shipping over 100,000 copies a month to subscribers, and the influence of the NAACP grew through a successive series of court victories overturning grandfather clauses and residential segregation. Find out more about the early history of the NAACP and how it presented a new national movement for racial equality at Edsitement, the National Endowment for the Humanities' educational website.

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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Foundation of the NAACP

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Harriet Tubman - Underground Railroad

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Social justice refers to a concept in which equity or justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than in only some aspects or for some people. A world organized around social justice principles affords individuals and groups fair treatment as well as an impartial share or distribution of the advantages and disadvantages within a society.

Social justice includes a vision of a society in which the distribution of resources is equitable and all members are physically and psychologically safe and secure. Social justice involves social actors who have a sense of their own agency as well as a sense of social responsibility toward and with others and the society as a whole. (Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice, Adams, Bell, Griffin, 2nd ed., Routledge 2007)

Main Issues

The absence of social justice results in social oppression. Racism, sexism, ageism, classism, ableism, and heterosexism are some forms of social oppression in society. Societies and individuals form hierarchies of oppression in which certain types of oppression are addressed and others are not. Oppression of certain groups or individuals can result in social or legal exclusion, discrimination, inequitable distribution of resources, and emotional and physical consequences.

Strategies

Focus on diversity-awareness of the diversity in communities is critical to fostering social justice

Address real consequences of oppression-when discussing social justice in lessons or staff meetings, it is important to acknowledge the real social and economic disadvantages that oppressed people face in society, not simply the psychic harm of oppression

Understand the mechanisms that perpetuate oppression-i.e., those attitudes and behaviors (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, heterosexism) from a position of privilege

Resist hierarchies of oppression-form strategies to foster justice with an inclusive mindset: who is being left out?

Seek to address social justice on three levels-personal (self), institutional (school) and societal (community).

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Social justice refers to a concept in which equity or justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than in only some aspects or for some people. A world organized around social justice principles affords individuals and groups fair treatment as well as an impartial share or distribution of the advantages and disadvantages within a society.

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"As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest." - Nelson Mandela quotes from BrainyQuote.com

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"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man." - Mahatma Gandhi quotes from BrainyQuote.com

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Definition: The fair and proper administration of laws conforming to the natural law that all persons, irrespective ...Click to read more about social justice.

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What is Social Justice Part 1

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On the surface, answering "What is social justice?" might seem academic. The term is thrown around enough; it is used with conviction, and hardly anyone steps back to wonder what is meant by the question. Social workers are taught the methodology that gives rise to solid research; conceptualizing variables is a main component. The concept and definition of Social Justice should not be immune to this sort of scrutiny.

The main problem in defining a word is that there is a tendency to always look for a set standard by which it can be evaluated. In this way, safety from the changing world can be established and a comfort level when using the concept in everyday life can be reached. Defining social justice presents with the same sort of dilemma because it is not clear that every culture, nor every person, would agree on the definition. For example, an American conservative might define social justice in economic terms, perhaps using purchasing power as the basic standard of evaluation. An American liberal might rely on ideas derived from beliefs about the fundamental nature of human rights. The perspective will determine if social justice is conceptualized as the expression of equity, equality, or some mixture of the two. Cultures that emphasize family or groups, over the individual, such as the Japanese or indigenous peoples of America, might conceptualize Social Justice from the top down. Meaning, justice is not derived from an individual expression or fulfillment, but by the survival and maintenance of the group and its traditions.

So, what is Social Justice? Part of the description for SJS's homepage tackles this difficult subject.

SJS believes that social justice is defined as a dynamic exploration of equity and equality within a society.

The key phrase in the above quote is "dynamic exploration". Recognizing that social justice changes with the society and culture, as well as with events and needs, must be an integral part of any serious definition. Implicit in this concept is the belief that there must be an audit of the concept at regular intervals. Measuring performance is another important aspect of social work research; likewise measuring the justness of a society must require that the concept itself is constantly up for review.

Equity and equality must be conceptualized based on the standards of the culture as well. It is not as simple as "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". This is evident by the examination of the differences in position that conservatives and liberals take, as outlined above.

