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Social justice is the concept of a society in which justice is present in every feature of that society. It can not be administered by law like legal justice only afforded by the community. When I think of this term I think of individuals and groups given just treatment and an equal share of the benefits of society by society. Social justice is such a problem today, because there are many ambiguous, gray areas unlike legal justice whose proponents are one interpretation. Because different people have different interpretations and political ideologies of what defines just treatment and a fair share, that is the reason social justice branches many controversies. In politics, religion, and in domestic society there resides social justice issues
From my experience the majority of individuals desire to live in a just society. In addition, the majority of individuals can concur on the importance of rule of law, human rights, and a model of a welfare safety net, yet it is the political stance one has that determines which element should have the most support. For this, I think is one of the reasons human rights has not received more attention than it deserves.
Thanks to this class, I have affixed a further definition of social justice. This abstraction can be a movement on the basis of equality and human rights toward a socially just world. The Tunnel of Oppression, in my eyes has the concept of social justice at heart. This class takes a step towards making participants aware of the many issues of oppression and why social justice is so important to society.
In this class, I have faced many unique challenges and opportunities not only in my budgeting and reservations event planning group but as a observer, and tour guide in the Tunnel. Kara, Sierra, and I were in charge of creating the sponsorship proposal. We successfully wrote proposals to sparkelets, and the Panhellic Coucil. In additon, we proposed and secured funding from RHA and UAB. In addition we tracked program expenditures and shared our budget reports with the other event planning groups along the way. Creating a rservation system and managing reservation requests and confirmations were key to ensuring the Tunnel would be run in an orderly fashion. Finally, during the actual program, our job was to manage tour groups and in the end, I got to be a tour guide one day and work in the processing room.
Honestly, what I learned this semester is something I can take with me and it’s a great feeling knowing, that something you have worked so hard on, actually made a difference. A major lesson that struck me was not the issues of oppression, but the stories and information obtained on the many faces of oppression. I really gained a broader perspective when we read about the five faces of oppression; exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence. A few of these terms I had never heard of , and at this point in the class, I really began to question myself on how involved and aware I was of the world around me.
The three days of the Tunnel went better than expected. I know at first we had initial problems finding volunteer actors and actresses but everything turned out perfect.