Instead of asking "What is Social Justice", perhaps the question should be "What is Social Justice to us?". It might very well be that the barrier to finding the balance of justice in a society will be determined by the extent to which its people set out to answer what it means to them. If no consensus can be reached, i.e. Congress, than the necessary foundation upon which justice is conceptualized, and actualized, is shaky at best. The enemy of social justice is precisely believing that the definition of it can be fixed in some way. Before we answer the question, perhaps we need to figure out whether it can actually be determined. As such, I leave you with yet another question; can social justice be conceptualized and operationalized in a manner that is helpful in creating a just society? Furthermore has there ever been such a thing as a just society?
Each SJS author has been asked to write a piece on Social Justice, as such this will be Part One of a continuing series on the exploration of the its meaning. I humbly submit my thoughts to you our valued readers and members. Please feel free to submit your own thoughts via comments or the submit button in the top navigation bar.
** Written By Matthew Cohen - SJS Staff Writer **

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On the surface, answering "What is social justice?" might seem academic. The term is thrown around enough; it is used with conviction, and hardly anyone steps back to wonder what is meant by the question. Social workers are taught the methodology that gives rise to solid research; conceptualizing variables is a main component.

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Langston Hughes - Let America Be America Again

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Langston Hughes - Let America Be America Again

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Let America Be America Again - Let America be America again.

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Social Justice Solutions

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Social Justice is in our name, and is the common theme that ties all of Social Justice Solutions material together, but what is really behind these words? What is the true definition of social justice? Wikipedia suggests that 'Social Justice' originated as a religious term to acknowledge the collective nature of humanity, and our personal commitment to helping other humans, but here are some of the common definitions:

"A state or doctrine of egalitarianism (Egalitarianism defined as 1: a belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs; 2: a social philosophy advocating the removal of inequalities among people)" - Merriam-Webster Dictionary

"The fair and proper administration of laws conforming to the natural law that all persons, irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, possessions, race, religion, etc., are to be treated equally and without prejudice. See also civil rights." - Business Dictionary

" The distribution of advantages and disadvantages within a society" - Dictionary.Com

"... justice exercised within a society, particularly as it is exercised by and among the various social classes of that society. A socially just society is defined by its advocates and practioneers as being based on the principles of equality and solidarity; this pedagogy also maintains that the socially just society both understands and values human rights, as well as recognizing the dignity of every human being." - Wikipedia

"Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities." - National Association of Social Workers

"Social Justice is the virtue which guides us in creating those organized human interactions we institutions. In turn, social institution when justly organized provide us with access to what is good for the person, both individually and in our associations with others. Social justice also imposes on each of us a personal responsibility to work with others to design and continually perfect our institutions as tools for personal and social development"- Center for Economic and Social Justice

While it's definition varies depending on the source common themes that exist across them all are the ideas of: human rights; dignity; political, economical, social, and other equality; equal distribution of resources; justice; use of policy and laws; removing inequality; societal participation in change; personal responsibility; and creating access to opportunity and chance through action. With the above in mind it becomes evident why Social Justice is a key value of social work, as indicated both by the NASW's Code of Ethics and by the International Federation of Social Worker's Definition of Social Work.

Social Justice Solutions fits right into this definition, by working with social workers as a group to ensure access to up to date information and news about the social justice issues we face as professionals and individuals.

The key to social justice though is acknowledging that it's definition can vary, that is the wonder of something that can become so personal yet also so global. The advocates and practitioners that advance social justice need to have a handle on what social justice means to them, and how this can apply to the work they do and the people they do it with.

For more original thoughts please check out our 6 part series: " What Is Social Justice"
Therefore, Social Justice Solutions thought it might be a good idea to give you some insight into how our writers view social justice. We have created a series which will be published periodically titled "What is Social Justice?" in which we will share our 'definition'. Most importantly: We want to hear what you think social justice is. Feel free to submit a piece, and be part of the definition of Social Justice!
Written By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW
SJS Staff Writer

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Social Justice is in our name, and is the common theme that ties all of Social Justice Solutions material together, but what is really behind these words? What is the true definition of social justice?

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I Dream A World
By Langston Hughes

I dream a world where man

No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn
I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom's way,
Where greed no longer saps the soul
Nor avarice blights our day.
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all mankind-
Of such I dream, my world!

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I Dream A World By Langston Hughes I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all Will know sweet freedom's way, Where greed no longer saps the soul Nor avarice blights our day.

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Jesuits

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What We Do The Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice

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The OJE is the voice of the provincials to the Church, governments, nongovernmental agencies and others, advocating on behalf of the poor and other marginalized communities and encouraging others to do the same. The OJE serves as the principal liaison with the international Society of Jesus, particularly with the Secretariat for Social Justice and Ecology at the Jesuit Curia in Rome.